What country is next? Russia invades Ukraine.
Mar 20, 2022 20:09:01 #
Mar 20, 2022 20:28:24 #
Susan yamakawa wrote:
Yes what about Taiwan?
If Russia success in the war with Ukraine then China may want to invade Taiwan. They would know then that the world wouldn't intervene. There will be sanction but China can prepare for that.
Mar 20, 2022 21:36:19 #
BebuLamar wrote:
If Russia success in the war with Ukraine then China may want to invade Taiwan. They would know then that the world wouldn't intervene. There will be sanction but China can prepare for that.
Yep, China definitely wants Taiwan, but we may have a bit more leverage with them since we buy so much from China. On the other hand, an embargo on Chinese goods would leave a lot of bare shelves - a good reason to rebuild our manufacturing capability, especially for semiconductors.
Mar 20, 2022 22:24:10 #
Mar 20, 2022 22:39:10 #
shangyrhee
Loc: Nashville TN to Sacramento CA
AS I mentioned previously,I do not believe the North Korea will attack the South even though they have nuke & superior conventional arms. The South recently elected new president who has strong belief of free market economy, mutual defense act between S Korea & US since Korean War and building self defense capability.The Kim may be crazy but he is not dumb. Shang
Mar 20, 2022 23:01:46 #
shangyrhee wrote:
AS I mentioned previously,I do not believe the North Korea will attack the South even though they have nuke & superior conventional arms. The South recently elected new president who has strong belief of free market economy, mutual defense act between S Korea & US since Korean War and building self defense capability.The Kim may be crazy but he is not dumb. Shang
The wild card of course is how China would react. Remember what happened last time the US backed the South militarily? Would we do it again now that both North Korea and China have nuclear capability?
Mar 21, 2022 06:25:01 #
Shutterbug1697
Loc: Northeast
kenArchi wrote:
That doesn't sense. Isn't Ukraine an indepent country? Not a state of Russia?
Although Ukraine is a sovereign nation, it used to be part of the former USSR, and Putin is trying to recreate the USSR.
He's already basically retaken the countries of Georgia and Belarus, where will Putin stop?
In the process, Putin has committed GENOCIDE.
Mar 21, 2022 07:18:13 #
therwol wrote:
We are a county of people from all over the world. We have defined borders. So do they. We have a collective being, even with our internal differences. So do they. We have an elected government. So do they. They fit any definition of a country. Their past history is intertwined with that of Russia. There is no denying that. In the past 20 years, they have forged their own destiny, only to see it threatened now.
Mar 21, 2022 07:19:05 #
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Mar 21, 2022 08:05:12 #
That's about the size of it. I add that both sides have been talking with each other, perhaps with a view to a cease-fire. Meanwhile, Russia will keep up the pressure by military force.
therwol wrote:
I don't think that Russia expected a real war. Putin apparently objected to Ukraine drifting to the west, trying to become a member of NATO and the European Union. That would put both at Russia's southern doorstep. The resistance that Ukraine has put up in this conflict has been stronger than Russia expected, and now it appears that the conflict will be prolonged and bloody, not to mention tragic.
Mar 21, 2022 08:28:51 #
Putin has warned neighboring Finland that there would be trouble if they tried to join NATO.
Mar 21, 2022 08:45:01 #
thom w
Loc: San Jose, CA
srt101fan wrote:
Ukraine was part of the Russian empire at one time and a republic of the USSR in more recent times. Putin would like to restore at least parts of the Russian empire and, as someone already said, he feels threatened by Ukraine's political drift to the West.
If Ukraine becomes part of Russia, Putin will have Nato on his border. If he wins in Ukraine, what would keep him from invading Poland next?
Mar 21, 2022 08:46:20 #
Mar 21, 2022 09:57:48 #
kenArchi wrote:
I tried to look up why Russia wants to have war with Ukraine. All I see are vague, lengthy dialogs.
Isn't Ukraine a peaceful country?.
Isn't Ukraine a peaceful country?.
Look it up on a good source like Fox news. They had Putin's motives outlined since his 2014 invasion of Crimea.
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