Will NATO go to war against Russia?

[MD]

Well it's official that Russia has invaded Ukraine:
Russian armored columns said to capture key Ukrainian towns - The Washington Post

And now Canada and other NATO members are mobilizing:

Canadian jets move closer to Russian territory as Ukraine conflict heats up | CTV News
Canadian troops off to Europe as part of NATO plan to rein in Putin
NATO poised to bolster presence near Russian border - The Globe and Mail

To which Putin replies:
Putin: Don't 'mess' with nuclear Russia - The Globe and Mail

Will this escalate into a full blown conflict? This is getting out of control:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXgJdrYss1k

 

[Poeticus]

Remember this ?

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[YmirGF]

I'm going with a not a freaking chance that NATO will launch an actual offensive.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm going with a not a freaking chance that NATO will launch an actual offensive.

I'm going along with the horned flying mouse.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The cost-benefit analysis of NATO going to war against Russia for this probably doesn't justify military action.

 

[YmirGF]

The cost-benefit analysis of NATO going to war against Russia for this probably doesn't justify military action.

That neither side can afford. By default, Putin wins. Bye bye, Ukraine.

 

[Revoltingest]

The cost-benefit analysis of NATO going to war against Russia for this probably doesn't justify military action.

That's a pretty fancy way of saying, "It would be loopy.".

 

[Kilgore Trout]

That's a pretty fancy way of saying, "It would be loopy.".

If you take away all my fancy talk, what's left, other than my charm, good looks, charisma, and psychic powers?

 

[YmirGF]

If you take away all my fancy talk, what's left, other than my charm, good looks, charisma, and psychic powers?

You forgot about your patent pending megawatt grin... sheesh

 

[Revoltingest]

If you take away all my fancy talk, what's left, other than my charm, good looks, charisma, and psychic powers?

Sexual charisma, telekinesis, sartorial splendor, & the smell of BBQ?

 

[Revoltingest]

You forgot about your patent pending megawatt grin... sheesh

It's his Alzheimer's.
This is a disturbing diagnosis, but fortunately he'll be unaware of it in a minute.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

It's his Alzheimer's.
This is a disturbing diagnosis, but fortunately he'll be unaware of it in a minute.

Is that you, dad?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

You forgot about your patent pending megawatt grin... sheesh

Well, I was also trying to exercise my world-famous sense of humility.

 

[Shuttlecraft]

Ukraine is not a NATO member so there's absolutely no obligation for the West to help them.
But if Putin ever decides to invade Latvia and/or Lithuania which ARE Nato members, it'll really hit the fan..

 

[Revoltingest]

Greetings, Shuttle!

Are you going to start a thread to introduce yourself?
If so, I give gifts there.
Btw, don't worry about the rumors.
I've stopped giving out these (too unpopular)...

 

[XIII-Legion]

Well it's official that Russia has invaded Ukraine:
Russian armored columns said to capture key Ukrainian towns - The Washington Post

And now Canada and other NATO members are mobilizing:

Canadian jets move closer to Russian territory as Ukraine conflict heats up | CTV News
Canadian troops off to Europe as part of NATO plan to rein in Putin
NATO poised to bolster presence near Russian border - The Globe and Mail

To which Putin replies:
Putin: Don't 'mess' with nuclear Russia - The Globe and Mail

Will this escalate into a full blown conflict? This is getting out of control:

No. Doesn't matter what Russia does in the Ukraine; but neither side would be stupid to go to war against one another. Neither side would want to be embroiled in a conflict that might lead to mutual assured destruction.

 

[Yerda]

I'm inclined to believe that the currency crisis is at least partly due to Western influence.

 

[Apocalypse-Now]

Will this escalate into a full blown conflict? This is getting out of control:

No, it won't escalate to a full blown conflict, even though Canada and other NATO countries have mobilized their airforce and ground troops. But it's simply meant to send a clear signal to Putin that he won't be allowed to attack NATO countries next to the Ukraine; but let's just remind ourselves that NATO countries aren't required to retaliate in anyway, shape or form because Ukraine isn't part of NATO.

NATO will only respond if one of its members are attacked by an external aggressor; and even so, no constituent country is legally required to throw its weight behind NATO. But it would be down to each country's discretion whether or not they should respond to an aggressor.

Besides, any full scale conflict would be far too dangerous because there's no guarantee that Russia won't retaliate with nuclear weapons if they felt under threat; because NATO is much stronger than Russia in terms of its conventional forces, and Putin might resort to nuclear weapons if he felt that Russia's conventional forces wouldn't hold out in direct conflict with NATO.

So such military mobilization doesn't serve to demonstrate that NATO would soon go to war against Russia; but the only point is to send a clear signal to Putin that NATO won't tolerate its members under threat by Russian forces.

Full scale conflict would be far too dangerous; and despite troop mobilizations, there is no prospect of any escalation into full blown conflict.

 

[V lad i mir]

Russia don't start wars, but finish em in capitol city of offender. Europe got weird tradition - about every hundred years get together and go to Russia to get they're *** kicked. War in Ukraine? Shale gas war.US Vice President Joe Biden, whose son is a member of the board of directors of the largest Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings, uses the crisis in Ukraine for personal purposes, pursuing financial interests, writes the German media.http://www.vz.ru/news/2014/10/16/710798.html http://by24.org/2014/04/28/gas_in_donbass_is_the_real_reason_of_the_war_of_russia_against_ukraine/