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Originally Posted by tjts1
The world is far less black and white than you imagine. There are many different interests at play here and few good options. Leaving the status quo is not one of them. The important point here is that the powers that be are talking instead of shooting at each other and they're working out a solution that will prevent a shooting war. Hopefully the people in Kiev will recognize that this is the their best option. They're the only real wild card in this situation.
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Foreign troops at your airports is the start of a shooting war. If such a thing happened at JFK I'm pretty sure most Americans would want to start shooting back.
I suspect Russia is strong arming their way into the parts of the Ukraine they need to stay in their sphere who are also mostly Russian. I suspect a back room deal that splits the Ukraine or at least gives Russia a free hand to do what they need to do in their sphere is happening, or already has.
If it works this will settle down quickly, if it doesn't? Who knows.