MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Ukraine has to be what Ukraine wants to be. That's what free sovereign Nations do.Missiles still take time, and short strike distances also imply the ability to move an invasion force up to that line.
Ukraine is absoultely essential as neutral buffer territory for us to not freak out about Putin, or for Putin to freak out about us.
It has to be neutral.
We overthrew the Ukrainian government so we could put troops, bases, and missiles there. Putin didn't like that.
Everyone with half a brain knew what comes next.