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Them and what army? The only countries on Earth with enough firepower to stop Putin without launching any nukes are the US and China, and China is on Putin's side.
I assume this is some kind of joke.
Last I heard, Finland and Sweden had been taken over by Nazis, and Germany was in the middle of being taken over by Nazis. I'd expect them to welcome Putin's invasion with open arms. France is too busy fighting itself to fight anyone else.
At which point we're back to square one. The reason we're having this discussion is because, in the opinion of @[email protected], it is “very sad” that the US isn't going to sit back and let Putin start World War 3.
...include Ukraine being drip-fed western surplus. France alone would roll over Russia, the Poles aren't as strong but they're fucking nuts determined because history.
Then you don't know any Poles. You know it's one of those Eastern European countries where the first line of the national anthem goes "Our country isn't lost yet", referring to centuries upon centuries of Russian imperialism. As the joke goes:
Two Polish veterans meet at a bar. Asks one: "Wawrek, if tomorrow both the Germans and the Russians invade, who do we shoot at first?", replies the other: "Oh that's an easy one. The Germans: Business before pleasure".
That sure isn't how it went last time Poland got invaded. Their country was lost until the Allies liberated them. Same with France.
Determination does not equal manpower or firepower. If it did, there wouldn't be any Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine right now; they'd have been defeated already. That's why we're sending Ukraine war supplies.
The polish army isn't using cavalry any more. And France has nukes this time around and just for the record: France's half-surrender was the strategically optimal move in their position.
If anyone launches nukes, our whole species dies. We're trying to prevent that outcome.