[cbg0]

> Europe couldn't kick Russia, a country with 10x lower GDP and a decrepit army, out of Ukraine

Considering how difficult Russia's advances have been inside the Ukraine in the past couple of years, it would be trivial to "kick Russia out of Ukraine" if a few big players in the EU actually tried to do it.

[brabel]

> "kick Russia out of Ukraine" if a few big players in the EU actually tried to do it.

And you know why they won’t do that, right? Would anyone risk a new Hiroshima in their own country to save the Donbas?

[cbg0]

The real fear is political due to Russia's hybrid war which has pushed a lot of pro-Russia isolationist parties ahead in many EU countries. Starting a conventional war against Russia carries a higher risk of these "pro-neutrality/pro-peace" parties rising to power than any nukes dropping.

Putin is stretched very thin and this fiasco in the Ukraine has shown that Russia can barely take on one country, even though once they were touting themselves as equal or better than the US.

[braingravy]

That would require a military arsenal. The EU outsourced that to the U.S. a long time ago.

[avh02]

Yes yes there's not a single soldier in all of Europe. Every soldier, tank, and airplane is American. No other military technology exists. America great.

Seriously, I'll grant the most advanced stuff is American but you really think everybody else only has sticks, stones, and water pistols?