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When Iraq invaded Kuwait, we were willing to fight (and eventually did fight) a war with Iraq.

NATO is not prepared or willing to start a war with Russia.

You are forgetting the fact that the odds are heavily against NATO, in a RAND wargame it was found that russia can occupy the baltic States within 48 hours while nato would be still warning up

It's not clear what I'm forgetting when I said "NATO is not prepared or willing to start a war with Russia."

It is simply not in their favour, why would they be willing to lose their face over something like Ukraine.

It seems that many in the West think they have unlimited power to do anything and interfere in any conflict. Reality is those days are over now.

You seem to explicitly agree with the person you're replying to, but are claiming they're forgetting something. That's the disconnect here.

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