Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Russia doesn't have enough troops to take Kyiv - Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford" video.

  1. I have to agree, we should remember that Ukraine is quite a poor country even compared to Poland and it's one thing to take on Ukraine, it's another to take on an EU or NATO country as they would be compelled to get involved in a more direct way, especially the EU countries with how integrated they are. But, Putin is looking like he's lost his marbles and when someone goes mad, they become unpredictable so it's hard to say what he would do, either way, an attack on an EU or NATO country could quickly escalate into world war 3.
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  2.  Tracchofyre  Just a few years ago I would say there is no need for NATO, especially as the EU integrates more in security, military and energy matters which are a lot more likely to happen now. But now I think NATO should stick around but also change into a different type of organization that defends all open democratic countries and not just the west, it's clear to see how the world is being divided up, open democratic countries with the EU and US being the real powers in that and then authoritarian governments like Russia, China and many more. As for Poland, Russia wouldn't attack Poland even before they attacked Ukraine and mainly because Poland is an EU member, it's one thing to attack Ukraine which is poor even by Poland's standards, it's another to attack Poland with them being in the EU, the main reason is because of how the EU political and economic organization was structured after the second world war to prevent wars braking out among it's members, well it's the same for wars braking out with any of it's members from the outside, in other words, an attack on an EU member is an attack on them all and unlike NATO where we only have the word that they would come to the aid of the given member, the EU countries would have no choice but to directly get involved simply because all their interest are at stake, hence why for many eastern European countries, EU membership is what they want over NATO membership as it offers the same security but a lot more. You are also right, Russia would have a harder time taking on Poland without help from the EU, US and NATO, Poland has a stronger economy and are better prepared.
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