[mantas]

Why not?

Looking back at the beginning of war, had Ukraine fell in days… I don’t see West actively trying to stop Russia in Baltics and Poland. Russians would have had super high morale while West would have been in 100% panic mode trying to keep business as usual going. Tiny annoyances in the middle be damned.

[DoingIsLearning]

> Why not?

https://i.imgur.com/rKNtPSt.png

[mantas]

If West would have political will to deploy.

[DoingIsLearning]

To not act would be to dissolve the whole purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty.

[macintux]

There are no shortage of politicians in NATO countries who feel it should be disbanded. And others who would argue NATO could defend Western Europe even if it abandoned the rest of the continent.