Haha do you have any idea about military movements and war?
Nato doesn't even have more than 10 thousand force that they can bring to ukraine quickly. Even that so called rapid reaction force is miniscule compared to the force arrayed by Russia which 200 thousand plus. So, if they need to bring a sizable force it will need atleast a month. Moreover, Most of the Nato forces in places like Poland and Germany have poor readyness. They will need a couple of weeks to prepare and train first before they are ready for a fight.
Then comes bringing those forces by rail and Train. You can't move heavy Abrams tank armies by Plane. That will take another 2 months.
Nato is not ready for even a conventional fight with Russia right now.
But all of this discussion is pointless because Russia will not allow Nato to intervene without using Tactical nukes. So, there goes your Nato Army.
Well, it's a matter of perspectives.
Just like Putin took the risk to enter Ukraine. Nato chickened out and did NOT take the risk to confront Russian forces. To be clear about this, I am NOT saying that they can actually fight each other, because both side is nuclear armed with large numbers of warhead able to end entire human civilization once escalated. What I am saying is that NATO could simply send any of their readily available rapid reaction forces (doesn't need to be bigger than the Russian forces coming in) into Ukraine and stare Putin down. That's it. It's not unlike the Cuban Missile crisis: a simple game of stare and see who blinks first.
It's a game of guts and mental strength.
And sadly for the West and their cronies, they didn't have the guts and mental strength.
I know it's probably unfair to the decision makers in the West, because they had no way of knowing just how capable the Russian forces coming into Ukraine is, as well as how well (smoothly) their operations will proceed. It is a matter of luck and thus a gambling game. Putin DARED to take the risk and throw the dices. Therefore he deserves what he won.
Sometimes I don't really understand what you guys' logic is. It's like all you guys are dissing Russia and Putin for his lack of an adequately good hand of cards. It's like you are blaming Russia for being NOT strong enough.
But many times, people win big even without the biggest hand of cards. It's a matter of how you play your cards. In Putin's current endeavor in Ukraine, I think he actually won big without even a very good hand of cards. Because those who's playing against him, over estimated his hand, and also got surprised by his actions.
