Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
BW---if in fact the strategy is as clear as muddy water then explain to me and the rest of the commenters---is in fact the sinking of naval vessels of one country by the air force of another country in territorial waters of the first country---is what an "incursion", a "vacation", an "invasion" or simply all out warfare---- what we in the West would if not using a really thick dictionary---simply "war".

If after watching this YouTube video of the attack and sinking by the Russian Air Force of two Ukrainian naval vessels---tell me and the other commenters---sanctions are working ....right?

And that is the great "strategy"?

#BREAKINGNEWS RUSSIAN AIR FORCE JETS ATTACK UKRAINIAN COAST GUARD SHIP NEAR #MARIUPOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9YlU06zu7s … pic.twitter.com/jkO4oNhrur

#Russia'n airstrikes destroyed
two #Ukraine coast guard vessels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjyLFg61UIA

BW---you cannot really believe that the current sanctions are working and they will cause Putin to what--- negotiate?
Calling it not an invasion doesn't mean we don't have a strategy. It means that we are trying to allow Russia the ability to walk this back. Disagreement with a strategy is not the same thing as not having one.