Hah
1. No. I doubt the Ukraine can get the Crimea back anytime soon. It MAY be possible to re-do the referendum however, perhaps under EU or OSCE auspices, in order to satisfy Brussels and Washington. But then again, I was referring to the Ukraine acting unilaterally to seize Crimea and/or Donbass if Russia is sufficiently distracted in Syria. Why would NATO be involved?
If say Damascus/Teheran dragged in 10,000 Russian troops, the Ukrainian Army found itself in possession of TOWs and MANPADs, the Gulf Arabs set Chechnya/Dagestan alight and the Japanese menaced the Kuriles, there MAY be a window.
2. Again, why would NATO start a war over the Crimea or Donbass? Ukraine is not part of NATO.
The Ukrainian military has built up considerably, and cannot maintain its current capabilities forever without wrecking the economy. Use it or lose it. My questions were if and when, which you never addressed.
My issue is that as in 1938-1945, the Western Europeans are prepared to throw the East-Central Europeans under the bus. And yet the British and French were so eager for NATO to provide support for their little Libyan adventure, where they could field test the Eurofighter and Rafale...
So Ukraine is on its own.
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