I cant look at, well Id rather not, but Ill take your word for it.
Now you ask "if true" then what?
Well....common sense said that a dirty ugly war would happen if the west keeps expanding to Russian borders. Do I really think there is a good "then what" scenario from the people already in charge who risked Ukraine into this in the first place?
What is it that you think should be done about this? Whats on your mind? Im asking in a respectful fashion here btw, at least this time
LOOK at that video, from the comfort of your safe home. Its the very least you can do... THEY are living it.
I think of all the sh1tty wars we have had, fighting to bring freedom to people that seemed far less worthy. Afghanistan for example. 10 years and the minute they had to stand on their own, they ran back to subjugation. These Ukrainians seem to cherish their freedom and are willing to fight to preserve it... far more than even Americans today, it seems! So at least with what I have read/seen thus far - the Ukrainian people appear deserving of rescue by freedom loving nations of the world.
I think of what happened in WWII when atrocities were left unchecked. It only got worse and millions of innocent people perished. Literally Millions. "IF" what we are seeing in Ukraine is actually true, then the actions of the Russian military (deliberately bombing, torturing, and executing civilians) should be stopped. How far do we let the Russians push? How many die before we say enough is enough? And if not us, then who??
In Syria - we (the US military under Trump) inserted ourselves and held half the country to conduct operations against ISIS. Russia was in-country and allied with Syria, and it was a huge slap in the face to see us basically take over half the country to do what we needed to do. At one point, Russian mercenaries operating with the Syrian army made a push across the Euphrates river to attack our guys... and the US military fought back for real, killing up to 200 Russians of various backgrounds. The same way we lobbed cruise missiles into Syria to oppose Russian/Syrian chemical attacks on the people (that Putin threatened to shoot down). Not that we had some special right to do this, but our values led us to these actions. And neither event started WW3 with Russia.
I don't care about some Nazi's claimed to be fighting for the Ukrainian side any more than some Nazis fighting on the Russian side (Wagner group mercenaries), or the Chechan muslims helping in this war. I am only thinking about the regular people of Ukraine who seemed to be free and appear desperate to stay that way.
What do I think we could/should do now?? For one, I accept that Ukraine in NATO was too much too close (a huge Biden / McCain mistake) and I understand Putin needing to prevent that. But this is too brutal, too excessive, too cruel. I would propose that Ukraine agree/sign to never join NATO and never position NATO missiles or troops on its territory and remain non-nuclear -- in exchange for an immediate cease fire and return of all Ukrainian land including the Donbass region AND Crimea. Everyone gets what they want.
If not, I say we begin operations within Ukrainian airspace and borders. We DO NOT cross the line into Russia or its allied neighbors. But we join the fight to push the aggressors out of Ukrainian space, at the request and invitation of the Ukrainian people, and return them to a free / neutral status. I don't think this means nuclear war because in that case everyone loses rather than everyone winning. Makes no sense and neither side (or civilization) survives. As long as Putin gets to hold power in the Russian motherland, he has no reason to end the world (another Biden mistake threatening a regime change).
The fact remains that we have spent some 50 years preparing for a war with Russia, and if we can't coexist on the planet, and they are going to run wild brutalizing their neighbors.... if some direct battle is inevitable... there is no better time than now from what we are seeing with their battle tactics and ability.
The added benefit to this is schooling the Chinese on what would happen if they push too far in the South China sea or with Taiwan. Again, instances where we might have to get involved and a strong hand now could prevent that later. Some action now to prevent worse actions later (hopefully).