Rhaedas

Two things you don't want to hear from your doctor. "Oh wow..." and "Oh no..."

I shot an arrow into the air...

Clowns everywhere, as far as the eye can see!

Baghdad Bob wouldn't go along with this crap. Standards.

So it came from Reddit.

Paper bags for everyone's head! No more problems!

Hey, those suits didn't just come from nowhere.

You forgot #3, do something else crazy to try and distract from this failure. But #2 is definitely in the cards as well.

Nobody knew that economics was so complicated.

So "not dangerous to drink water" it is.

But that also assumes the US military is unified to follow orders into an illegal war, and that may not be the case.

It's depressing that it's almost come to that small hope, that our military isn't as stupid as those giving the orders to them.

Even during the recent occupation of Ukraine and the threat upon neighboring countries that are in NATO there was discussion about what-ifs, and how much gray area there is in such events. The core idea of NATO was about deterrence, much like the MAD of nuclear weapon buildup. If someone crosses that line, something has to happen otherwise the whole agreement is called out as meaningless. Article 5 leaves what actions need to happen open ended though, so assistance can be something as simple as persuading the attacker to leave via strong words. Which will absolutely be the first thing tried, as no one wants to escalate to the next level. Well, except the idiots who are attacking.