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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsForeign policy3yrs ago

Should the U.S. and NATO use military forces to defend Ukraine from a Russian invasion?

In early 2022 the Russian military built up a force fighter jets, air defense systems and 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine. Military experts say the buildup gives the Russian military an array of options including seizing the entire territory or certain parts within the country. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union before it collapsed at the end of the Cold War in 1991. The disintegration of the Soviet Union left Russia with a vastly depleted population, territory, and economy. Now Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to reclaim some of that glory …  

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 @25RD7S2 from Georgia, GA answered…3yrs3Y

No, they should send support, however, to avoid Russia using nuclear weapons.

 @48T6V4Vanswered…3yrs3Y

No, and NATO should be dismantled and replaced with anti-colonial cooperative institutions

 @7G3G2W3 from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

No, any direct conflict with Russia can escalate.

 @7KD4Z5Q from Florida  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, though solely for defensive and humanitarian purposes

 @7BFV7YC from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

No, unless WMDs such as tactical nukes, chemical, or bioweapons are used

 @7RGBCQB from Alabama  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but some troops.

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

No, we should provide them with weapons to defend themselves but not send our troops

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

No, our country should provide the Ukraine with weapons to defend themselves but not send our troops

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, our troops should be on standby but their usage should only be in coordination with our NATO allies through the United Nations. Continue to supply the Ukraine with weapons to defend themselves

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, our troops should be on standby but their usage should coordinated with our NATO allies' troops through the United Nations. Continue to supply the Ukraine with weapons to defend themselves

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, since the Ukraine is a partner country to the NATO military alliance and will most likely become a future member

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US Jewish Groups Oppose Resettling Gaza

JTA — A number of major centrist and liberal American Jewish groups say they oppose the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza.The statements by some of the largest Jewish organizations in the country, made in response to press inquiries, come amid accusations that Israel has cleared out portions of northern Gaza, which Jerusalem has denied, and as far-right government ministers have called for resettling the Palestinian enclave. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir have also repeatedly called for Israel to encourage Palestinians to leave Gaza, drawing condemnation from the Biden administration.For several American Jewish groups — including some that have vocally defended Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza against Hamas — the idea of Israeli settlements in Gaza is a non-starter. Groups opposed to the idea include the Jewish Federations of North America, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. Also opposed are bodies representing the Reform and Conservative movements, which together can claim to represent the majority of American Jews.“The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, indigenous to both Jews and Arabs, cannot be the exclusive domain of one people, but must be shared,” Jason Isaacson, AJC’s chief policy and political affairs officer, said. “Like the vast majority of Israelis, AJC believes that the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza, or a program of displacing Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, would be contrary to Israel’s interests.”Israel evacuated its Gaza settlements in 2005, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly ruled out the idea of re-establishing them after the war. But while most Israelis oppose the idea, more than a third — including 42% of Israeli Jews — support it, according to a recent poll by the Israel Democracy Institute. That includes nearly 60% of Israeli Jewish right-wingers, the current government’s voter base.“Ideas like settlement in Gaza are welcome, we need to remember that, in the end, that’s the biggest punishment for what they did to us on October 7,” Ben-Gvir said in an interview on Israeli radio this month, referencing the Hamas terror onslaught in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were slaughtered and 251 were seized as hostages, sparking the war in the enclave.

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