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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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 @8YWQHXWfrom Quebec  answered…3yrs3Y

not aware of the situation

 @8YWGWQJfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

I'm a pacifist

 @4N4Q4NYanswered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only as a last resort after pursuing a peaceful solution.

 @3BCN8LSanswered…3yrs3Y

No, but use the full might of non military measures (such as economic sanctions, asset freezing, cyber attacks, etc.).

 @8QDSNZY from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

Currently, I feel that we should continue to financially aid Ukraine and send them weapons, but sending troops seems unnecessary at the moment. I hope this issue will resolve, but we will not let Russia get away with invading a soverign nation. If Ukraine can no longer defend itself or Russia invades other nations (especially NATO territory) it will be necessary to send our troops to Europe.

 @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.

 @Frugajn from Texas  answered…3yrs3Y

Only with cooperation with the United Nations.

 @85QL69F from Florida  answered…3yrs3Y

Only if the security of America is threatened

 @8NVXWB2 from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

No, but they should send aid

 @8ZXD7WF from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

No, unless there are severe violations of the Geneva Convention

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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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