RE: Russia9 Dec 2021 00:38
Ukraine is marginally closer to Moscow than Latvia, but there again, Crimea is still considered as part of Ukraine so NATO membership of Ukraine may provide the impetus for Ukraine to attempt to retake the Crimea, either as their own idea or from the influence of others,... all NATO countries are bound to attack a non-NATO country attacking a NATO country. A war between Russia and Ukraine still without NATO membership, would actually turn into a proxy war for the USA against Russia. It's actually a very serious situation, extremely precarious. Russia and China are doing quite well at the moment and would likely bring China into a proxy war against the USA. Turkey would likely side against Russia as a NATO country -which is the purpose of their membership. Not sure I want to remain 'long' on anything at the moment and there may be no point in going 'short' on anything either if things turn bad...