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The highly-regarded magazine "Foreign Affairs" released an article concerning the ongoing discussions to deploy Western troops in Ukraine. It is titled: Europe - but not NATO - should send troops to Ukraine It is quite logically outlining why it is time to not only protect Ukraine from rampant Russian terror against the civilian population through supplies, but pre-emptively end all Russian imperial ambitions by moving into Ukraine. It is Europe's responsibility to finally take matters such as security into her own hands. The article summarizes how this can get accomplished using various methods and tactics. Some excerpts: Change the Conversation [...] "European leaders have demonstrated that it is possible to break out of a one-sided escalation debate that, until how, has worked to Russia’s advantage. In the previous pattern, Moscow has threatened escalation, and Berlin and Washington have responded with words and actions aimed at de-escalation - a dynamic that deters both Germany and the United States from sending the more advanced missile systems that Ukraine desperately needs. Now, Europe is making the threats, and Russia is looking deeply uncomfortable. Too many politicians and pundits in the United States and Europe echo Putin’s own talking points by warning that any kind of external intervention in Ukraine would lead to World War III. In reality, sending European troops would be a normal response to a conflict of this kind. [...]" Send in the troops [...] Another combat role - which, like an air defense mission, would likely not engage Russian forces - would involve patrolling parts of the Ukrainian border where Russian troops are not deployed, such as the Black Sea coast and the borders with Belarus and Transnistria (a breakaway region in Moldova occupied by Russian forces). Guarding these flanks would free up more than 20,000 Ukrainian troops (and the weapons and ammunition they carry) to fight on the frontlines. [...] The presence of European troops would raise the morale of the Ukrainian people and reassure them that their country’s future is in Europe. [...] Putin on the back foot [...] The arrival of European forces in Ukraine would change that calculation. Moscow would have to face the possibility that European escalation could make the war unwinnable for Russia. Moreover, a European-led response would subvert Russian propaganda that NATO countries’ intervention in Ukraine is merely an American ploy to undermine Russia. [...] Ukraine is doing the best it can, but it needs help - help that European countries are able and increasingly willing to provide. Rather than force Russian escalation, a European troop presence would be more likely to prevent the conflict from spreading and prevent further damage to Ukraine’s economy and infrastructure. European leaders do not need to follow the dictates of an increasingly unreliable United States about how the battle in Ukraine should be waged; they can and should decide for themselves how best to ensure the continent’s freedom and security. Europe must do what it takes to safeguard its own future, and that starts with making sure Ukraine wins this war. My Opinion The most important message of the article is not to succumb to Russian threats. This is their main game. Russian posturing and bluffs have been called numerous times, from delivering Javelins, ATACMS to F-16s. Whenever the West held strong, then Russia deflated, always. This instance is no different. Doing (almost) nothing is Russia's only theoretical chance of sustaining this war. Despite the article clearly promoting an European intervention, I still see a possibility for Ukrainians to finish off the Russian invasion single-handedly, but the delays have enabled Russia to entrench herself to an extent where the war might drag on for years, especially when Western supplies come in so sluggishly. The European intervention would dash Russian hopes within 24h, and present Moscow with a situation where they have to concede that the war is lost. Of course, Putin will not heed that. He is so deep in the rabbit hole that he will ignore it, but the people around will look at this differently, and unlike the mindless mobiks who have no choice then jumping into the fire, the oligarchic class has no interest in sacrificing their lives and families for a broken little man, whose deluded dreams of being the 2nd Peter the Great entirely blinded him. History is full of examples where lame dictators end up hanging upside down from the next wall or are getting fished out from the sewers. Putin's regime is brittle. It survives on a day-to-day basis. European intervention in Ukraine would be considered a D-Day moment and what followed up to this, history taught us. Ukraine is an European country and it time liberate it from the enemy in the East. It is Europe's responsibility and, more importantly, chance for freedom and liberty throughout the continent. Full article: https://t.co/aSbYHIaM8i