Russia Invades Georgia

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

This "defensive" implementation is more like an offense implementation in my opinion. And, prior to this situation we knew Russia would be pissed if we put our little defense system in Poland. So, why did we do it anyway? It takes two people to have a fight, and we certainly aren't helping by provoking Russia. It also doesn't help that Russia is a global superpower, Putin isn't a great guy, and we've already gone through a long Cold War with Russia.

That's a good point there about being offensive with our defense, and the way I've been thinking about it but couldn't put into words. It's kind of like how Bush and Co. tried to spruce up the idea of invading Iraq, how did they put it? It was like being defensive by attacking first. But isn't that just a back asswards way of saying you're being offensive?

Like the name of that South Park episode, "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow."

Why do we need to have this arms race? Is it really that necessary to be offensive with a defensive system in Europe?