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shminux comments on Calibrating your probability estimates of world events: Russia vs Ukraine, 6 months later. - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: shminux 28 August 2014 11:37PM

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Comment author: shminux 29 August 2014 07:12:45AM 1 point [-]

6 months ago, I would have agreed with you.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 August 2014 02:31:11PM 6 points [-]

I interpret the last six months as more evidence that the West will do nothing.

I also see large, um, practical problems with the idea. Who will be intervening? You can't think it would be a good idea to send German soldiers into Ukraine to fight Russians. And will the US execute airstrikes against Russia given that Russia is likely to retaliate with airstrikes against, say, Alaska?

In any case anything resembling an intervention will be a colossal political gift for Putin.