The question that continues to trouble me is what happens in the event Russia does use chemical weapons? What would happen if they did create a disaster at Chernobyl? No one wins WWIII. But we've already deployed most of our sanctions options. What do Europeans do? The US?
Sadly, my thoughts to turn to Syria where the world offered press releases of condemnation after chemical attacks and in the end resigned themselves to what amounts to an Assad victory (and one for his Russian buddies.)
There are plenty of int'l institutions we could kick Russia out of...but will that achieve anything? We can offer more support to Ukraine...but what exactly? And what steps can we take to ensure it doesn't happen again? So far all the answers I see floated seem inadequate.
Why speculate? Because it seems a sufficiently high probability high impact event that it's worth considering. Something big in the cyber realm? Not sure. And I also am pretty sure the West is handling it right so far with strong statements and ambiguity about possible responses.
Anyway, it goes around and around in my head and I read what others are thinking as much as I can and yet the answer remains elusive. Especially a response in which somehow strategic and moral requirements are both sufficiently taken into consideration.
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