I asked if he was going off to war, he'd been back on duty for a week. He laughed and said, "Not unless we are going to war". I then spoke of no troops on the ground in Ukraine, and he said yes, no troops will enter the field of battle, it would be a violation of many treaties and the US is not a NATO member.
EDIT: I meant to say the Ukraine is not a member of NATO not the US. My apologies
Well, Russian gas is still flowing into the EU through Ukraine, and neither side in the current conflict want to see that stop, because they both benefit.
EU members dont want it to stop either.
But there are other people out there (not from Europe) who would benefit enormously if that gas infrastructure were to go boom ... by some freak accident.
So Im guessing that Potato Head might be wise to send US troops over there to "protect" the pipeline ?