If Russia invaded us in the morning, who would come to our aid?

From what we have seen in Ukraine our defence forces and a few farmers would be more than enough to handle them.

Theres probably more chance of the vikings coming back than Putin sending an army our direction

Russia seems to have a bee in their bonnet with us for some reason.

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It would be the end of the world I’m sure. While we aren’t in NATO, do you really think NATO would want a Russian puppet in Western Europe? We are part of the EU as well so not entirely neutral when it comes down to it.

I think you need to review your opinion in light of evidence both historical and current.

Because our main strategic interest is as a base from which to attack the UK. So there is at least a good chance the UK would want to dislodge them there first instead of waiting to be attacked.

Theyre actually incapable of invading Ireland. Thought experiment complete.

Also we're on the list for EU common defense (csdp).

Could you imagine taking up arms to defend MM's right to rule us.

The evidence that they wouldnt in the first instance. It's completely impractical for them.

The rational for countries not to put boots on the ground in the Russian Ukraine conflict is complex but you cannot say that Ukraine has not received massive international support........

Putin has been pulling stupid stunts like this for years. Because he's a bully and he like to beat his chest. Their armed forces never recovered from the breakup of the Soviet Union.

It's only media obsessives and fantastists that give these "what ifs" any credibility.

This whole thread is based on a lack of basic information.

There are huge holes in your general knowledge related to the questions.that youre asking.

Youd be better off doing some research on the countries and institutions which you have used in your imaginary scenario. As the underlying assumptions are way off.

Your questions are full of false assumptions.

For one thing Finland is tooled up like a motherfvcker, with a huge national reserve force. And the east of Finland is largely made up of a bazillion small forrested islands and lakes, often at -20c with dense snow. Its probably top 5 for uninvadeable places.

So the "real possibility" is Russia getting the slap of its life.

Finland is EU, so it is "the west".

Yes you could expect a response many times greater than that in Ukraine, as Finland is part of EU common defense and security policy.

The Ukraine response is pretty fcking effective, tens of billions poured in, and Ukraine is just a third party country.

Ya reckon if Russia managed to take the entire of Ukraine that it would stop there ? (as unlikely as that seems)

Every country east of Berlin has been threatened in the same way that Ukraine was before it was invaded.

If your claiming an understanding of history beyond or before ww2 or even the natur of despots and bully's you should understand that when they take something and no one opposes them they will take more and more until some one does.

appeasement cost many millions of lives during ww2 and ww1 and set civilization as a whole back about 100 years.

its a policy of cowards fools and purchased stooges like wallace and daly

I'd change my profile picture to include a tricolour, that would help I think.