Our government is not exactly broadcasting on Voice of America, "Hey, hackers! Go help Ukraine!" And if the hackers were working out of U.S. territory, yes, law enforcement should investigate this. Highly unlikely Belarus would ask the FBI for a computer forensic team to come over, they are not exactly an American ally and I doubt we're going to offer to send one without an invitation. As it stands, unless other evidence comes to light, it's purely a Belarusian internal affair: their leader has had protests against his administration for years.
How much of a dog do we have in this fight? Ukraine is not a member of NATO: that's one of the big sticking points in this conflict. I don't know what treaties we have with Ukraine. We just sent them a bunch of missiles and ammunition, and we've beefed up our bases in Poland and another nearby country. We don't want to see Ukraine sucked back into Putin's direct control because of its proximity to Poland and Germany, but it's Ukraine's and NATO's decision whether it gets to join NATO, not ours or Putins.
To me, it looks like a bunch of saber rattling by Putin timed to shake things up for the November mid-term elections here to try to give Republicans more votes. He does want to keep Ukraine out of NATO, but he can't afford a full war as the long-term costs to him personally and Russia in general would be devastating.
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Our government is not exactly broadcasting on Voice of America, "Hey, hackers! Go help Ukraine!" And if the hackers were working out of U.S. territory, yes, law enforcement should investigate this. Highly unlikely Belarus would ask the FBI for a computer forensic team to come over, they are not exactly an American ally and I doubt we're going to offer to send one without an invitation. As it stands, unless other evidence comes to light, it's purely a Belarusian internal affair: their leader has had protests against his administration for years.
How much of a dog do we have in this fight? Ukraine is not a member of NATO: that's one of the big sticking points in this conflict. I don't know what treaties we have with Ukraine. We just sent them a bunch of missiles and ammunition, and we've beefed up our bases in Poland and another nearby country. We don't want to see Ukraine sucked back into Putin's direct control because of its proximity to Poland and Germany, but it's Ukraine's and NATO's decision whether it gets to join NATO, not ours or Putins. To me, it looks like a bunch of saber rattling by Putin timed to shake things up for the November mid-term elections here to try to give Republicans more votes. He does want to keep Ukraine out of NATO, but he can't afford a full war as the long-term costs to him personally and Russia in general would be devastating.