Вот оно - интервью ген. Демпси на аглицком. Вчитался - и несколько полегчало (простите, нужно было сразу искать первоисточники и читать внимательно). Оказывается, они вмешаются, если их попросят союзники по НАТО. Ну, а тем, вроде бы, не с чего...
JUDY WOODRUFF: But you know what the Russians are saying is that they have an historic relationship with — with Crimea, and they’re saying the Crimean legislature has voted now to have a referendum, and they’re saying what the government in Kiev did was illegal.
GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY: Of course they are. And they’re trying to roll back to the February 21 agreement, and we’re trying to suggest that, really, the clock started on February 24.
Those are matters of diplomacy. Our role, as the military, is to seek ways to influence this without it being escalatory. And, by the way, I do have this open line with my Russian counterpart. So, everything that we have done, I tell him, here’s what we’re doing. Here’s why we’re doing it. We disagree fundamentally about your claim of legitimacy, but, as militaries, let’s try to avoid escalating this thing.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But there is a chance it could escalate?
GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY: Of course there is.
JUDY WOODRUFF: There is a chance of military conflict?
GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY: Sure. Yes.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And is the U.S. prepared if that happened?
GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY: Well, that’s a question that I think deserves to be assessed and reassessed and refreshed as this thing evolves.
But, remember, we do have treaty obligations with our NATO allies. And I have assured them that, if that treaty obligation is triggered, we would respond.
То есть американские военные дают понять, что, мол, если что, то мы конечно, но только если уж совсем припрет. Не хотят они в это лезть, одним словом. Да и неудивительно. Кому нужен Карибский кризис 2.0?
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