OEF = operation enduring freedom (war with Afghanistan)
OIF = operation Iraqi freedom (was with Iraq)
You may be correct that US/NATO/EU would not at that time been willing to go whole hog, but the question dealt with what if they did. If they could have foreseen the subsequent action by Russia based on our feckless response?
Hard to say. I can’t remember the state of the Russian military at the time. It somehow feels like forever ago in my mind for some reason.
Also tough to know where Putin was mentally at the time.
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