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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you think it is realistic that Russia will unilaterally pull out? The war will end when Russia leaves, but Russia isn't going to leave until they are pushed out, negotiations are had, or Ukraine is destroyed. The first possibility is becoming increasingly more unlikely, and the last is something that nobody should want

That leaves negotiations. I think Ukraine should come to the table while they still have some leverage, which is decreasing every week that they throw their men into the meat grinder without meaningful gains.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It doesn’t leave only negotiations. Russia tried for 10+ years in Afghanistan. The US the same, there and in Vietnam. There is such as giving up and going home. That’s the “win” a small state can inflict on a large one. I don’t think that’s where Ukraine and Russia is headed, but there’s a quick for Ukraine and a slow “win” for Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

Wait, so your ideal is instead of negotiations, in the same vein as Afghanistan, Ukraine experiences this horrible war for another 9 years and then becomes a state ruled by the fighters involved in the war with the most extremist far right ideology rule it as a theocracy? To be clear that ideology in this case is Nazism.

You don't sound like an ally of the Ukrainian people.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah why negotiate now while we still have hundreds of thousands of lives to throw into the meat grinder.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yes, that's exactly Putin's reasoning. Glad you figured that out.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

You're in a thread about Ukraines failed counteroffensive

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

You don't make any sense man. I feel like you're all red in the face when you write these nonsensical replies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Putin is literally the one trying to negotiate

[–] Leate_Wonceslace 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Putin is literally capable of unilaterally ending the war. He just needs to leave.

You are a fascist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You are a fascist.

aw the red fascist move, a classic. you are clearly very smart. Ukraine is also guilty, it could leave the donbass and crimea, or at least given them proper autonomy within the country. Thats all they had to do. But no they chose to do a genocide and now we're here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

And leave the people of the Donbas republics to be massacred by Ukranian Nazis? Idk, sounds like what a fascist would want.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So in your mind there's no situation where ukraine doesn't win this war?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For sure there’s a real risk Ukraine isn’t winning this war. But there’s never been a war where there’s absolute certainty one side will win, until we get to the “downfall” times.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you think they should just keep sending conscripts to die until the downfall times or until Russia just decides to leave?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You think Russia should keep sending conscripts to die or should they just leave?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

They can just keep sending missiles and artillery shells to die, they've got the initiative rn