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I want the war to end asap. All that’s required is for the aggressor to stop. Appeasement will mean more war because cost becomes acceptable.
well I mean if the original warmonger sees that he can get away with the war he started, he will keep doing this after this one is over too. I am saying this being fully aware of the fact that all powerful countries participate in war mongering one way or the other so it is indeed a self feeding cycle of frenzy.
I don't think Russia can start shit somewhere else even if it wanted to.
It's hard to make sense of these conflicting narratives. On one hand we're being told that Russia sucks so much, they wasted all their good weapons, tanks, etc, even brought out the rust buckets from 50 years ago, etc, and if anything they've proven just how weak they are.
On the other hand we're being told "oh no, watch out, they're going to attack NATO next". Well...with what?
I think there is still a difference if Russia loses all that power for nothing vs it gets what it wants (mostly at least). But my impression is also that it has gotten significantly weaker in this war and this was perhaps Europe's and UKs (and US initially) aim, that weaken Russia using a remotely controlled nation...
People who want this war to continue: Putin, some of his oligarchs, Trump, and some of our oligarchs, also a bunch of dumbasses.
People who want the war to stop: Ukraine, a multitude of Russians, and most the world.
It ends by Russia leaving and paying to fix what the did. Sanctions for the next 50 years are a slap on the wrist. A proper send off would be for them to slit the throats of every oligarch involved. That includes Putin and now Trump. Their actions resemble rabies