I think many are thinking that using nukes will mean total annihilation. They can use tactical ones with "limited" damage and since Ukraine is not Nato, Nato cannot simply use nukes on Russia without complete escalation. The idea of military exhaustion fails to comprehend that Russia (Putin) will never let it come to that. They will use nukes before that as sad as this is. And if they do I rather think Nato will deescalate.
Also diplomacy should never be discounted. There is an "easy" solution here: let there be another referendum on Krim and the annexed states with UNO. If they vote to go to Russia then both sides can save their faces and we can have peace. Everything else is warmongering!
Your solution? So Ukraine should allow Russia to do ANOTHER illegal referendum? And then hand over territory that was illegally taken. That's why you aren't a diplomat.
Russia has already expended it's best in the first months of the invasion. There is a shadow of a red army left.
All of the super high quality military equipment Russia has has been proven to be defective and substandard.
And since you are so into this entire non-violence thing, it seems like you would have said that Hitler needs to have living space and pulling really should give itself over to Germany... Because that's exactly what this is it's appeasement of a dictator.
Damage is already done The invasion and war crimes have already happened and the entire world is going to demand accountability by Russia as well as restitution. Oh about that....
The international banking cartel has seized Russian assets worldwide and the amount they hold has now locked out enough to completely pay for this entire war as well as reconstruction. European Union member states happened to have control of all of this.... Oh snap. Russian federation is bankrupt. And literally the scam on trying to sell Russian oil is not going over so well in large quantities. Let alone the enormity of sanctions.
The international banking cartel won't listen to you and Ukrainian forces are about to win so they're not going to stop fighting.
So honestly if you want to get confrontational over me simply talking about news I can always mute and continue on. Getting all on me isn't going to change the events across the world in the middle of the beginning of world war 3.
Have a nice day.
I think you are speaking from a position that does not realize the horrors of war. More weapons = more war. And I think you are underestimating Russia, even if it is only because they are a nuclear power.
Why are you taking this personally? Can't we just have a discussion - I feels this is why all of social media is just completely derailed. Feel free to live in your thought bubble, but that is not how we are going to solve problems
You also have a nice day
Of you want to discuss that's one thing. Being hostile about things and living in a delusional state thinking this is going to be an easy fix?
Russian federation got itself sanctions more than any other country in the world. It's getting it's economy ripped and cut out of the international banking system.
Russia invaded and is threatening the world with nuclear way and your idea is appeasement?
Enabling this conflict to burn out with Russia defeating itself? Or letting them rebuild and retry in a couple years.... Which saves the most lives. Another war doesn't.
And besides not like your diplomacy is going to work let alone your idea even have weight in this conflict.
I don't personally attack you and then pretend that wasn't offensive... You did...
Discussion is one thing. Forcing your idea on others and demanding recognition of those words? Might not work the best.
Whatever, I am not interested in these games of blaming others ego.
My point is that war is never a solution. It's a universal simple truth. I hope one day you come to realize that as well.
Violence is the gold standard. You should probably look up the Robert Heinlein starship troopers quote on that.
If you don't think violence has solved anything I'd ask you to go have a conversation with the survivors of Hiroshima and nagasaki.
However it is when good people use violence in good ways that the world gets changed.
Simply having wishful thinking isn't going to change the world.
violence is the absence of love and only love can heal this world. It is a truth that will set this world free - but yes, unfortunately too many people are still stuck in the "violence is good" etc. mind set. Until then we will perpetuate hell on Earth