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How are western countries escalating the conflict? It was Putin who started massing his military at Ukraine's borders in autumn last year. The west was ready t
by skeletal88 5y ago
How are western countries escalating the conflict? It was Putin who started massing his military at Ukraine's borders in autumn last year.
The west was ready to talk but Putin's demands to return NATO to what was before 1997 were insane and impossible. It's the same when I say "I want your wife, 50% of your monthly salary and your house. See - I'm ready to negotiate, but these are my demands, if you do don't agree I will take your house by force anyway"
How do you suggest to de-escalate? Putin has attacked another country, what else should we do? Ignore what they are doing and wait until he attacks another one of his neighbours?
You just sound like one of the 'concerned' people who are Putin's trolls or apologists.
Unfortunately there are many of you here in the comments.
- javajosh 5y agoPeople in bad situations often analyze their own actions to see how it could be avoided. This is sometimes a useful thing to do, but sometimes it just supports an illusion of control, which in turn quickly segues into victims blaming themselves. On the bright side, Trump did a lot of damage in 4 years but he didn't totally kill us, or the State Department. He demonstrated to our allies that America is not reliable as a principled partner in protecting liberal values, which has the positive effect of spreading the load, and getting others (notably Germany) more involved in common defense.