The war in Ukraine might had been been prevented if the West had made more serious efforts towards defusing the situation (like actually implementing Minsk II,

The war in Ukraine might had been been prevented if the West had made more serious efforts towards defusing the situation (like actually implementing Minsk II, for example). Instead, we let the shelling continue, allowed Azov to grow in influence, refused to budge on Ukraine joining NATO, etc. Saying "but that doesn't morally justify Russia's invasion" doesn't negate our responsibility to not do things that make war more likely. World War II might have never happened if the Allies hadn't imposed devastating reparations on Germany post World War I. The reparations destroyed the German middle class, leading to huge resentment and anger which Hitler used to justify and support his evil We'll never know the answer to the "what ifs". But it doesn't hurt to try to not repeat the same mistakes again