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I do think the Russian army has been performing poorly and perhaps it will continue to. On the other hand, perhaps it won't. Or, perhaps the poorly performing

I do think the Russian army has been performing poorly and perhaps it will continue to. On the other hand, perhaps it won't. Or, perhaps the poorly performing Russian army will resort to measures, like nuclear weapons, that we would sincerely prefer them not to use. I think direct US involvement in a conventional war against Russia is a very, very bad outcome. That's a large part of why I oppose continuing the war and think it would be a good idea for there to be peace. It doesn't make me pro-Russia to prefer peace to war and want a settlement. That just makes me pro-peace. Killing more Russians will not restore life to the dead or undo the tortures that were inflicted on the living. The reasoning that, because the Russians have done bad things we must prolong the war leads to needless additional suffering. How many hundreds of thousands of people should die to determine which flag waves in Donbas, Luhansk, or Crimea? How many billions will we put at risk by increasing the odds of nuclear war?

_kbh_ 4y ago
> perhaps the poorly performing Russian army will resort to measures, like nuclear weapons, that we would sincerely prefer them not to use. I think that this is the poorest decision that Russia could make, and I actually think Russia knows that too, which is why they posture about nuclear strikes without actually doing anything. > I think direct US involvement in a conventional war against Russia is a very, very bad outcome. That's a large part of why I oppose continuing the war and think it would be a good idea for there to be peace. I think ending this war as quick as possible if a nuke is used is a very good outcome and that involves overwhelming conventional force at this point. > It doesn't make me pro-Russia to prefer peace to war and want a settlement. being pro-peace is great, but it should be peace on Ukraines terms, not on the aggressors terms. > That just makes me pro-peace. Killing more Russians will not restore life to the dead or undo the tortures that were inflicted on the living. The reasoning that, because the Russians have done bad things we must prolong the war leads to needless additional suffering. The Russians are the ones who every day choose to prolong the war, they are the only ones who can choose to end it. > How many hundreds of thousands of people should die to determine which flag waves in Donbas, Luhansk, or Crimea?. Ask the Russians they are the only ones who are prolonging this war by staying in Ukraine and containing their genocide of the Ukrainian people. > How many billions will we put at risk by increasing the odds of nuclear war? I don't think this has increased the odds of nuclear war at all, there hasn't been a reported change at all in Russias nuclear posture and to be quite frank the Russian nuclear sabre rattling got old months ago.

_kbh_ 4y ago

> perhaps the poorly performing Russian army will resort to measures, like nuclear weapons, that we would sincerely prefer them not to use. I think that this is the poorest decision that Russia could make, and I actually think Russia knows that too, which is why they posture about nuclear strikes without actually doing anything. > I think direct US involvement in a conventional war against Russia is a very, very bad outcome. That's a large part of why I oppose continuing the war and think it would be a good idea for there to be peace. I think ending this war as quick as possible if a nuke is used is a very good outcome and that involves overwhelming conventional force at this point. > It doesn't make me pro-Russia to prefer peace to war and want a settlement. being pro-peace is great, but it should be peace on Ukraines terms, not on the aggressors terms. > That just makes me pro-peace. Killing more Russians will not restore life to the dead or undo the tortures that were inflicted on the living. The reasoning that, because the Russians have done bad things we must prolong the war leads to needless additional suffering. The Russians are the ones who every day choose to prolong the war, they are the only ones who can choose to end it. > How many hundreds of thousands of people should die to determine which flag waves in Donbas, Luhansk, or Crimea?. Ask the Russians they are the only ones who are prolonging this war by staying in Ukraine and containing their genocide of the Ukrainian people. > How many billions will we put at risk by increasing the odds of nuclear war? I don't think this has increased the odds of nuclear war at all, there hasn't been a reported change at all in Russias nuclear posture and to be quite frank the Russian nuclear sabre rattling got old months ago.