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That was a bad bet, maybe as bad as invading Ukraine. The GOP is even more in the pocket of the defense industrial complex and would very quickly realize that t
by indymike 4y ago
That was a bad bet, maybe as bad as invading Ukraine. The GOP is even more in the pocket of the defense industrial complex and would very quickly realize that they get to replace and update all kinds of weapon systems and create jobs back home.
> pointless bloodbath needs to end
Yes, it does, right after Ukraine's territory is restored and the 1M or so people that have been relocated to Russia are returned home.
- squarefoot 4y agoThen identified war criminals must be surrendered as well, and very harsh sanctions must be imposed to Russian govt and its supporting oligarchs in order to force them to pay for the destruction they brought. To me, just returning land and prisoners then saying sorry isn't enough.
- indymike 4y ago> To me, just returning land and prisoners then saying sorry isn't enough. One of the lessons of WWI was heavy-handed reparations create more even larger problems. It took WWII to clean it up the mess, and while the de facto military dictatorship that emerged under the Kaiser was was bad, the Nazi replacement was far, far, far worse. What is important is that whatever end this comes to puts an end to wars of territorial conquest like this. They make little sense in the modern world, and are an absurd waste of life and wealth. After the war, Ukraine will become a NATO country, and the west will invest heavily in rebuilding and GDP will grow. So long as the people of Russia tolerate totalitarian rule, they will live with stagnant growth and dim future. If the people of Russia can once again open up, maybe that future will be different.