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Kiev and the US wouldn't have to uphold any agreements if Russia leaves Ukraine. Once they leave, the war is over. No "deal" is needed here.
by SpaceL10n 4y ago
Kiev and the US wouldn't have to uphold any agreements if Russia leaves Ukraine. Once they leave, the war is over. No "deal" is needed here.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoWell, a new case will start then - reparations for the billions in damage, lives lost and upheaval.
- Avicebron 4y agoI'm not sure reparations have a good track record of brokering any sort of lasting peace and de-escalation, see the treaty of versaille for Germany post wwI...leading into wwII..
- ethbr0 4y agoNothing except concrete military capability, defensible border positioning, and an ingrained culture of territorial defensive without offensive aspirations has a good track record for lasting peace. Any sort of peace acceptable to the Ukrainians is going to leave Russia with a lingering casus belli, which only the above (and NATO membership) is going to prevent escalating back into war.
- Zanfa 4y agoThe myth of overly harsh measures imposed on Germany after WWI leading into WW2 doesn't make sense. If anything, the measures weren't harsh enough, since after WW2 Germany was denazified, partitioned and occupied for decades, which is much more extreme, but obviously worked.
- pjc50 4y ago.. but not financially penalized into poverty. Both Germany and Japan had help to rebuild civilian manufacturing and employment. Very much a "rehabilitation" approach.