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No one is antiwar. Its a non-sensical position. There are just people who want de-escalation in a subset of cases. Antiwar doesn’t really make any sense becaus
by nonethewiser 3y ago
No one is antiwar. Its a non-sensical position. There are just people who want de-escalation in a subset of cases.
Antiwar doesn’t really make any sense because you can’t end wars without fighting in wars. Or surrendering but that proves the “doesnt really make sense” point. It also just encourages more wars in the future. There can be diplomatic solutions but you still have to embrace the war until then.
- mindslight 3y ago"Anti-war" is a sensible coherent position relative to a country making war. It only seems ambiguous these days because Russia is trying to tap into existing anti-war sentiment against the US (caused by elective wars the US created), to undermine western support for Ukraine in a war that Russia created. The straightforward anti-war position on Ukraine is "Russia, stop making war in Ukraine" - which is clearest when expressed by Russian citizens, but can be expressed by anyone. Russia however is not stopping (just as the US didn't stop in Iraq), and so war continues.