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I cannot imagine the frustration of Ukrainians upon hearing this. "Can't you please just die quietly?" is a common sarcastic reaction that I am seeing.
by consumer451 3y ago
I cannot imagine the frustration of Ukrainians upon hearing this.
"Can't you please just die quietly?" is a common sarcastic reaction that I am seeing.
- jfengel 3y agoI am indeed certain they're frustrated. And equally frustrated by the opposite snide remark that the US is "willing to fight to the last Ukrainian". The US is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. There's a surreal agreement that somehow this war can be contained as long as we obey certain arbitrary rules. The US can send all the weapons it wants (except nuclear ones), but they can't send soldiers. The fight is against the Russian army, not the Russian people -- except for the fact that they (supposedly) just re-elected Putin. If Putin starts to feel the war will damage himself, then he'll feel free to end the entire world. This is bizarre and insane. But not necessarily wrong.
- baybal2 3y ago[dead]
- polski-g 3y agoThey don't need to die; they can just surrender. Sometimes the good guys lose.
- consumer451 3y agoAnd in that scenario, what would prevent the kremlin from taking the rest of Ukraine a few years later?