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> "Whatever the cost" could not be more clear. There's a simple solution to that. The war can end tomorrow. All Russia needs to do is get out of Ukraine. All o
by zfg 2y ago
> "Whatever the cost" could not be more clear.
There's a simple solution to that. The war can end tomorrow. All Russia needs to do is get out of Ukraine. All of it.
Simple to do, easy to achieve. No more Russians need to die.
What cost is there to Russia to get out of Ukraine but the bruising of Putin's ego? That is a small price to pay.
- 0xy 2y agoWhy do you suggest a side that is undoubtedly winning forget about their hundreds of thousands dead and simply withdraw? It's like saying the US should've surrendered to Japan after the first bomb. Japan knew they were in an unwinnable position, unlike Ukraine. Ukraine is simply unable to win, and the options are only to negotiate or to continue feeding the meat grinder with Ukrainian men and women. Simple choice.
- zfg 2y ago> Why do you suggest a side that is undoubtedly winning forget about their hundreds of thousands dead and simply withdraw? Why do you suggest that a side that has valiantly resisted the invader forget about their hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded and simply submit? Putin thinks Ukraine is not a real country. Putin thinks Ukrainians are not a real people. Putin thought he could flip Ukraine in three days. Ukraine has spent three years explaining to him that he is wrong. Russian apathy and nihilism won't ever change that.
- 0xy 2y agoThere's nothing to be gained by allowing one corrupt regime to battle another corrupt regime, explicitly promising to never negotiate an end to the fighting and guaranteeing millions more Ukrainian men and women get maimed and shredded by the war machine. Accepting forever war is evil and you are supporting the thousands more Ukrainians who will be killed. Zelensky has repeatedly and explicitly stated he supports forever war 'at any cost'.
- zfg 2y ago> There's nothing to be gained by allowing one corrupt regime to battle another corrupt regime This is the least ambiguous war you're ever likely to see. There is clear right and there is clear wrong. Ukraine is clearly in the right. Russia is clearly in the wrong. Submission to the aggression of an authoritarian regime that has invaded your nation is the dumbest, most nihilistic, most futureless choice available. It's not rational to choose it.
- throwaway519 2y agoRussia is not winning. This is enturely the point the FUD is in overtime. Russia does not have 1 year of equipment losses left.
- 0xy 2y agoThey've gained thousands of square kilometers in 2024, and Russia is using $200 commodity drones to fight $1,000,000 US-provided Javelin missiles. They can replenish easily, while US supply chains will take 5-7 years to even replenish the equipment already deployed in several categories. Russian gains are accelerating too. It doesn't take a Putin shill to see blatant reality, so why bother denying basic reality? Analysts believe Ukraine will collapse completely in 4 months without further US assistance. [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/world/americas/ukraine-us-weapons-suspension.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/world/americas/ukraine-us...