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This is a serious matter, as halting the ongoing conflict could save countless lives. There is concern that current policies, such as the decision to permit Ukraine to carry out strikes within Russia, may escalate tensions rather than contribute to de-escalation. A more focused effort on diplomatic solutions could be instrumental in fostering peace and mitigating further harm.
Or Russia could fuck off back to their own country. That's the easiest solution.
That only happens in fairy tales; this is the reality of the world we live in.
What only happens in fairy tales are "diplomatic solutions" in a war like this one. Russia will not negotiate if they are not allowed to keep what they stole. They can't be allowed to do that. So there will not be peace until either Ukraine gives up or Russians feel continuing this war is too costly for them.
When a country loses life taking territory it is very unlikely they will ever give it up. I would love to see Russian return those territories to Ukraine and even pay them for all the damage. Thats not going to happen and we can keep fighting to pet our egos but at the expense of innocent people? I dont mean military but civilians who now dont have clean water, power, medical help etc. They are an indirect loss to both sides that everyone ignores. They deserve peace that is all Im saying. I don't like Russia I dont support what they did!
"We" are fighting nobody. The Ukrainians are. And as long as they want to keep fighting the invaders, it's only right to assist a country that's only defending itself.
Hahaha. Well, cry me crocodile tears. These pseudo-peacenik concern trolling about saving Ukrainian lives by advocating for them to surrender, but not once from this rhetoric ever explicitly condemned Russia for blatant violation of international laws and called Putin to withdraw his troops. That's the only way for the war to be over!
Дa товарищ?
The Allies should have done the same after Germany overran France. Why did they had to escalate things by bombing the Reich?
I'm sorry, what??
He's making fun of you by saying the whole world should have given up to Germany in WW2, like you suggest Ukraine give up to the brutal rapisit invaders.
He is making fun of a conflict where people he couldn’t care less for are dying. Yeah real funny!
No, just making fun of you.
Your entire comment only puts the blame on Ukraine and the west.
You put zero blame on Russia who instigated this conflict in the first place.
If you really wanted to save lives you should call for Russia to leave all of Ukraine, including Crimea today.
My comment focuses on saving lives. While this community demands conflict, few are actively supporting Ukraine. Millions suffer as many enjoy the holidays. Yes, Russia is to blame—but the priority is ending the nightmare for Ukrainian families who've endured 1,000 days of war. They don't care who started it or who's winning; they just want peace.
Ok, the most effective way of saving lives is for Russia to withdraw, if Ukraine looses the conflict, Russia will continue killing.
Your stratergy is an idiotic feel good idea, nothing more
I have you tagged as tankie for a reason...
I kept you unblocked to give you the benefit of the doubt, but here we are...
Go join the russian army if it is so well paid.
And you thinkTrump is more capable of diplomatic solutions than Biden or Harris? If so, can I borrow $200?
I mean, there was a lot less war during Trump’s administration than during Biden’s. The results speak for themselves.
Biden/cabinet was horrible at diplomacy other than subjugating colonies harder. No talks with Russia. While GOP hawks criticized him for sending cabinet to China, they would just go there an lecture BS propaganda from Beijing. Trump 45 made deals with China and DPRK. It's to be seen, whether his ultra hawkish cabinet can do the same, but he does have a history of claiming victory through deals, no matter how minimal of a change they produce.
It often feels as though we live in a country of collective amnesia. Were people truly unaware of the events of the past four years?
Russia literally just needs to say "okay we're leaving" and then leave and the war is over. Wtf are you talking about?
Yes - better to leave those Russian airbases - the place from which they launch their airstrikes against civilians in place - allowing endless airstrikes against your populace is the path to peace.
...what?
Here's some food for thought. If we turned the tables and Canada was being invaded by the US, and Putin said he could call Trump and stop the invasion so long as whatever territories Trump took stay American, I would rather suicide bomb a crowd of Americans than accept defeat. I imagine the Ukrainians feel the same way. I can't imagine that changing.
Fuck de-escalation, there is no way Russia ends their atrocity without either total surrender from Ukraine or overwhelming force. Let's get it over with before it festers further. Bomb Moscow, lightly, and fucking annihilate it and several other key sites if there's even a whiff of retaliation.
Fuck Russia, enough is enough. Miss me with the "but the innocents" bullshit, cuz yeah, I agree - "but the goddamned innocents!"
You speak with passion, and I can appreciate that. However, may I ask—what are you actively doing to support Ukraine in this conflict? Or is your focus primarily on feeling vindicated as Ukraine inflicts damage on Russia, even at the cost of countless innocent families in both nations?
So we forever surrender any and all autonomy and agency in the face of nuclear blackmail? Folding on Ukraine now, only reinforces two lessons:
The NATO/CSTO ‘nuclear umbrella’ curbs the need or desire to seek a domestic nuclear arms program - Pakistan sought nuclear weapons in the 80s after their rival India got them, and the proliferation network afterwards arguably contributed to Iranian knowhow for their own weapons program:
Which nuclear power did the invading again? In 2014 and 2022? And who is the one constantly harping about nuking their enemies?
If you buy into Euromaidan being a CIA color revolution, sure I guess, but that still doesn’t explain how the population mobilized both then and during the invasion to resist imperial Russian encroachment.
Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a turkey recipe for Thanksgiving.
Russia never had any limitations on the weapons they got from their allies. Ukraine actually had them. Russian propaganda is trying to paint it as escalation, but the thing is that the west was already trying to de-escalate, and is now loosening the limitations.
I do believe the west should continue trying to de-escalate. But I think at this point Ukraine should take the deal and give up their land even though I think that's disgusting. But it's like an infection that has been going for way too long. Amputate the leg so the body can live.