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Or Russia could fuck off back to their own country. That's the easiest solution.

The Allies should have done the same after Germany overran France. Why did they had to escalate things by bombing the Reich?

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.

And you thinkTrump is more capable of diplomatic solutions than Biden or Harris? If so, can I borrow $200?

A more focused effort on diplomatic solutions could be instrumental in fostering peace and mitigating further harm.

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!"

So we forever surrender any and all autonomy and agency in the face of nuclear blackmail? Folding on Ukraine now, only reinforces two lessons:

1. Countries with nukes can bully those without them
2. You should really get your own nukes to at least have somewhat parallel threat to any invaders/belligerence

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:

1987

• Khan is suspected of having made an offer to Iran to provide a package of nuclear technologies, including assistance for the difficult process of casting uranium metal.

• KRL begins to publish publicly available technical papers that outline some of the more advanced design features Khan has developed. The papers include information that would normally be classified in the U.S. and Europe and show that KRL is competent in many aspects of centrifuge design and operation. The papers also include specifications for centrifuges with maraging steel that can spin faster than earlier aluminum designs. Later, in 1991, KRL publishes details on how to etch grooves around the bottom bearing to incorporate lubricants. These technical developments are important for Khan’s P-2 centrifuges.

1988

• Iranian scientists are suspected of having received nuclear training in Pakistan.

Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a turkey recipe for Thanksgiving.

How on earth are they going to get to France if they can't even take Ukraine? And if NATO is all it's cracked up to be and is actually a deterrent, then there's nothing to fear.

comparatively tiny strip of territory

Most of Russia's land is useless...

It's not amount the amount of land it's the food they produce, the wealth of it's citizens, it's ports, and its land borders with Europ that Putin wants.

Dude is trying to claw back as much of the USSR as he can, and he'll stop with Ukraine as much as Hitler stopped with Poland.