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0 pointsmoduspol1y ago0 comments

That's not a plan. That's a wish. Wars aren't won on wishes.

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its not. plenty of OSINT evidence that this is inevitable. YOUR not-plan has no evidence going for it.

It's inevitable that if Ukraine has no funding or soldiers to continue this war, then it will end. I don't think that is being questioned.

throwawaymaths1y ago

why do you want the war to end? is it just a moral calculus of lives lost? how can you be sure that ukraine capitulating to russia will lead to less lives lost than one more year of war? 100,000-600,000 people died in the occupation of iraq, why do you think that a russian occupation of Ukraine will be less bloody?

moduspolOP1y ago

I don't think it is wise or ethical to spend billions of dollars prolonging a forever-war thousands of miles away.

I also don't think it's wise or rational to presume that every aggressive action necessarily means that the aggressor is Hitler or bent on world domination. Or even that opposing them by sending resources to their enemy is the most effective way to stop it.

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throwawaymaths1y ago

its not. plenty of OSINT evidence that this is inevitable. YOUR not-plan has no evidence going for it.

moduspolOP1y ago

It's inevitable that if Ukraine has no funding or soldiers to continue this war, then it will end. I don't think that is being questioned.

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moduspolOP1y ago

I don't think it is wise or ethical to spend billions of dollars prolonging a forever-war thousands of miles away.

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