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Originally Posted by nutella virus
Some good points. Problem is everyone has nukes. So let's just let er rip until we beg for peace instead of actively seek it?
No the problem is there is always in society people who believe Chamberlains path to peace, negotiate and appease, hoping they will stop, is the best one.
I say that with no disrespect but people who are not you have learned that what you might think is the best way to avoid nuclear is actually the best way to ensure we have one in the future.
There is no indication Putin has any plans to stop at Ukraine and quite the opposite he has openly suggested it would not stop there and rebuilding the prior USSR is the end goal.
People who understand that, can then see how foolish it is to let Putin gain strength and resources and to increase his fighting capacity over time, such that when he rolls into the next country it is not the cluster**** it was with him rolling into Ukraine and his caravan stranded.
The best time to try and take the long term threat out of Putin and the nukes is now when he is weaker and not when he is stronger and there is no way to stop his march, short of risking nuclear war, as his armies cannot be matched by those countries he targets.
Putins troops are already bolstered by Chechens. Imagine had Zelenski fled the country and the resistance just collapsed ala, Afghanistan, and Putin added these formidable Ukrainian troops to his own.
NOw imagine emboldened, he rolls into Finland and Sweden and refuses to stop.
I know, I know, you would say 'negotiate, negotiate, negotiate' which means give Putin what he wants to stop the fighting now, because you believe that protects the rest of us. Most of us would call you foolish though.