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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're so inconsistent. You pretend to care about Ukrainian soldiers while saying we should give their aggressors everything they want. Thousands of Ukrainian men, women, and children killed, raped, tortured, and stolen, to say nothing of the destruction in their homeland.

war is bad and should be mostly avoided.

Yep, I think most agree with this. But just giving the invaders all the territory they stole is literally guaranteeing more war and aggression in the future! If Russia knows they can just invade another sovereign nation and wait it out to be rewarded, why the fuck wouldn't they? They 100% will do this again to other countries and the horror will continue. Defending yourself is just and fair.

Lastly, who are you to say Ukraine should just throw up the white flag and lose? That's for them to decide. And what you, me, Trump, or Putin think they should do is irrelevant. They want to defend their country, and are just asking for our support to do it. And we should give it to them...

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep, I think most agree with this. But just giving the invaders all the territory they stole is literally guaranteeing more war and aggression in the future! If Russia knows they can just invade another sovereign nation and wait it out to be rewarded, why the fuck wouldn’t they? They 100% will do this again to other countries and the horror will continue.

This is the best argument in favor of the war, and the one that was sold to me at first. But after how long the war has gone on, it doesn't seem to me like Putin would even live long enough to capture all the land he allegedly wants to, and even if he did, that he would use that land to attack larger nations or the US.

Defending yourself is just and fair.

But we are not Ukraine. Ukraine should keep fighting if they want to, but it's not our war. We only benefit marginally from the war's existence, it is not particularly in America's best interest to participate in it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I knew you didn't care about those "grieving relatives of killed Ukraine soldiers". A war should "benefit" us?? Psychotic mentality. Some people help others and defend against bullies simply because it's the right thing to do...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

"If you REALLY cared about us, you'd make sure this war lasts forever!"

Nah homie. I care about Ukrainians soldiers like I care about civilians in the Congo. I feel bad for what they're going for and want it to end but I don't want my money going towards them.

The fact that you think that I can only care about Ukranians if I give them my tax money is...interesting...