jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRussia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down123
arrow-up1333arrow-down1external-linkRussia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’thehill.comjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square155fedilink
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThe war is inevitable. America doesn’t decide if Russia invades Ukraine or not. It can only decide if it will help Ukraine or not. If america helps Ukraine, they will severely cripple Russia, thus making later invasions unlikely. I america doesn’t help Ukraine, Russia will just get what they want and move on to invade more countries, leading to more wars. You can’t just give a flower to the invader, say “peace” and suddenly there are no more wars.
The war is inevitable. America doesn’t decide if Russia invades Ukraine or not. It can only decide if it will help Ukraine or not.
If america helps Ukraine, they will severely cripple Russia, thus making later invasions unlikely.
I america doesn’t help Ukraine, Russia will just get what they want and move on to invade more countries, leading to more wars.
You can’t just give a flower to the invader, say “peace” and suddenly there are no more wars.