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And why does that matter? A government being authoritarian does not automatically make its positions wrong. Their internal authoritarianism is their internal issue, it doesn’t mean they are automatically on the wrong side of every foreign policy issue.

The idea that Europe can’t defend itself is silly, Russia is having so much trouble with Ukraine now imagine if all the other European countries were also fighting with them. Regardless Russia has no interest to take on Europe directly as a direct conflict with NATO could easily escalate to nuclear war and destroy human civilization. Russian bots are a minor issue compared to mainstream outlets that hold water for US and NATO propaganda, which has been far more damaging.

I never said they would

It does matter because Ukraine remaining neutral limits its military coordination with the US and if they try to use Ukraine as a launch pad for attacks Russia can attack it without triggering article 5 if it’s not in NATO The US has overthrown countless democratic leaders. Russia is a dictatorship, so that does nothing to assuage their fears. US overthrowing a dictator often lead to less peace. it’s the opposite, Ukraine was fine when it was neutral, trying to incorporate it into NATO has wrecked an entire generation of Ukrainians They invaded Chechnya because they feared a domino of independence movements. Ukraine was their fears coming true. NATO is largely funded by the US and defends its interests Then you are naive, the US has toppled governments and invaded counties that posed no security threat to it especially in Latin America, they would be highly aggressive to a border country engaging with a direct rival China wouldn’t do that because China is sane enough to realize it shouldn’t try baiting wars with great powers outside of its circle of influence. Though if the security competition between China and thenUS a heats up its entirely possible they ape US strategy to try and get the US bogged down in wars to weaken it as the US a has done to Russia twice now. Russias economy is already growing under sanctions. If according to you they would lift some sanctions that indicates better prospects of growth. If no one cares about Ukraine joining NATO they would reject its membership. World leaders have said multiple times they plan on admitting Ukraine into NATO. The US was pushing for Ukraine in NATO for years. Russia probably wants to control four oblasts as a buffer and have guarantees of a demilitarized neutral Ukraine

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The USA which has the most control over NATO has been involved in countless coups and civil wars to topple governments they don’t like. It’s completely natural Russias regime would view NATO trying to get onto its borders as a potential threat. NATO was involved in bombing Serbia and toppling Gadaffi. Putin himself reportedly regretted not intervening to stop the overthrowing of Gadaffi. The CIA maintains 12 bases on Ukraines border. Given the history of the CIA removing leaders the US doesn’t like, yes they are a threat. That doesn’t mean a invasion was the right move or justified however. It does mean that, as you agreed, it’s to be expected that trying to bring Ukraine into NATO would lead to Russia becoming aggressive. Currently Russia has been forced into strong ties with China and the global south is uniting more behind BRICS I could say the same thing to the US and NATO. Why exactly do they feel the need to continue expanding to be closer and closer to Russias borders while knowing Russia views it as a threat? What do you think the US would do if Mexico tried entering a military alliance with China and let Chinas secret service build bases on the US Mexican border? Russia has the most sanctions of any country in the world and their economy is growing because they found ways around it. So it doesn’t look like they are “done.”. It doesn’t seem like Iran is done either. Reports now show Netanyahu is planning to strike Iran to draw the US into war, if Israel could just get Iranians to internally overthrow the government they wouldn’t need to do that. So far trump indicated interest in a deal, so Iran isn’t looking like it’s done either if the deal goes through and they can remove some of their sanctions. Now Americans on the right are getting tired of funding Ukraine and it looks like a negotiated solution is coming. If not Russia will continue seizing more and more land as they already are. Sanctioning Iran is much easier than sanctioning Russia because Europe didn’t rely on a lot of trade from Iran. In the case of Russia the sanctions have hurt the economy of Europe. Lets assume somehow the war ends without a deal that doesn’t requires removing the sanctions, eventually the public will start asking why exactly they are hurting their own energy economy by sanctioning Russia when there isn’t an active conflict with Russia (given that the war ended). So no the sanctions wouldn’t last. And again that’s also a unlikely scenario simply because sanctions being removed as part of a negotiated solution is much more likely.

Get a lawyer Tell the jury you have anxiety and fear of dogs and panicked when it started biting you

- it doesn’t matter what you or I think, it matters what Russia thinks - how did the USA behave when Cuba tried to house Russian nukes? multiple US politicians publicly said they support Ukraine because they see it as a way to hurt Russia without expending American lives. Why would Russia continue invading smaller neighbors? Theyll suspend sanctions because they can’t justify them to the public when there isn’t a war going on, also their opinion is shifting to wanting to focus on China and not viewing Russia as a threat. Anyway the sanctions will probably be suspended before that as part of a peace deal regardless.

Those aren’t of greater importance than Ukraine, which is why they didn’t intervene again to rescue Assad If they could do that, they would have already done it NATO regularly takes aggressive action, such as Serbia or Libya. The head of CIA admitted in leaked memos that Russia views Ukraine entering NATO as an existential threat Because Ukraine cannot win in all likelihood, so it makes sense to negotiate what you can now rather than fight on and lose more and more for a worse end result Because they are morally against the invasion and the US pressured them as they could use Ukraine as bait to weaken Russia, they did the same with Afghanistan to damage the Soviet Union. They wouldn’t then help Russia, just that when the active conflict is over they will be more open to trading with Russia for their own benefit as there is less reason not to.

The US already let in 200K Afghan refugees and

The biggest downside of peace now is that making Ukraine make a deal will allow Ukraine supporters to continue the fantasy that if the war just continued they would win and blame Trump for being in Putins pocket. This is a shame as it will dampen the blow on the military industrial complex and government would get from the failure the same way it got in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, which means it won’t be effective in making the public more skeptical of backing future wars.

Those are soldiers who are declared missing. Not the same as Russia claiming soldiers are still alive an active who died enough to fudge the numbers of those analysis. Where else would they need to put a large amount of armed forces? People have been saying Iran is on the verge of a revolution for decades, there really isn’t indication that’ll happen for sure at this point. They view stopping Ukraine in NATO as a existential threat, fighting Ukraine is prioritizing Russia to them. Far more than propping up some foreign dictator. Because the costs of continuing to go to war and occupying more and more land would not be worth it after a certain point. A negotiated settlement can also include security agreements regarding Ukraine. The West won’t cut off Russia continually if the war ends. Firstly part of the war ending will involve offering to reduce sanctions on Russia in exchange for something. And if not eventually if people feel it’s over they’ll demand their leaders loosen them and stop taking the economic hit, the war has caused major issues in Europe especially for Germany regarding oil.

The US spends some of the most on eduction in the world and has some of the worst out mes in the first world and declining. What do you expect? The government to force people to pay for their substandard product endlessly and no one will push back? The problem with bashing trump supporters is you ignore the failing system which they lash out against, opening it up to happen again.

The other analysis was on inheritance. Russia offers the soldiers payment for their families if they die to get them to join. So yes, they can’t just pretend the soldier is still alive when they can no longer talk to anyone they know back home for years. Assad is gone. Russia will prioritize Ukraine over anything else. Ukraine ceding to Russia is not the end of Ukraine as they can negotiate to retain more of their land. Expending their entire military would mean Ukraine loses more soldiers and civilians, takes greater economic losses, and if they keep losing land worsens their negotiation position. If Russia has nothing to gain why have they continued fighting?

Then the number is nonsense. They didn’t lose 150,000 in three months while Ukraine barely budged. Ukraine hides demographic data to hide its casualties and exaggerated Russian casualties for morale. The independent war correspondent Yurii Butusov reported that sources inside Ukraine’s military told him 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed and 30,000 missing, far higher than Zelensky’s claimed 40,000. It also is closer to UALosses which reported 63,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed. https://archive.ph/Tys8X The New York Times, and a Ukrainian non profit both verified their numbers as well. similarly independent journalist analysis of Russian soldiers killed find 78-150,000 https://archive.ph/zxkae So Russia is losing roughly 2 soldiers per Ukrainian loss. Polls find 50% of Ukrainians want a quick negotiated end to the war https://news.gallup.com/poll/653495/half-ukrainians-quick-negotiated-end-war.aspx Russias population is 143.8 million and Ukraines is 37 million. That’s 3.88x Russia also still has more aircraft, artillery and land equipment then Ukraine The point is Ukraine clearly doesn’t have the military advantage if it is losing land. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241231-russian-advances-in-ukraine-grew-seven-fold-in-2024-data-shows There isnt any indication of that happening. Russia is deepening ties with countries to get around sanctions and so far the population hasn’t been revolting. case in point their economy grew: https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/russian-economy-grows-41-in-2024-surpasses-official-forecast-93CH-3856572

So its not 850,000 And the US estimates 57,000 Ukrainian forces killed and 250,000 wounded in October

That isn’t happening. Russia captured over 1600 square miles in 2024. That doesn’t mean Russias economy will collapse and people will overthrow Putin. https://archive.ph/67no4

There isn’t any indication Russia is preparing a total war with NATO. They would gain nothing from that, and potentially end civilization.

He isn’t making concessions, removing from the discussion to major threat Russia sees of Ukraine joining NATO allows for more good faith negotiations as Russia will see continuing as less a means of survival

The 43,000 comes from Ukraine, but they are hiding the reality to avoid demoralization. The US estimated Ukraine had 57,000 killed and a confidential source told WSJ they had 80,000 killed in September. The 850,000 claim about Russia comes from Ukraine so they are likely exaggerating and includes killed OR wounded. If we are counting wounded then Ukraine’s number is also much higher. Ukraine has done 10 mobilizations, Russia has done one. Russia has 1.5 soldiers and 2 million reserve, and has 4x the population as Ukraine. The Russian economy grew in 2024 according to IMF and the world bank.

I would love for everyone saying trump is betraying Ukraine to explain the alternative. Just keep funding the war until Ukraine literally runs out of men? There was no progress being made.

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Many of those men are in sexless relationships because the woman got them to marry on the promise of intimacy then stopped it when they couldn’t leave

It is a double standard. When a man wants to get laid or ghosts a girl he gets accused of “using her”. But if a woman is directly seeking lonely men or men in unhappy marriages to pay her we are supposed to applaud her. It’s a toxic business model. The women doing it become desensitized and develop contempt for men which damages their future relationships, and the men get exploited for their resources and don’t pursue healthier avenues of connection.