Sometimes a war is justified, and coming to the aid of an ally getting invaded is a damn good justification.

Especially if that ally is simply asking for more hardware and not asking for feet on the ground.

Edit: Fixed the link, it was broken for some reason though it worked earlier today. IDK this mirror should work though

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    So we should just let the Ukrainian people be steam rolled by Russia then as they ask for help?

    I’m sure letting counties invade their neighbors in acts of conquest has no history of going poorly for a lot of people.

    • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      That’s a false dichotomy, though it’s important to consider that the people in Ukraine suffer massively under the strategy of sending “aid” (which I described earlier in a comment removed with no explanation).

      The Western/NATO approach, which is to say the US approach, has been to use UA to apply maximum pressure and pain on Russia. Prevent, avoid, disrupt peace talks. Saber-rattling. And prior to the war, funding Ukrainian Nazis and refusing to implement Minsk II. There have been so many options and opportunities, and the “stoke more war” button has been pressed every time.

      The simplified answer is to use diplomacy to end the conflict. That is the best option for the lives of the people of Ukraine and for the existence of the country itself.

      • NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4·
        1 year ago

        Russia has the power to stop the war and retreat.

        Yeah the west and Russia where saber-rattling. But Russia choose to act and it.

        The thing is putin will only use diplomacy on his on terms, and these terms alone will threaten the existence of Ukraines souveränity itself.

        And victim blaming is never ok, even when you think the victim is an asshole.