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> War by who

By the international community of course. The same one that has heavily sanctioned Russia.

> And as another comment said, are you volunteering? You can even wage war against Russia now if you want to, volunteers in Ukraine are always welcome.

That's just a cheap deflection. Me dying in the trenches won't change anything; a coordinated properly aggressive response might teach the war criminals at the Kremlin that they will not be let off. It's just a repeat of Munich/Ethiopia, and no individual at our level can do anything about it but advocate for change in policy to our governments.




It's not a cheap deflection. You want other people to die in the trenches or worse, to die in a nuclear war. The deflection is to say that "your life won't change anything", which I mean sure yes, but that's what every single war mongers that doesn't want to fight the wars that they promote say. If everyone said that, no one would be fighting against Russia right now.

And it's funny to say that it's a repeat of Munich / Ethiopia. Again, war mongers will always prefer comparing to the few times where war was the only solution. The only issue is that not only do both situations have nothing in common (not that anyone cared about Ethiopia, since European colonialism in Africa was nothing new), but it also erases the fact that we are talking about nuclear powers here. If Hitler had nuclear weapons pointed at London and New York back in 1938, then obviously the equation wouldn't be as simple as "stop him now" even with hindsight lol.


> You want other people to die in the trenches or worse, to die in a nuclear war

Other people are dying, and more people will until the aggressor is stop. The aggressor has shown loud and clear he has no intention of stopping.

> Again, war mongers will always prefer comparing to the few times where war was the only solution

Because the situation is comparable. Putin has clear and overt ambitions for further expansion (one of his minions already published the plans with Moldova next). If he isn't stopped, like he wasn't in Georgia and Crimea, he'll just continue. So the comparison is very apt. Yes, nuclear weapons add a serious nee dimension to the problem. That doesn't mean we should let Putin get away with war crimes.

Edited to add: https://kyivindependent.com/russia-military-building-up-at-f...




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