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[–] Roody15@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (47 children)

Where is the off ramp here? Despite billions and constant propaganda Russia is not going to lose this war on the battlefield.

How much money and how many people are we going to just send to their deaths just because prolonging the conflict weakens an adversary to US.

It’s really sad :(

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

We're not sending anyone to their death. Ukrainian soldiers are doing the fighting, not American ones.

If Russia doesn't lose on the battlefield, Putin will invade Poland next, and then one of the following happens:

  1. NATO responds. Nukes fly. Game over.
  2. NATO doesn't respond, proves itself useless, and dissolves. Putin divides and conquers Europe, marching his army all the way to Portugal. Putin, emboldened, launches an attack on the US. Nukes fly. Game over.

Putin is Hitler with nukes. He's trying to start World War 3. We're trying to stop him before the conflict spirals out of control. If we fail, everybody dies.

We're not supporting Ukraine out of the goodness of our hearts. We're doing it to save our own asses.

[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

We’re not sending anyone to their death. Ukrainian soldiers are doing the fighting, not American ones.

Mask off moment. Ukrainians aren't even people to you. Most of them are conscripts forced to be on the front line.

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