I'm sure they're aware the Soviet Union is not the same thing as Russia, they must be thinking of Catherine II's dissolution of the Hetmanate, or the policy of de-Tatarisation of Crimea, or ah who am I kidding...

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Longterm it is the path to minimal suffering. As the US Revolutionaries put it "give us liberty or give us death."

[+] Aqarius@lemmy.world -6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it? Are you really unable to imagine a better longterm path than "keep the war going until the enemy is destroyed"?

Liberty is all fine and good, but it has to be "give me", not "give them". I dislike the idea of people getting killed for chickenhawk fantasies.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is no alternative, really. Lots of Ukrainians will die under Russian rulership and live as second and third class citizens. That, and Ukrainians won't fight to the last Ukrainian because Russia has demonstrated it doesn't have the power to win this war, they're just throwing a finite supply of meat into a grinder.

[–] OvertonDoors@infosec.exchange 1 points 2 weeks ago

@Aqarius @finitebanjo
Nobody asked you what you like. Why? Because it's immaterial to the question of will Ukraine capitulate. It will not. Not for Trump, not for putin. Not for weapons or promises or treaties. You can't promise Putin his own people will not execute him, so the coward has no choice but to throw away a life for every acre of territory that cannot be kept.

Ruzzia is already a Chinese vassal state, so in a real sense it's already lost the war no matter what happens next.