New Polling Shows Significant Ukrainian Support for Diplomacy to End the War
New Polling Shows Significant Ukrainian Support for Diplomacy to End the War
There is more dissent from the Zelensky government’s war aims than may appear.
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You are contradicting yourself. Can russia stop the war immediately, or do they need the permission of the west to do so? Both can't be true simultaneously
I'm not contradicting myself. The west can stop the war immediately, and Ukraine needs permission from the west to do so. This is a proxy war between NATO and Russia where NATO is using Ukraine to do the fighting.
I asked about Russia, not Ukraine.
Can Russia end the war immediately, or does Russia need the permission of the west to do so?
Here's the chief of NATO openly admitting why the war started, but you keep on lying here if that makes you feel better.
The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn't sign that.
The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our military infrastructure in all Allies that have joined NATO since 1997, meaning half of NATO, all the Central and Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO from that part of our Alliance, introducing some kind of B, or second class membership. We rejected that.
So he went to war to prevent NATO, more NATO, close to his borders. He has got the exact opposite.
That has literally nothing to do with what I just wrote? I said nothing about the reason for the war.
Again, can Russia end the war immediately, ss you claimed, or do they need permission from the west, like you also claimed?
You are claiming that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, while the reality, as Stoltenberg admits is that it's a war between Russia and NATO. Ukraine is the party that needs permission from the west to stop the war.
Again, can Russia end the war immediately, ss you claimed, or do they need permission from the west, like you also claimed?
Can you explain to me why Russia would stop the war that Russia is currently winning?
You are avoiding my question. Can Russia end the war immediately, or do they need permission from the west? Yes or no. If you do not answer, I will just assume thst you agree with me that Russia can end the war unilaterally, and Putin chooses not to (because he chooses not to, as "winning" is more important thsn millions of lives).
You are avoiding my question. Why would Russia end the war that Russia is winning?
To avoid the death of millions of Russians and Ukrainians. I've answered multiple times.
So, now we agree that Russia could end the war immediately, regardless of what the west does, but chooses not to, leading to the death of millions of Russians and Ukrainians.
The actual losses for Russia amount to around 57k as a western source that shows its methodology reports. So, not sure where these millions are coming from https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng
Meanwhile, nowhere did I say that Russia can't stop the war. What I said is that it makes absolutely no sense for Russia to do that. The war started because of NATO expansion eastwards as Stoltenberg has openly admitted. If Russia stops the war, then NATO will just continue doing what it was doing previously in Ukraine. All the effort and all the lives lost will have been for nothing. Russia has to win this war decisively.
Also, you keep talking about Putin as if he runs the country in dictatorial fashion. That is a perspective divorced from reality. At this point vast majority of people in Russia support the war because they now understand that the west is their enemy. They saw western reaction towards Russians after the war started, and they can plainly see now that the west viscerally hates Russians. Putin is considered a moderate, and the main criticism of Putin in Russia today is that he's being too cautious and not showing enough force.
What will happen in the end is that Russia will win and dictate terms, the only question is how many more people have to die before westerners accept that.
What will happen in the end is that Russia will win and dictate terms, the only question is how many more people have to die before westerners accept that.
You answered yourself where the millions come from.
You agree that Putin could stop the war, but can not see why it would make sense to not kill millions. That requires a particular disregard for life typical of Russia, and then russians act surprised when people hate them.