[2143]

> modern army and it was a total massacre

You don't get it.

Look, nobody has any doubt that USA is very powerful. But that doesn't mean they must annihilate the world.

And Russia is no slouch.

Diplomacy is the need of the hour.

As somebody who lives far far away from Europe and North America (in a country that's supposed to have no skin in this game), I don't want to get killed because Uncle Sam wants to show who's boss.

[mopsi]

> Look, nobody has any doubt that USA is very powerful.

Russia obviously doubts. All that power is useless if you are afraid of using it. Russia conquered Crimea in 2014 without firing a single shot in the best spirit of Sun Tzu because everyone else was so deathly afraid of what might happen that it utterly paralyzed them.

Congratz on being far away. I live next to a strategically important rail bridge that will get hit by a missile in the next round if Putin is not stopped in Ukraine. I don't think appeasement is going to achieve that.

[2143]

> Russia obviously doubts

You still don't get it. Do you doubt that Russia is powerful? Hence, the diplomacy.

> strategically important rail bridge

That's kind of the problem isn't it? Strategic assets near Russia (I think it's safe to assume the aforementioned bridge isn't in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is concerning to them.

Every country involved is protecting their own interests.

I have no sympathy for any of the governments involved. On any side.

However, I hope that you and your family would be safe.

[tremon]

Diplomacy is the need of the hour.

Diplomacy was yesterhour's need. It failed, otherwise there wouldn't be Russian troops all over Ukraine right now.

[raxxorrax]

There was no diplomacy because the position of Russia was completely ignored. Surprisingly China stated openly that it was the fault of the west. That is ridiculous because they are not the people to invade here, but at no point was there effective diplomacy. On the contrary, everyone called Putins hand and now he put it on the table.

[ghostwriter]

It failed because the US diplomats were too ignorant to take Putin's "red line" demands (Ukraine never getting into NATO) seriously and they discarded any possibility for immediate negotiations on that matter too eagerly.