| > The longer it takes for Russia to conquer Ukraine, the more likely it will end up being the start of World War III. A very naive and fatal flow of judgement. Numerous times, Russia state media expressed Russian desire to attack Baltic States and Poland. Putin said similar things many times: i.e. that he wants USSR to be restored in previous borders. If Ukraine is conquered by Russia, you will not get a world peace as an output. Half of Ukrainians will be exterminated in the process (think Holodomor), but I know you don't care too much: "As horrible as this would be for the Ukrainians". I get it, it's not the point of this comment. As an output, you will get a much stronger Russia with added power of Ukrainian people and military resources. The problem is also not in Putin. If he dies, the situation won't be better much. The Russian regime is fascist-like and embraces Russian imperialism. The only sane action is to help Russia to disintegrate into smaller nations and to show the world that aggression at such scale does not work. |