[carlosjobim]

Wars are never waged as responses to attacks or insults, they are waged when the rulers have determined that they will be profitable. Until then, all attacks or atrocities will be ignored.

When it's time for war, the rulers will make up any kind of excuse, order the media to whip up the population to a war frenzy and mothers will cry tears of joy when their sons get sent away to die in agony in some forest or desert with their guts spilled all over the ground.

But if you think the honour of the Czech Republic or NATO needs to be restored, the question is what are you still doing in front of the computer?

[twixfel]

Haven’t you inverted it rather flagrantly? In this scenario it is Russia that attached the Czech Republic.

> Wars are never waged as responses to attacks or insults, they are waged when the rulers have determined that they will be profitable

It is a meaningless truism that nations don’t start wars they don’t think they can or will win. No need to dress that up as any sort of profound insight.

[carlosjobim]

Nations don't start wars, rulers do. The rulers can still profit while the nation loses. That's the standard outcome of war, the nation will suffer greatly and lose immense amounts of human life and destruction, whether winning or losing the war. Even a nation who only wages war overseas looses much more than they gain, because of productivity that has to go to the war effort. It is only ever the rulers that have anything to gain from war. And of course those who enjoy war and battle for itself.

> In this scenario it is Russia that attached the Czech Republic.

It is the ruler(s) of Russia that has done that.

[lupusreal]

Winning the war isn't enough if you suffer greatly to win it and get little if anything to actually show for your victory. "Profit" is necessary.

In this case, the cost of ignoring Russia's attacks is far less than the cost of winning a war against Russia. If this relationship flips, then we might get war.

[jopsen]

Also, why would you risk a kinetic response, when it's so far proven perfectly safe to donate equipment to Ukraine?