There was a post from a mass media site the other day saying Turkey was approving Sweden to join NATO. This turned out to be a bit of wishful thinking.
There was a post from a mass media site the other day saying Turkey was approving Sweden to join NATO. This turned out to be a bit of wishful thinking.
Would you prefer a fight like Ukraine’s (even if you win), or would you rather make sure the fight never happens?
It’s clear Putin doesn’t care about Russians dying. They’ve always just thrown blood at their targets.
I’m worried at some aspects of your comment that seem xenophobic in nature. Most Russians disagree with the decision to attack Ukraine and even a dictator like Putin can’t pull the string forever without breaking it. We already saw the consequences of him having to rely on mercenaries a couple weeks ago. He had to rely on them because there are not enough people willing to fight. So russians in general aren’t some zombies or pawns, we shouldn’t look at them that way.
On the other hand, I don’t see a real risk of Russia invading Sweden, and don’t even consider NATO’s response to a Russian’s hypothetical threat of invasion to another country to be the same, so in the end, while they didn’t get to join, I think they can move on without any damage and try joining later when conditions change. They’ll still be de facto protected.
Your comment is really weird. You are arguing about something the person you are replying to didn’t even say.
They didn’t say most Russians agree with the war. They also didn’t say Russians are zombies or pawns.
All they said was that Russian (Soviet union) leaders have a history of sacrificing their own citizens. That’s an undeniable fact.
And stating that is in no way xenophobic.
How many Ukrainians have described their own battlefield as a “meatgrinder”?