Helping Ukraine isn’t relishing war. Yes, peace would be better, but that’s entirely in Russia’s control. If Mexico invaded the US and seized a state or two, does anyone think that the US would just sign a peace treaty and give up those states? (I mean, maybe if it was Mississippi or Alabama.) No, we’d strike back until we took back every inch of territory that we had lost.
Russia could have peace tomorrow by pulling their troops out and agreeing to never again invade a sovereign country. (I’m sure there were be more conditions before it would be a lasting peace, but that would be a great start.) Russia’s idea of “peace,” though, is “Ukraine becomes part of Russia and everyone in Ukraine who doesn’t like this is tortured, raped, and then killed.”
It’s a false equivalence to pretend that fighting to free your country from an invading force is the same as fighting as part of the invading force.
You can’t call yourself human if you relish the thought of war.
Helping Ukraine isn’t relishing war. Yes, peace would be better, but that’s entirely in Russia’s control. If Mexico invaded the US and seized a state or two, does anyone think that the US would just sign a peace treaty and give up those states? (I mean, maybe if it was Mississippi or Alabama.) No, we’d strike back until we took back every inch of territory that we had lost.
Russia could have peace tomorrow by pulling their troops out and agreeing to never again invade a sovereign country. (I’m sure there were be more conditions before it would be a lasting peace, but that would be a great start.) Russia’s idea of “peace,” though, is “Ukraine becomes part of Russia and everyone in Ukraine who doesn’t like this is tortured, raped, and then killed.”
It’s a false equivalence to pretend that fighting to free your country from an invading force is the same as fighting as part of the invading force.
We certainly aren’t fighting to free our country!
We’re giving Ukraine juuust enough support to never lose, but not enough to ever win. The goal isn’t to free Ukraine, the goal is the weaken Russia.
America would prefer this war never ends.
You can’t call yourself human if you’re not willing to fight monsters.
You don’t have to relish war, but you can be hopeful about the outcome. The unfortunate reality is, to keep peace you must be ready for war.
Don’t dehumanize what humanity is capable of.