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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
If only that emotive question could find a simple answer.
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Precisely. Narrowing the scope to discussion of war to such emotive terms denies opportunity to consider reality or what a rational actor would consider a viable outcome.. The outcome of wars is rarely binary with a clear winner or loser. The political settlement afterwards needs to be sustainable to for peace to hold.
I don’t hold Damien’s optimism that many Ukrainian men would stay to fight over seek refuge with their families in Europe. Comparisons with the World Wars are simply invalid because there was simply nowhere to go.