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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s not the opposing those things that makes someone bloodthirsty it’s the forever war element as the only alternative to “every inch plus Crimea, and Putin in The Hague”.
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Observing that Ukraine can never be secure while Russia controls so much of its Black Sea coast, and especially Crimea, is not bloodthirsty or forever-war-ish. It is a statement of objective strategic fact. Ukraine has regained freedom to operate cargo vessels in the western Black Sea by bombing the Russian navy out of Sevastopol. In the event of a truce, Russia can and will rebuild its naval presence there (and it will doubtless also sail a great many ships in from elsewhere to rapidly make up for its losses).