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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (757021)2/11/2022 11:27:36 PM
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Hold a referendum in the disputed eastern parts of Ukraine and have the local yokels in each bit vote for independence or being part of Russia or Ukraine.
And while at it, they should ask the Ukrainians whether they would be willing to risk a potentially uncontrollable war for the privilege of - maybe - getting admitted some day to the nato. I think it would be fair, Ukraine being a democracy and all that.

War sucks. And after all the brutalities are in the past, it takes many generations until the psychological damage begins to subside. And we aren’t even talking about nuclear wars.

Speaking of which… I read some analyses suggesting that Russia would lose a conventional war. That’s a scary thought, because they wouldn’t fight any war that they couldn’t expect to win. Which means they could be quick to escalate if needed - maybe not go directly to MAD, but use smaller, “tactical” weapons. That would open a very dangerous path.

When Stalin and Hitler concluded their “peace treaty” - along the way, absorbing all the lands separating them - it was obvious that the next step would be war. By the time the two powers were separated by a thin line, the only question was which side would “surprise” - and attack first. Germany must have had better intelligence - and its attack was devastating, destroying most of the Soviet warplanes still on the ground.

Ukraine needs to become - and remain - neutral. With NATO forces facing Moscow from the southeast, both sides would be so nervous that something would be bound to go wrong.
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