• Tire
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      1 year ago

      So if January 6th traitors were being aided with weapons from Russia we should have laid down and let them win to preserve lives?

      • meth_dragon [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        ukraine had its jan 6th incident in 2014, the current war is a result of the coupists succeeding and the eastern part of the country not lying down and letting them win to preserve lives

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        A good comparison might be “what if Maine really wanted to be independent, or maybe even join Canada?”

        Would it make sense to:

        • Give American neo-Nazi paramilitaries free reign to attack Maine
        • Seek an alliance with a group of nations expressly designed to fight a war with Canada
        • Get into a bloody stalemate of a war with Canada if they invade on behalf of the people of Maine, who don’t want to be here anyway
        • Keep fighting that war long after the point it becomes apparent that we will not be retaking Maine

        A better solution would have been to negotiate with Maine separatists, perhaps addressing the reason they want to leave, and at bare minimum act like a sovereign state with a monopoly on legitimate violence and destroy the neo-Nazi paramilitaries in your own house. Might also help to avoid the “fuck Canada” military alliance, too.