The connection is so superficial, there’s really no line you could draw to compare the crimes of the nazis to the negotiation tactics of a greedy CEO. In doing so you are trivializing heinous crimes against humanity.

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I dont see the evidence for this. Georgia was attacked by Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are occupied to this day, yet Georgia continues to exist. The same is true for Moldova and Transnistria.

Yes it’s a genocide and war crimes are happening everyday, but I think that Ukraine only has a future if this war stops soon. You think this is a fight for survival in the face of genocide? I think there is no survival for the Ukrainian people if the fighting continues much longer.

The only humanitarian argument can be to end this war as quick as possible, in the sense of not trying to win this war. In WW1 the generals on both sides also thought they could still win the war, sacrificing generation after generation of young boys. We must not make the same mistake. This war is now running longer than WW1. No frickin land grab by an autocrat can justify letting all these people be killed.

IMO it definitely doesn’t justify spending billions on war machinery. Especially because the countries just use the military spending to fuel growth of domestic arms companies. They could learn a lot from Ukraine about how to spend on defence with limited resources, but prefer to just throw obscene amounts of money on their MIC.

But if you start to depend on arms manufacturing for your GDP goals, you are bound for more war in the future. Spending on defence quickly becomes an end in itself… So if there was a political will to provide an off ramp for Putin to end this war, both sides would have to come to an agreement which provides mutual economic benefit. This is not happening although it’s hard to imagine any way for Ukraine and Europe to win the war militarily in the near future. Instead Ukraines population (like Russias) is slaughtered, its infrastructure obliterated, with no promising outlook for the future whatsoever…

I really don’t understand why Europe doesn’t push Ukraine to give up territory to secure a future for its people. Yes, Putins war is unjust, violates international law, but the human cost is so enormous… Someone has to put an end to this madness. And now the rest of Europe must suffer too because expenses for health, social security, education, mobility, etc. etc. are reduced to spend more money on defence. It’s irresponsible and stupid.

Him saying that publicly is braver than most things I heard from Labour politicians in the last years. No one had the courage to speak openly about even just the possibility of rejoining.

Also soldered some for me, but havent dared flashing the robot yet…