What, you think Ukrainians are going to stop defending their homes just because Trump stops sending them fancy weapons? That’s not how this works. The war isn’t going to end. It’s just going to get a lot nastier.
The power dynamic just isn’t skewed enough here for that. Ukraine is not exactly a major world power, but Russia’s not exactly looking like a superpower either. Even if the US switching sides is enough for them to plant a flag in Kiev, the simple fact of the matter is that Russia does not have the capacity to occupy a country the size of Ukraine. Planting a flag in Kiev is the EASY part. It only gets harder from there. You only have to look at any war the US has been involved in to see that in action.
That’s not how genocide works. After the population is gone, its easy. Look at what the US and Canada did to North America. Look at what the US is doing right now to Gaza.
This. Especially Ukraine won’t just roll over anyway, they are still VERY aware of their suffering in the USSR and stuff like the Holodomor. The only thing that would happen is for Ukraine to become another country in a constant state of insurrection and civil war (I’m lacking the english vocabulary to properly describe it, but you get the point).
yozul@beehaw.org 4 days ago
What, you think Ukrainians are going to stop defending their homes just because Trump stops sending them fancy weapons? That’s not how this works. The war isn’t going to end. It’s just going to get a lot nastier.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 days ago
At some point all of them will die. That’s how colonialism works.
yozul@beehaw.org 3 days ago
The power dynamic just isn’t skewed enough here for that. Ukraine is not exactly a major world power, but Russia’s not exactly looking like a superpower either. Even if the US switching sides is enough for them to plant a flag in Kiev, the simple fact of the matter is that Russia does not have the capacity to occupy a country the size of Ukraine. Planting a flag in Kiev is the EASY part. It only gets harder from there. You only have to look at any war the US has been involved in to see that in action.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 days ago
That’s not how genocide works. After the population is gone, its easy. Look at what the US and Canada did to North America. Look at what the US is doing right now to Gaza.
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
This. Especially Ukraine won’t just roll over anyway, they are still VERY aware of their suffering in the USSR and stuff like the Holodomor. The only thing that would happen is for Ukraine to become another country in a constant state of insurrection and civil war (I’m lacking the english vocabulary to properly describe it, but you get the point).