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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 day agoWow, I’m dumbfounded by this logic.
Let’s say you and I live next door to each other. One day, my family and I break into your house and move in. You tell us to leave, but we punch you in the face. You try fighting back, but we don’t leave, and days and weeks go by. I’ve moved some of my furniture into your house. How would you feel if people started saying that the problem is now too complex. I’ve obviously invested too much in living in your house for me to just pack up and go home. The solution is going to have to be more nuanced than that.
This seems to be the logic you’re defending.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Nothing I’ve said is in any way defending the invasion.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
It’s the logic of what I replied to that doesn’t make sense to me.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
Your cartoon example isn’t even remotely equivalent to the reality Putin is in. He went in expecting to take Kyiv in a week with minimal resistance and no serious Western response. Even in his worst-case planning, he didn’t prepare for what he’s in now. The point where he could have cut his losses passed long ago - he’s gone all in, and now the West is calling his bluff.
Put yourself in his position and look at the “solution” being offered: withdraw all troops, surrender the little territory you’ve gained, and face the full weight of everything you’ve gambled and lost. The alternative? Keep throwing whatever you have left at the problem and hope for a miracle. Given he’s likely only got another decade or so left to live, there’s no personal incentive to fold now. He has nothing more to lose - he’s not just going to walk away.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
The salient part of my analogy is that his “investment” is in being completely in the wrong by every measure. No one should support him continuing on the path he’s been on.