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• Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨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.

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  • AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you want the killing to stop, then you have to talk about viable ways to make it stop - not what would be nice in some perfect universe we don’t live in. I’ve yet to see a single suggestion from you about what should be done instead.

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      • AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I would personally like to see more support from other countries, just like I hope I would stand up for my invaded neighbor in my hypothetical scenario. I would not reward Putin in any way or he’ll just do it again with another country.

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