For one, Putin can find in him the strength to make peace, irrespective of the US. — Olivier5
For two, so can Zelensky. If he wants to go for peace, the US can't stop him. — Olivier5
For three, I don't know where you've seen that the war is good for business. Inflation is already here. Global recession awaits us after the Russian debt default. — Olivier5
It’s extremely good for business. Take a look at Lockheed stock since the beginning of the war — Xtrix
Another is the fossil fuel industry. They’ve been very happy indeed, now that they can present themselves as heroes. — Xtrix
There’s no way Ukraine lasts this long without military support, as you know. So yes, the US is also fighting this war. — Xtrix
The US is helping Ukraine fight this war via weapons donations, but the US is not fighting itself directly. It's an important distinction if one wants to avoid WW3. — Olivier5
And everybody else -- all the consumers and companies not selling fossil fuels but buying it -- have to pay them through the nose. How is that good for their business? — Olivier5
They’re still fighting this war by contributing support. They’re as involved as one can be. — Xtrix
But “they” don’t have the pull that Big Oil does. — Xtrix
Do you mean the use of any nuclear weapon by Russia or a nuclear exchange between Russia and NATO? — Baden
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C. Able to distinguish nuance. Maybe it isn't about a specific number of Nazis, but what they are doing. Are they massacuring civilians and gearing up to invade their neighbors the way the real Nazis did? Do they actually have the capacity to do these things or is there an immanent risk of them gaining those capabilities? How will said Nazis be eliminated and what collateral damage will occur during these efforts? What tools are available for dispatching the Nazis: a modern, professional military with guided munitions for avoiding collateral damage, or one that is going to begin punitively shelling residential neighborhoods when they meet resistance and which will start gang raping women and children? Are there ways to engage the Nazi threat with more limited means? — Count Timothy von Icarus
This creates the general impression that there is such a thing as "Ukraine's Nazi problem." — SophistiCat
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