Gallia- wrote:Diuhon wrote:The problem with running on and then trying to enact a platform of reconciliation when your deluded gloryhound of a neighbor is right next door chomping at every bit it can is that you tend to keep on pushing on solutions that won't work, even as you ramp up your military preparedness in the most inoffensive manner possible. But no use crying over this milk this spilt -- all that needs to be done now is to fuck Putin, smash the Russian military in Ukraine, fuck his authoritarianism, attack and occupy Russia as a prelude to a proper imposition of liberal democracy, and fuck authoritarianism.
Liberal interventionism is the Putinism of the West. It's the same brand of imperialistic moral universalism. It even looks identical when viewed up in action close! Russia and Ukraine need a mediator with an actual interest in a long-lasting peace, not one side taken to appeal to Ukrainian nationalists and the other side taken to appeal to Russian nationalists. The PRC and Israel are the obvious candidates here.
Long-lasting peace can be had if Putin stops agitating for its co-prosperity sphere of satellites mired in authoritarian penury.
Oh, and squint harder -- maybe next time you'll see a baobab.
