Quote (ferdia @ 14 Jun 2023 23:31)
In terms of a peace deal, it is a FACT that the west DOES NOT want peace today.
This is a video from yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luo8xG3SyUM
There was another one from a couple of days ago where this man said now is not the time to look for peace, only from a position of strength can Ukraine look for peace with Russia. This logic is simply not sound in my opinion and the additional support outlined in the video above will only bring us closer to a Nato v Russia direct conflict, which Nato wins hands down, ergo the risk of non-conventional escalation. The EU sees this as russian imperialism. The US sees it as maintaining its perceived sphere of influence and Russia sees it as an existential threat. Those ideas/values/views are a recipe for disaster.
your typical, intellectually lazy, pro-russian take on the issue.
"the west" would LOVE to have peace. there isn't a single western leader that'd oppose actual peace in ukraine, not even the bloodthirsty and powerhungry yanks. remember, "the west" did neither want nor start the war. russia did.
if russia withdrew from ukraine tomorrow and offered peace, "the west" and ukraine would happily accept that.you KNOW that of course. it just doesn't fit your moronic "both sides" narrative. so you frame it like the west just "wants" this brutal war. that's just absurd and dishonest.
in reality, "the west" simply does not want to reward the murdering of women and children, the destruction of a whole country, and the damage done to the economy, with massive territorial and political gains. understandably so. russia's constant aggression against its neighbours, its strategy of initiating or fabricating a crisis, invading and annexing the region, declaring "peace", and inevitably coming back for even more later, has to end - once and for all.
in short, "the west" doesn't want a temporary, fragile "peace" that rewards russia for starting a war. "the west" wants real and lasting peace, not a deal that'd just encourage future wars.