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Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,315
Have you considered running as a Republican? Sounds like you may have a chance.
To be honest it's pretty easy to win the US presidential elections. You just make a bunch of promises.

It doesn't really matter if you keep them or if you even intend to keep them. Even better, no one asks if you've got an actual plan as to how you'd want to keep them. The important thing is making them.
 

AFL_ITALIA

MAGISTERIAL
Jun 17, 2011
31,783
To be honest it's pretty easy to win the US presidential elections. You just make a bunch of promises.

It doesn't really matter if you keep them or if you even intend to keep them. Even better, no one asks if you've got an actual plan as to how you'd want to keep them. The important thing is making them.
But don't forget, it's also important to make people angry now
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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Jun 16, 2020
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look, an idiot:

"To that end, I will accept Russian control of the occupied territories and pledge to block Ukraine’s candidacy for NATO in exchange for Russia exiting its military alliance with China"

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/a-viable-realism-and-revival-doctrine/

is there a chance that republicans come up with a decent candidate, or all of them are lost causes for different reasons?
I’m for a diplomatic solution aswel though, I don’t see any point in continuing this war for many years. I don’t think that the average European of American gives 2 cents about the Donbas region or Crimea.
 
Jun 16, 2020
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Only if Ukraine wants this though, their casualties are estimated to be rather high unfortunately.
Zelensky’s words are continuing until they have all the Russian controlled territories. Although I didn’t disagree with that, if that’s an operation not reachable within x amount of time than honestly a diplomatic solution probably is the best option. The time frame is biased of course, but I’d rather avoid a 5 to 10 year war if it’s about those pieces of territory.

I do. Not joking. I want the Russians pushed back and I want their economy ruined. I want another Russian Revolution.
Didn’t we already expect that effect when the sanctions were imposed?
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,315
Zelensky’s words are continuing until they have all the Russian controlled territories. Although I didn’t disagree with that, if that’s an operation not reachable within x amount of time than honestly a diplomatic solution probably is the best option. The time frame is biased of course, but I’d rather avoid a 5 to 10 year war if it’s about those pieces of territory.
I want whatever solution causes the least amount of human suffering.

But don't you think a diplomatic solution that consists of Ukraine conceding territory to Russia would just make Putin come back for more? It's exactly what happened before.
 

AFL_ITALIA

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Jun 17, 2011
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Zelensky’s words are continuing until they have all the Russian controlled territories. Although I didn’t disagree with that, if that’s an operation not reachable within x amount of time than honestly a diplomatic solution probably is the best option. The time frame is biased of course, but I’d rather avoid a 5 to 10 year war if it’s about those pieces of territory.
That's fine by me, I hope they retake Crimea too. But at the end of the day, it's just not our country nor our people out there. I just want to see my government continue to provide all support possible until Ukraine says stop, so forza Biden and not some limp-dick bitch appeasement bullshit.
 
Jun 16, 2020
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I want whatever solution causes the least amount of human suffering.

But don't you think a diplomatic solution that consists of Ukraine conceding territory to Russia would just make Putin come back for more? It's exactly what happened before.
Beautifully described in your first sentence.

For the second part, that’s slippery surface indeed. I guess that the only way avoiding that is continuing the build up of our armies (both European and Ukrainian) if a diplomatic solution has been found. If anything an agreement shouldn’t fully be fully trusted as history has learned us.

I think that the context matters here. If we’re going to a Ukrainian victory within (let’s say) the next year then okay, go ahead. If we’re looking to a long war, almost a Iraq or Afghanistan situation, than I’d rather avoid it.
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
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Zelensky’s words are continuing until they have all the Russian controlled territories. Although I didn’t disagree with that, if that’s an operation not reachable within x amount of time than honestly a diplomatic solution probably is the best option. The time frame is biased of course, but I’d rather avoid a 5 to 10 year war if it’s about those pieces of territory.



Didn’t we already expect that effect when the sanctions were imposed?
then Ukraine would be negotiating with a terrorist and that’s the worst thing they can do. Keep at it is their best option.
 

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