… Yeah? And? One is still worse than the other. For example, one of them repeatedly invades its neighbor. And it’s still bad when one nation invades another as part of a land grab.
Conscription
Conscription should be opposed in all cases, and unfortunately both sides use them in this war.
I’m not saying they can’t, Im just saying it is going to get more people killed to further supply them.
Actually, what gets people killed is invading other nations. The fact that you have accepted that as a foregone conclusion, and therefore saving lives requires the invaded people not fighting back, speaks volumes to your perspective. I don’t accept this as a foregone conclusion. Russia should simply leave, and then people will stop dying.
Okay, but that can’t be taken in ethnically russian areas
I’m not sure what you mean by this.
and doesn’t answer the question.
It did answer the question. I said Ukraine wants to defend itself; you asked what I meant by that, and I said the Ukrainian population overwhelmingly supports the defense efforts. Hence that is what I mean when I say “Ukraine wants to defend itself”.
If you’re not sure what “they can’t survey the ethnically russian areas right now” means then you do not have the base of knowledge to have an informed opinion on the war. Don’t mean to be a dick, but come on, this is literally basic stuff that colors the conflict.
If you’re not sure what “they can’t survey the ethnically russian areas right now” means
You didn’t say “they can’t survey the ethnically russian areas right now”. You said “that”. I didn’t know what you meant by “that”. Not to mention the audacity to do this after asking what I meant by “Ukraine”. You asked me to clarify something that was ambiguous and I did. I asked you to, and you seem to be using it as an excuse to quit the conversation.
… Yeah? And? One is still worse than the other. For example, one of them repeatedly invades its neighbor. And it’s still bad when one nation invades another as part of a land grab.
Conscription should be opposed in all cases, and unfortunately both sides use them in this war.
Actually, what gets people killed is invading other nations. The fact that you have accepted that as a foregone conclusion, and therefore saving lives requires the invaded people not fighting back, speaks volumes to your perspective. I don’t accept this as a foregone conclusion. Russia should simply leave, and then people will stop dying.
I’m not sure what you mean by this.
It did answer the question. I said Ukraine wants to defend itself; you asked what I meant by that, and I said the Ukrainian population overwhelmingly supports the defense efforts. Hence that is what I mean when I say “Ukraine wants to defend itself”.
If you’re not sure what “they can’t survey the ethnically russian areas right now” means then you do not have the base of knowledge to have an informed opinion on the war. Don’t mean to be a dick, but come on, this is literally basic stuff that colors the conflict.
You didn’t say “they can’t survey the ethnically russian areas right now”. You said “that”. I didn’t know what you meant by “that”. Not to mention the audacity to do this after asking what I meant by “Ukraine”. You asked me to clarify something that was ambiguous and I did. I asked you to, and you seem to be using it as an excuse to quit the conversation.