OMG, you are the kind of person that would object to liberating Europe from Hitler because the cost to the taxpayer is too high.
Som things have no price.
Totally different scenario. Hitler was actively bombing the UK and had invaded the Channel islands. Also important to note, Hitler rose to power on the back of the west/world sanctioning and isolating Germany after WW1.
But importantly he didn't have the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons on the planet, as Russia does.
I'm increasingly sceptical /worried about what this proxy war is leading to and yes I am starting to think, regardless of what the media writes in the west, that the Ukraine is a lost cause.
Sure, if a "bit" of money can help solve problems I'm all for that. But western governments don't exactly have a great track record in this recently. If anything, often things seem to become much worse.
The UK also has a big problem with voters quite unhappy that we got involved in the Iraq war just under 20 years ago, that was sold on a 40 minute missile strike lie to the UK population, are we sure we are being told the truth about Ukraine this time? Important to note that this time we are getting involved with a much bigger and far more determined and well equipped enemy.
It's probably important to think about
permanently homing Ukrainian civilians across Europe now. I doubt most of who have fled (and many who still want to) will ever want to go back, regardless of what happens.
They are in my thoughts, as little difference that actually matters.
Here is one of the problems with permanently homing refugees: because of the martial law that applied only to men 18-60, a large % of almost solely female population and children either already left or are displaced inside, perhaps as much as 30% women and 66% children% (5 mil women, 5mil children).
This would leave Ukraine with a huge m/f dis-balance and lots of orphans.
My fear is that Ukraine would simply become the area where Russia and West fight, somewhat similar to when US and China fought in Korea and when US and Russia fought in Vietnam with russians using the North vietnam proxy. A battlefield of sorts, population be damned. I see it in rus tactics: destroy a village with artillery, then advance.
Fooking useless, unless it is becoming, effectively, a 'buffer zone', eventually separating the sides .
IMHO, there is a need of immediate peace, otherwise stakes would keep on rising until something incomprehensible would happen.
Both sides are not in the mood for it, obviously, we shall see in a few days if there is anything along the lines that british media recently suggested.
Where is bitcoin here? if everyone used bitcoin, there would have been no more war as the competition would be in bitcoin accumulation, NOT in who has the most missiles/tanks, whatever.
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