ibins Terrorism is just a fiction ironically created by western propaganda
Sorry, but that's bullshit. Terrorists are people who do politically motivated acts of violence in order to spread fear and terror amongst a populace, hence the name.
Just because the US uses the term pretty "creatively" doesn't mean that it doesn't have an actual meaning.
ibins I never said I wanted it. I just stated the obvious that this would be the best for the rest of the world
No, obviously not. You don't understand Putin's motivation and his psychology. He won't stop until he's stopped, it's as simple as that. The invasion in Ukraine happened because nobody stopped him before. If nobody stops him in Ukraine he will continue his crusade in other countries, maybe a Baltic country or Finland next time? Or maybe Serbia or any other country? His ultimate goal is a new Russian empire with him as a new kind of Zar at the top.
You can't appease a bully. A bully takes whatever he wants until somebody hits him in the face and shows him that there are limits to his power and that there is somebody stronger than him. That's why a day one surrender of Ukraine would have been extremely bad for Europe and the whole world. It would have meant that he lost basically no military equipment and the whole country got behind him in this glorious victory. It would have finally broken all resistance and opposition in the Russian society. It would also have meant that the sanctions might have already stopped or were not even installed in the first place and didn't hit the Russian economy like they do now. So what would have been the outcome? The outcome would have been that we had an extremely strengthened Putin who had again the whole Russian people behind him, knowing that his imperial crusade might even work and that other countries might simply follow suit once he threatens the West with nuclear weapons. I don't think anybody in Europe actually wants that...
And all this fear about a nuclear war is pretty bollocks. Putin is a cold-hearted dictator but he loves luxury and he loves living. He's not a communist or a mad ideologist, he just wants to be the next Zar and reign with ultimate power. He knows pretty well that nuclear weapons wouldn't do anything good for him, it would just end the world but for what benefit to him personally? People should just stop being so panicked about nuclear war, it's extremely unlikely. I'd guarantee you that Russia would withdraw from Ukraine a few days after the NATO installed a no-fly zone in Ukraine and the US deployed heavy equipment and a lot of troops in Eastern Europe. Russia is actually pretty weak compared to NATO in a conventional war.
Putin is simply betting that the West is too chicken to really engage with him, so he is simply as bold as possible and it works. It worked in Chechniya, it worked in Georgia, it worked in Syria, it worked on the Crymea and in the Donbass and it also might work in the whole Ukraine if nobody stops him. There is a clear path of escalation there and you really need to see the whole story behind Putin and how he always pushes escalation and war because he has nothing to offer to the Russian population. Putin came to power with a war and he will always try to wage wars in order to keep his own people contained. But he's not a suicide.
