As for Russian threats of Nuclear War. I’ve said this before. Push the fucking button. I dare you. Before you suggest I am safe from any such threat. I’m danger close to a priority one target. If the blast doesn’t get me the radiation will in a day or two. So I’d be among the first to die. I still say push the button.
I'm not questioning your personal bravery. I just don't care. It's not up for you and it's not up to Biden, either. The questions of peace and war is up to Congress (and American people). And the national defence policy is quite clear:
"If Deterrence Fails [and the Russians attack the USA], the United States would seek to end any conflict at the lowest level of damage possible on the best achievable terms for the United States. " And when it's clear that the possible American retaliation counter-value strike (which will kill less than one million of the Russian civilians, i.e. it's nothing but useless murder-suicide, because will lead to the total destruction of the USA by the Russian third strike), is not the best choice, the USA won't retaliate. In such circumstances we should accept any peace different from the unconditional surrender.
Its not a soldier sacrificing himself for his platoon, or a platoon sacrificing itself for its regiment, or an Army, sacrificing itself for the state. There is no honor in the deliberate sacrifice of the United States, because the people of the USA is the value which we must protect by any means (even by the mean of any personal humiliation).
No I’m not suicidal. I’m just not afraid. Because missiles will be headed into Russia as well as out of Russia. Not just American either. British and French Missiles will be headed in. Over about a week Mushroom Clouds will keep popping up over Russia as first they are killed and then over killed.
No. "Overkill" is a figure of speech, nothing more. If the Russians are "more or less prepared", our retaliation strike hardly will kill more than 20 millions of them (and if there are "well prepared", it may be even less than 1 million of them).
So if that happens I get to stand with a multitude too numerous to count washed white. I am cool with that.
Now, I suppose we must get to Zelensky. The people did like his desire to Negotiate. However, a big thing changed since that time. Can you guess what it is? That’s right. Russia Attacked. Russia Invaded. Russia broke the situation apart.
Actually, official Ukrainian position is that Russia invaded back in 2014. The only thing that changed is how many territories are already occupied.
The Ukrainian people now want Russia to return home, and then they’ll support negotiation.
In fact, too many Ukrainian people don't want to actually fight for that goal and prefer to leave the country or wait for the Russians.
A new poll has found that 64% of Ukrainians oppose direct talks with Russia before the war ends, while 23.1% are in favor of negotiations.
money.yahoo.com
Russia didn’t want negotiation. They wanted capitulation. They wanted Ukraine to agree to remain in their yard. They wanted Ukraine to remain aligned with the Russians.
All they wanted was equal rights for the Russians and neutral status for Ukraine. It's hardly more than the USA demanded from Cuba back in 1962.
Russia Invaded. Again back to the World War One example, the people of America re-elected Wilson because he kept us out of war. Those same people supported going to war after the Zimmerman Telegram was discovered. The event changed the minds of enough people that it would now be considered treasonous to avoid war. Wilson asked Congress for the war declaration, and got it. The war was on. Wilson didn’t want War, but the actions of the Germans had insured there would be a War. The night before Wilson went to Congress to ask for the Declaration of War, he begged his advisors to give him something, anything to avoid this.
But later Wilson invaded Russia. Sad, but fact.
Zelensky didn’t want War, and did not invade Russia. They invaded Ukraine. I’d argue it was just and proper to support Ukraine against the much more powerful Bully.
May be, he didn't want war (but given the amount of money he had already stolen on it its a disscutable question). He wanted to achieve his goals. As well as the Russians want to achieve their goals. And their goals are quite understandable.