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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Zelensky said today that he might be willing to abandon hopes for NATO membership. So as much as the Russian military has underperformed, they’ve potentially done enough to strongarm Zelensky into considering a major compromise.[/quote]

This is the smart move to save his country.

It is a bitter pill to swallow -- having fought a brave fight and pushed back against Putin -- but if Ukraine fights this out to the bitter end there will be nothing left to fight for.

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Abandoning NATO membership means he ultimately lost. [/quote]

Lost what?  They aren't NATO members now - they've been strategic military partners with NATO countries for years (and have the military prowess and defensive weaponry to show for it).[/quote]

Umm … Ukraine has been desperately wanting NATO membership for over a decade. [b]That’s kinda the entire reason this invasion happened in the first place.[/b] [/quote]

Umm... no, it kinda isn't.  The reason this invasion happened in the first place is because Putin thinks he's entitled to Ukraine, and that permits him to murder pregnant women and children.  That is why Ukraine wants to be in NATO.  If you think otherwise, then you must think those pregnant women and children deserved to die, too.[/quote]

What the hell are you talking about? Me saying Ukraine wants NATO membership in no way implies I think Russia didn’t provoke this or that Ukrainian women and children deserve to die.

Do you need me to spell it out? Fine. Ukraine wants NATO membership because Russia is a provocative piece of shit. [/quote]

That is not what you previously said.  You said the invasion happened because Ukraine wants NATO membership.  If you don't want to be called out for endorsing the murder of children and pregnant women, then don't endorse the murder of children and pregnant women.[/quote]

When the hell did I endorse the murder of children and pregnant women?! You’re reading massively into what I wrote. [/quote]

You're justifying Russia's invasion, which includes the murderous measures it took.[/quote]

No I’m not. If I had said, “the war started because Ukraine wants NATO membership and Russia is simply defending itself,” that would be justifying Russia’s invasion. That’s not what I said. [/quote]

DP here. Sorry but you wrote that the invasion happened because Ukraine wanted NATO membership. If you don’t actually agree with rhat then admit you made a mistake and move on. Why are you trying to deny what we can all read for ourselves?[/quote]

I do agree with that. The invasion happened because Ukraine wanted NATO membership. Russia reacted in a murderous way to that desire. [/quote]

Okay, now do the Crimea...[/quote]

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