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To really stop Russia, one must go to war with it

30 September, 2024 Monday
11:57

Neville Chamberlain, who waved a piece of paper after returning from Germany and said: "I have brought you peace," has retrospectively become the standard of political naivete

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And even if he was gravely mistaken, the level of losses, destruction, and brutal bombing of the United Kingdom then clearly demonstrated what Chamberlain was desperately trying to save the British from. It was only later that Churchill, from the height of his current position, said his famous words: “Those who want to avoid war by gaining dishonor will gain both war and dishonor.” But this is like the Japanese proverb: everyone knows how to save a sinking ship. And it takes a lot of courage and a lot more to throw your country into the maelstrom of a great war in an attempt to save Czechoslovakia.

Something similar is happening here. It is a bit unfair to say that the West and the United States allow Russia to commit violence, because they do not and have already done so much that we could not even dream of in early 2022. But it is quite obvious that to really stop Russia, we need to go to war with it. Just like with Hitler. And because of the instinct of self-preservation, they avoid this and will delay such a decision to the last. Just as Ukraine had no desire to win back Crimea and Donbas by military means until 2022. This was a perfectly adequate strategy, and no one in the world called Ukrainians cowards because of it.

“I can't imagine a president or prime minister of any Western country telling their citizens: “We are declaring war on Russia because it has gone completely berserk and killed many Ukrainians,” and they would be so enthusiastic and inspired, “Yay, finally, let's do it. It's a great idea to go to war with a nuclear country.”

Yes, it would be beneficial and easy for us, because we are already on the other side of the Rubicon and would have a little rest. But it is not a fact that this would help in the long run. For example, the Finns resisted the Soviets in their first war with the USSR and had military and resource support from many countries. But when the Second World War started and everyone was busy with their own problems and their own armies, the USSR had no trouble finishing the job, taking away part of Finnish territory and turning Finland into a vassal for decades, so that even when they joined NATO recently, they were afraid of Putin and Russia and called him to warn him that they were going to join NATO. It's not at all clear that in a big war of all against all (and Russia has already made allies) it will be much easier for Ukraine. The French will no longer care about a nuclear strike on Kyiv if the Kynzhal missiles are flying at Paris.

Apparently, the permission to fire long-range missiles at Russian territory does not mean “we give you missiles and you shoot wherever you want,” but direct involvement of the United States or Germany, because many long-range weapons involve not only the missile itself but also a guidance, targeting, and control system. Which remains in the United States or Germany, as with their Tauruses. And this will mean their involvement in the war. They can't just hand over all their military secrets and technologies to us, it makes no sense. After all, it is obvious to all of us that the West has been quite actively involved in our war with intelligence, training, and other resources from the very first days.

After all, it may also be that there is some kind of backroom agreement between them: Putin does not use nuclear weapons to strike at Ukraine, and the West does not help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia. And maybe that's the only reason why Russia hasn't nuked us yet. Because they have already done everything else.

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