[prewenaza]

#wojna #rosja #ukraina

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/is-ukraine-winning-the-war/

It’s a consistent pattern: a combination of wishful thinking and misinformation does just enough to keep the idea of a military victory alive, undermining the chance for painful but necessary negotiations, and ultimately rebounding in ever worsening ways on Ukraine and its people. The major human, economic, and social costs for Ukraine of continuing war, meanwhile, remain invisible to much of the Western public, which is instead fed a recurring diet of headlines and rhetoric assuring it that victory is close at hand.

Ukraine supporters’ unwillingness to let go of the fantasy of a military breakthrough is understandable. Ukraine is the victim, after all, and it feels inherently unjust that the aggressor state would come away unpunished or even having gained something from a flagrantly illegal and immoral act.

But this fantastical thinking has served Ukraine poorly, to say the least, every time it has prevailed. It is not clear that either side is ready at this moment for serious peace talks. But when that chance comes again, we mustn’t be lured away from it by yet another media campaign promising one weird trick to defeat Russia.

[Kamalek]

@prewenaza: wystarczy w tekście zamienić Ukrainę z Rosją i będzie taki sam wydźwięk xD

[ValtteriBottas]

@Kamalek: nieironicznie, dopóki nie dotarłem do końcówki pierwszego zdania, to byłem przekonany że to o Rosji