Originally Posted by Firebot
Appeasement and looking the other way when it's difficult to watch is exactly why Putin thought he could get away with invading Ukraine and committing genocide. He got away with Syria, he got away with Crimea, he got away with Georgia, he got away with Chechnya. The world looked away, and continued to greet Putin.
The western world was resigned that Ukraine would lose quickly and would be a humanitarian disaster and was ready to look away again.
That Ukraine did not roll over and fought for its existence (with the help of Russian incompetence) and has the possibility of winning, doesn't take away from the vast humanitarian disaster caused by Russians that they will continue if not stopped.
You cannot appease a sadistic monster. Every piece of equipment destroyed, every russian soldier killed, every jet shot from the sky, every ship sunk and every day that Kyiv doesn't only stay free but Ukraine as well, are all small steps that hasten Putin's demise. We all understand why the world cannot go to war against Russia, which is why all we can do is support.
Is it sad that people are getting killed? Definitely, but sadness doesn't prevent it from happening. Ukrainians don't have time to be sad, as they are fighting for survival.
Have you watched videos of the holocaust? I saw some of the concentration camp videos in high school, by a teacher who wanted to show us the atrocities of war and humanity, so that we never repeat the same mistakes again. Absolutely brutal videos that will be burned in your mind.
Never again, yet here we are. We saw scenes in Bucha, of what happens when no one is looking and what would have occurred across Ukraine if they had fallen. We said never again.
Those videos like Bucha also occurred in Syria, Chechnya, Georgia. This is why we must stay informed and know of the killings, the battles, the genocide, so that we stop making the same mistakes over and over.
Russians aren't being shown videos of what is occurring, and as such many are still pro-war and pro-Putin.
You have to watch (and I am not talking about gory videos), to understand, even if they make you sad when watching them as some seem to glorify war.
And Ukrainians can put whatever music they wish on their video, they are fighting for their existence, who are we to say what they should do?
War is hell, always has been, which is why we cannot look away.
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