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Originally Posted by Pointman
Of course it is an obvious risk that Ukranians fight back. Once they do, it would literally threat my family. From that point I will obviously have no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep my family safe. I will no longer have luxury of sitting on the couch and moralizing about how wrong Russia is (and they are very wrong). I, along with many Russians, will have to switch from "oh Lord what a HORRIBLE crimes our country is doing" to "oh boy, they are coming after us, we have to fight to survive" mode.
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https://aoav.org.uk/wp-content/uploa...man-Morale.pdf
Maybe on a micro-level but on a macro-level the air raids conducted by the Allied forces on German lands was found to have the opposite effect you are suggesting. Or at least that's what the 1947 publication above said (wary of it being Allied propaganda would be reasonable):
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Bombing seriously depressed the morale of
German civilians. Its main psychological effects
were defeatism, fear, hopelessness, fatalism, and
apathy. "War weariness, willingness to surrender,
loss of hope for German victory, distrust of leaders, feelings of disunity and demoralizing fear were all more common among bombed than unbombed people.
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I would note the huge differences between WW2 and the Ukraine invasion, especially duration so far, and not that you're wrong that hate begets hate, violence begets violence, and you could look at the Irish Troubles for an argument. But it's possible, if not likely, that the shift could be closer to "oh boy, they are coming after us, we have to end this war now"