A lot of people are clamoring for NATO to go all in and invade Russia to topple Putin.
That would kill hundreds of thousands more.
I’d propose something different: Block the Russian shadow oil tanker fleet from crossing the Baltics (This can be done by the coast guard).
Ban trade with any company that’s trading with Russia, and arrest people circumventing the sanctions.
And instead of sanctioning oil that’s proven to come from Russia, only buy oil that can be proven not to come from Russia.
Without the oil exports, the Russian war economy collapses in under a year.
What we’re currently doing is sending just enough aid to Ukraine to keep the Ukrainian war machine going, while at the same time buying Russian oil which keeps the Russian one going. If you wanted to ensure a perpetual war that never ends, this is exactly what you’d do. And this is what the west is doing right now.
Helping your neighbor put out the fire doesn’t kill hundreds of thousands of civilians.
War does.
But you said this applies to Ukraine. Ukraine isn’t killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.
A lot of people are clamoring for NATO to go all in and invade Russia to topple Putin.
That would kill hundreds of thousands more.
I’d propose something different: Block the Russian shadow oil tanker fleet from crossing the Baltics (This can be done by the coast guard).
Ban trade with any company that’s trading with Russia, and arrest people circumventing the sanctions.
And instead of sanctioning oil that’s proven to come from Russia, only buy oil that can be proven not to come from Russia.
Without the oil exports, the Russian war economy collapses in under a year.
What we’re currently doing is sending just enough aid to Ukraine to keep the Ukrainian war machine going, while at the same time buying Russian oil which keeps the Russian one going. If you wanted to ensure a perpetual war that never ends, this is exactly what you’d do. And this is what the west is doing right now.
That is a completely separate issue than the point I was replying to