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Trump refuses to say if he wants Ukraine to win the war

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During the first presidential debate, the former president said he wanted the "war to stop" when asked if he wanted Ukraine to win against Russia.

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  • Here's another example of "letting the dictator win without resistance." The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The Soviet revolutionaries had rallied the people in opposition the the meat grinder of WWI, in which the Russian people were being slaughtered en masse for no real benefit. So when Lenin came to power, he signed a treaty with Kaiser Wilhelm that was very favorable to Germany and ceded a considerable amount of territory to him. The resulting peace stopped the killing and allowed the Russians to focus on rebuilding.

    If you take a broader historical view, you can see that the reality is more complex. There are numerous differences between the situation in the 30's and the situation now, and even then it's only one example, and one that's vastly overused. And the reason that it's overused is that it can be used as a pretty generic pro-war argument for any war imaginable. "If we don't beat them now, they'll keep coming forever." All you have to do is paint the people you're fighting in a negative light and you can sell people on it.

    For these reasons, I reject the comparison. I think it's intellectually lazy.

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