This Is the Key to Ending the War in Ukraine
People opposed to any type of A peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine You must respond with force to aggression, as is the rule of thumb. If a dictator invades another country, you must respond with force or help the dictator.
Since the beginning, NATO members have adopted a pragmatic compromise approach. NATO countries are not allowed to send troops or aircraft support to Ukraine as Ukraine is not part NATO. The NATO countries, particularly the United States, have instead sent huge amounts of military supplies, including anti-aircraft missiles, bullets, software, and tanks to arm the Ukrainians. They have not sent troops.
Unjustified aggression can be countered with the necessary force to defeat the enemy. This is a legitimate question. In the case Ukraine, both the Ukrainian army as well as civilians supporting the army were successful in preventing Russia from achieving their main objective, which was to take control of the country. In other words, Russia has lost to Ukraine in the pursuit of its main goal. Ukraine invasion.
Russia can defeat Ukraine if Ukraine gives up some territory
If Ukraine could reach a peace agreement with Russia now, let’s say that it gave them two of the four areas in Southern Ukraine. Donetsk und LuhanskWould this be considered appeasement?
While you can argue both sides, it is clear that Ukraine would be able to retain control of the vast majority. This would be a case of appeasement. It could be argued, however, that this would be a qualified win.
Furthermore, Russia and Ukraine have been fighting each other in these two areas for eight years. Therefore, ending the conflict now would end both wars.
Additionally, it is possible that the cost of trying win the 2014 war, which is part of the 2022 conflict, could be catastrophic. No one knows if Putin will. Nuclear weapons are the next step If Ukraine begins to close in on a victory, Russia may get nothing. Russia may eventually nuke the majority of Ukraine. This would leave Ukraine a small part of Russia and a large destruction with many millions of Ukrainians dead.
The axiom that aggression must be responded to with force must also be considered in context. There are two aspects of this situation that could distinguish it from, say, World War II. It is not about whether the US and other NATO countries will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons necessary to defeat Russia. Putin could go nuclear at some point.
While the axiom of responding to unjustified aggression by force is a valid one, it is not an absolute principle. In 2023, there will be very few absolute principles in the world. Kant’s Categorical Imperative, to borrow a refrain from William Butler Yeats, “is dead and gone and with O’Leary in the grave.”
The Ukrainian army will be able to defeat the Russians with the help of the tanks the US, France, Germany, France, and Poland have sent to Ukraine. There will be questions about whether Putin should be saved face by the West. Putin is not Hitler, and it is dangerous to treat him as Hitler.
In exchange for membership in NATO and peace with Russia, there may be a way that Ukraine could give up some territory.
To humiliate and kill every Russian soldier.https://www.jpost.com/international/article-728496″>President Vladamir Putin This puts NATO and Ukraine in a difficult position. You can’t predict what this president might do if you make him humiliate enough.
The author ([email protected]() is the editor for the interdisciplinary journal Leveraging. He has taught ethics at five US universities and was a candidate for Congress in Maryland in 2016.
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