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[โ€“] sjh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know, it's always alarming when officials start talking about nuclear catastrophe. It's basically like hearing someone yell "fire!" in a crowded theater. But let's pump the brakes a bit. There's a lot of heated rhetoric on both sides, and history shows that cooler heads often prevail. The Cuban Missile Crisis, for instance, had everyone on edge, but it ended with some hard but necessary diplomacy. Military aid is meant to support allies, and while it's a complicated issue with no easy answers, the best path forward is a commitment to dialogue and finding common ground.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

The quality of leadership in the west was incomparable to the imbeciles who are in charge today. The west refusing to have dialogue with Russia is precisely what led to the war starting in the first place.