Zelensky is sacrificing the lives of his countrymen for the applause of western neolibs and social media. What a disgusting human being.
the ukrainian war actually makes it much more essential for russia to secure a positive physical arrangement to keep Ukraine out of NATO, instead of relying o any mere agreement or constitution change to the same effect. This is because, let’s be honest, any merely agreement or constitutional change after this war will be perceived by generations of Ukrainians as invalid because it was entered into under duress, and therefore are mere shackles to be thrown off at the first opportunity.
So ukraine, by resisting so hard, probably lost its chance to settle this with a mere agreement.
in ancient western warfare, a city threatened with siege is entitled to negotiate under normally accepted rules of war all the way until the besieges makes their first attempt to assault the wall. After that it is customarily accepted that the besiegers are entitled to commit arson, rape and pillage, and killing the population or selling them into slavery without disapprobation if they should eventually succeed in taking the city.
There is a certain logic in this. and this was the tacitly accepted rule of war from time immemorial down to Stalingrad, Leningrad and berlin. If you think westerner did better amongst themselves after the age of enlightenment, ask the inhabitants of copenhagen when the british besieged it during napoleonic wars.
if one is in danger of being besieged, one should not forget this logic may run deeper than niceties of modern sensibility.
