I have never supported war, in fact I am strictly anti-war, so this statement goes against everything I believe in, so I’ll try and explain my reasoning to date:
1- Putin and his cronies in the Kremlin are as dangerous as Hitler and his Nazis to Europe’s existence.
2- His allies in the West [e.g. Trump, Viktor Orbán, Marine Le Pen etc] tend to be the extreme right wing that want racial and religious purity and/or authoritarianism, i.e. Nazis, Fascists, Bolsheviks [after they got rid of the democratic socialists/social democrats].
3- We are at war already in terms of economy, energy and information. This winter will be brutal in Europe and the US; how deadly this proves to be will depend upon our own fragile democracies.
4- A ceasefire where Putin gains anything [whether true or not] will only delay the process and re-energize our own, mainly right wing extremists. This would generate a war of attrition for decades to come.
5- The danger is that this expands into a General European War once again.
I am anti-war, but I am not a pacifist and will resist by any means that I can the establishment of an authoritarian police state. That is what Putin and his ilk promise, and will not listen to reason.
I feel so torn over what I believe should be and what the reality is actually demonstrating, I cannot deny reality.
Damn Putin, we have more important things to deal with than yet another deranged fascist.
Slava Ukraini, may you remain free.