Comment by roenxi

> Giving in to all their demands, of course.

That can't be my position, I don't know what all Russia's demands were. But offering to draw NATO's sphere of influence back out of Ukraine seems like an obvious carrot that should have been offered. Maybe some guarantees to reign in any US interference in Ukraine's politics. Not supplying endless arms and materiel. That would have dramatically reduced all killing and destruction we've seen since 2023.

The comparisons I'm going to draw are Iraq and Afghanistan. Although Russia was probably going to be a lot more careful as occupiers given that this is happening on their border. Eg, not supporting the drug trade so much and hopefully being a bit more serious about rebuilding.

> "Anti-war" people always seem to have a curious blind spot when it comes to the countries that actually start wars.

Who are you talking about there? The US? UK? NATO? Iran? African Nations? That is a wide net.