u/Podunk

Well duh.

I dont mean this as a disparagement of zelenski, but cmon man. the people that knew this fact dont need your confirmation. We know. And the people that dont know this will never trust you nor hear your voice. Their mind was already made up. Their personal echo chamber and cycle of disinformation wont let them ever see it.

Have you seen how long it takes someone to get through death row? If convicted, he will sit for 20 years. Far far beyond the current political discourse.

If he gets convicted, that will be a stink for a while. But by the time they kill him, he will be a distant memory.

Martyrs die when the timing is optimal. If it isnt the right time, they are just a name on a gravestone. And we have plenty of those.

Rest in peace you poor bastards. Forced to fight a rich mans war... for nothing.

Split the difference. Done.

Once again. If this is what we know... what on earth is happening that we dont know about?

The thing about incompetence is that, if one fuck up was this bad because the right person found out. How many times has it been brushed aside by someone without the means?

Its always going to be worse than you could ever dream of. We are still so early into 4 years its terrifying.

As a side point. This is also proof that the moon landing is real and the earth is round. But functioning brains already knew that...

I mean im an adult that can contextualize the geopolitical reasononing behind why this is a bad deal without relying on heavy handed amerocentric hypotheticals.

To be clear, I never disagreed with your point. I just think that your comparison was dumb. And honestly, using alaska is even worse.

I dont know why you need a comparison in the first place. You already have the actual event to look at. Its in eastern europe. And they are in a war.

To that point, lets be real, even the united states doesnt really care about new mexico. Crimea in this argument has actual economic value.

Honestly any square foot of what russia has stolen from Ukraine has so much more economic value in comparison to new mexico, its hardly a realistic comparison.

I get what you are saying. But taos vs a warm water sea port is such an insane comparison. Its so much worse.

Albuquerque? Let em have it. Santa fe? Please.