At this stage, argues Dimitri Lascaris, the humane and rational thing to do is to oppose the escalation of this war, and to advocate for mutual compromises to achieve peace. This is a war that Ukraine cannot win. The best that Ukraine can hope for is a bloody, horrific stalemate that will gradually sap the state’s remaining lifeblood.
The trouble started in 2014. A US supported coup took out the democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, with his eastern base, and - Ted Snider for Antiwar.com Original
Writing for The Volokh Conspiracy, hosted by Reason magazine, George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin argues that the war in Ukraine amounts to a clash between liberal democracy and authoritarian nationalism and that these stakes must be taken into account when continuing to support Ukraine
Part I of a CAM investigation into the origins of the Ukraine War: U.S. and NATO involvement in the February 2014 Coup and Maidan Massacre, and their historical antecedentsAs I write, the world is on the edge of nuclear and humanitarian crises after a year of the Ukraine “proxy” war with Russia.