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VegasKL t1_ja5jqa2 wrote

>I am not surprised at all. Considering how interconnected everyone is there really isn't a way to "cut Russia off".

Pretty much. Except for maybe very poor nations, it's impossible to isolate them as all they need is a beachhead somewhere where they can then bounce their connections all around (to hide said beachhead). In Russia's case, that could be a satellite connection to another country or even some form of line of sight connection over a border. Just to name a very few.

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yaniv297 t1_ja5icbs wrote

> The majority of Israelis don't want peace

Lol, you have no idea what's going on here. The majority of Israelis crave nothing more than peace. Every mother who gives birth fears the day her son will be recruited to the army. We're tired of terror attacks, missiles, etc. We envy European countries who mostly don't have to deal with that crap.

If true, actual peace was on the table, I guarantee that the huge majority of Israelis (other than a radical religious minority) will embrace it with both hands, and whoever leader brings it will be a legend forever.

What you mean to say is: the majority of Israel have grown tired of blood thirsty, radical Palestinian leaders, and currently believe peace isn't possible because the other side isn't ready. Which causes Israel to elect right wing leaders. Because frankly, with Hamas on the other side, the lefties who speak about peace sounds mostly out of touch with reality.

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yaniv297 t1_ja5hg0h wrote

> it doesn't make sense for Palestine to become the only country since WW2 that accepts the legitimacy of losing territory by military conquest.

First of all, Palestinians never had a country or official territory to begin with. Some of the Israeli offers were very fair in the circumstances.

You say it "doesn't make sense" to accept the loss - why? What's the alternative, what's the Palestinian end game, to win the war and conquer Israel? Israel have one of the world's best and most modern armies, state of art intelligence that knows everything in Gaza strip, a top class airforce, the Mossad, Shin Bet, etc. Plus Israel have the USA on its side, and they have nukes.

So option one: keep fighting this truly hopeless fight hoping for some miraclous win, while living in povetry and hundreds of innocents on both sides die.

Option two - accept defeat and a peace deal, build a country that's smaller than you wanted. The world will celebrate this unlikely peace - A truly peaceful Palestinian country will be immediately beloved worldwide and will be showered with donations. Palestinians have often worked in Israel and with Israelis. Over time, if true peace holds, the new country can benefit greatly from Israel's riches, jobs and technologies.

But according to you, option two "doesn't make sense", because, well... Why?

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ChaoticRoar t1_ja5fymc wrote

Ok, why is Germany in the EU then? Why is Germany located in Western Europe even then? Why not somewhere else if they don’t represent the Western Europeans? France, the UK, Germany are all aligned on the same topic of aid to Ukraine and isolating Russia from Allies.

Western powers consists of Germany btw

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Janni0007 t1_ja5f5n5 wrote

No it represents Germany. And you were talking about western powers which includes a hella lot more countries than western Europe.

I genuinely have no idea where you got Germany represents western Europe comes from. But I am pretty sure France and the uk at the very least would be quite upset at us just deciding for them.

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