Thread by @UROCKlive1

There seems to be some confusion among even well meaning folks that being "anti-war" means not supporting sending weapons to Ukraine.

Let me explain why the exact opposite is true.

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I hate war. I hate it passionately. It makes me feel sick to know of all the truly horrible things human beings have done to other humans. The stories out of Bucha, Mariupol, Syria, and all the other places that have suffered atrocities break my heart.

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I'm pretty sure the only people who hate war more than I do are the people living through one. The people whose lives have already been turned upside down, and who have suffered grave losses. I strongly support doing anything to avoid getting caught up in a war.

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So what's the best way to avoid having to fight a war? It's combination of two things:

1) Have the biggest, baddest military on the planet. Be the 800 pound gorilla that no one wants to mess with.

and

2) Bring friends.

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No matter how badass you are, there's always going to be some drunk bully in the bar that wants to fight, and will keep harassing you. But if you're there with 12 friends who are clearly lined up behind you, the bully will think twice about fighting all of you.

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That's what NATO is. Anything you hear about NATO "threatening" Russia is garbage Russian propaganda. NATO is a defensive alliance. They don't start wars, they just line up behind us so no one else dares to either.

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The only thing NATO threatens is Russia's ability to attack and kill it's neighbors without serious consequences. And if Ukraine were already in NATO Putin would have never dared to attack it.

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NATO has only had to go to war once, and it was to defend the US. And I'm not sure it was even appropriate for us to ask them to at that time, but regardless, they showed up. For us to blow them off now (like Trump and Putin want) would be both stupid and immoral.

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Being weak and saying you don't want to fight will not keep you out of a war. In pretty much every war ever, 50% or more of the parties involved don't want to be in a war. But there's always some toxic bully like Russia that doesn't give them a choice.

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Not having a strong military, and avoiding military conflicts that aren't taking place on our own soil will not keep us out of a war. It will make us weaker and more likely to be attacked. Nothing attracts a bully more than looking vulnerable.

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So if you really hate war and don't want to have to fight one, you will support our military, you will support NATO, and you will support Ukraine, which is fighting for all of us so we don't have to.

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PS:

Just in case any of you have been confused by all the gaslighting on this site, there is only one party that's responsible for this war.

Russia attacked Ukraine. Russia bombs, tortures, rapes & kill Ukrainians. Russia has a long history of attacking & killing its neighbors.

A centuries long history of attacking their neighbors, as their neighbors will attest to.

The US did not start this war. The US did not attack anyone. Ukraine did not start this war or attack anyone. Ukraine is just defending themselves because it's the only way they'll survive.

Very few issues in this world have the moral clarity of this one. Not everything is as simple, or as black & white as this is.

Russia started this war, & they are 100% responsible for it. No one else.

The war ends the minute Russia goes home & stops trying to destroy Ukraine.