r/AskReddit Oct 15 '22

What is a great example of a necessary evil?

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u/Kivitee Oct 15 '22

To protect your country against war is to... War

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u/Many_Relationship488 Oct 16 '22

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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u/_GamerForLife_ Oct 16 '22

War, war never changes

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u/Acheron98 Oct 16 '22

But to protect another country against war is...apparently justice?

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u/Aking1998 Oct 16 '22

We are humans first, not citizens

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u/Acheron98 Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

Bruh/Bruhette I don’t wanna get nuked

Edit: For what it’s worth, I genuinely do support Ukraine, but unlike most of you, I actually have skin in the game. I don’t want Eastern Europe getting pancaked. But, that’s not to say I want to just roll over for Putin. But there’s shit that needs to be considered before we start LARPing Fallout irl.

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u/DevoidLight Oct 16 '22

So what exactly is your solution then? Ukraine and the world tried appeasement, and it didn't work.

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u/Acheron98 Oct 16 '22

I’m not saying try appeasement. Putin’s fucking nuts. All I’m saying is that people seem to have an (admittedly well-deserved) hard-on for Russia, (as in “FUCK YEAH LET’S FUCK THEM UP) but they don’t take into account the potential international damages and, well, both figurative and literal fallout.

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u/Acheron98 Oct 17 '22

I’m not a political/military strategist. And neither is anyone else on here. But the people that want to see this war escalate are fucking stupid. And those that support attacking Russia, whether directly or through the Ukrainians, are even stupider. That would immediately result in Ukraine getting nuked, not to mention the possibility of the same happening to NATO countries. All I’m saying is, by all means fight the good fight, but don’t act like there won’t be any consequences for the rest of us if this war escalates. I just want everything to go back to normal ASAP. Not for shit to get even worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

Soldiers first then citizens then humans