Yep, I think most agree with this. But just giving the invaders all the territory they stole is literally guaranteeing more war and aggression in the future! If Russia knows they can just invade another sovereign nation and wait it out to be rewarded, why the fuck wouldn’t they? They 100% will do this again to other countries and the horror will continue.

This is the best argument in favor of the war, and the one that was sold to me at first. But after how long the war has gone on, it doesn’t seem to me like Putin would even live long enough to capture all the land he allegedly wants to, and even if he did, that he would use that land to attack larger nations or the US.

Defending yourself is just and fair.

But we are not Ukraine. Ukraine should keep fighting if they want to, but it’s not our war. We only benefit marginally from the war’s existence, it is not particularly in America’s best interest to participate in it.