Perhaps, but I find it to be a waste of breath. If we go down this road we find ourselves debating an alternate reality which does not exist. The Russia antagonists have no interest in outlining an alternate course of action which would have put a lid on US military and economic influence in eastern Europe, and the Russian nationalists don't care.
At the very least, a discussion of what Russia could have done differently should include a discussion of what the US, NATO, and Ukraine should have done differently, but no one wants to have that conversion and you get called an apologist for bringing it up.
The question, "how could the war have been prevented?" is purely academic. The question, "How can the war be ended?" is very real and practical.
Perhaps, but I find it to be a waste of breath. If we go down this road we find ourselves debating an alternate reality which does not exist. The Russia antagonists have no interest in outlining an alternate course of action which would have put a lid on US military and economic influence in eastern Europe, and the Russian nationalists don't care.
At the very least, a discussion of what Russia could have done differently should include a discussion of what the US, NATO, and Ukraine should have done differently, but no one wants to have that conversion and you get called an apologist for bringing it up.
The question, "how could the war have been prevented?" is purely academic. The question, "How can the war be ended?" is very real and practical.