Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "Why the appointment of a new commander isn’t likely to turn the tide for Russia | DW News" video.

  1. Growing by military conquest is a concept which belongs to the 20th century and before. The costs of war far outweight any terrain-gains for a territory which probably needs 25 years to reach pre-war levels again. Look at Germany 32 years passed and still busy fixing 40 years of sovjet occupation. Most of Europe learned this lession after two world wars and began to take another strategy growth by cooperation, trade and regional development which ended up being the European Union. United to the outside, diverse and individual to the inside. The best of both worlds and what even military conquest is aiming for in the end: Prosperity and growth. So why not skip the military conquest, the burning and destruction, the death, violence and horrors, the necessary rebuilding and all and go straight to the growth and prosperity part.
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