Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why 2024 Will be the Decisive Year for Ukraine" video.

  1. It depends, if one's homeland is being attacked, I would be far more willing to fight then if I was being told to fight in a meaningless war. Ukraine are defending there homeland, so the motives of fighting are very different compared to trying to mobilise Russian troops that many don't believe in the war and more don't want to be part of it, so I think Russia will find it more difficult if push comes to shove, whereas for the people of Ukraine, what choice do they have? They could flee, but many will likely want to fight to defend their homeland.
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  2. Even if Russia did win, the cost is so high that it's likely not worth it, as long as Russia is having to spend a fortune on the war and they are bogged down, that's going to be really damaging for them long term. As for Ukraine, they likely can hold out for now, but both the EU and US needs to step up their game and speed up deliver of arms they need.
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  3. Not just Taiwan, but even China and Russia are looking for weaknesses of resolve from the west, especially from the EU and US. Both the EU and US started out well with the support of Ukraine, but have been slow ever since, both of them should have been more aggressive in giving Ukraine the means to end the war sooner rather than later. As for Russia winning and taking over Ukraine, that would be a disaster for the west, it would damage their reputation and credibility, it could also make NATO less valuable, both China and Russia are likely keeping a close eye on both the EU and US and on what measures they are willing to do to push Russia back, if those measures are two weak, Russia might end up thinking, why stop with Ukraine when there are many other tempting targets in the east of Europe that are not EU or NATO members, making them easy targets, China will also be thinking that America talks a good deal but when pushed, its resolve is much weaker, that might tempt China to take Taiwan on or other small countries in the region. The west needs to put its foot down and do the right thing, sooner rather than later before things could escalate into something much worse, because like it or not, we in the west look weak on the support for Ukraine, mainly being bogged down in political infighting and being too slow to give Ukraine the means to defend it's self and push Russia out of Ukraine, and it's probably not just Russia and Ukraine that are keeping a close eye on western resolve here, probably other countries around the world are also, things can escalate if there is no push back over what Russia is doing. As for the EU, there is no real threat to any of those countries from Russia, there's likely no threat to NATO countries as well, Putin might be stupid but he would be crazy to go against an EU or NATO country which considering how much trouble he's having in Ukraine, being one of the poorest countries in Europe, he wouldn't fair well against the EU or NATO, so there isn't any threat there, and if there were to be a threat, that could quickly escalate into a major war which I doubt any of us want as it would likely drag much of the world in.
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