Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Europe ‘ramps up’ weapon production to send to Ukraine | Former Colonel Philip Ingram" video.

  1. I think what we should remember is what Russia invading Ukraine symbolises, there's a rise of authoritarian governments over the last decade or so, if democracies of the world don't make a stand, it could embolden other countries to go the authoritarian route or worse yet, start other conflicts around the world. Democracies need to make a stand because other countries like China are looking for cracks and weaknesses in the west, if we don't show enough support for Ukraine or supports starts to dry up, the message to Russia, China and others will be clear, we only have the stomach to support the war effort for a short time of a few years, Putin is probably banking on holding out in Ukraine with the hope that western support dries up or Trump wins the next election. A lot more conflicts are starting out around the world, and probably because of lack of leadership from the big powers like the EU and US, the support being given to Ukraine is helpful but it's not enough and it's not delivered soon enough, western governments need to be more aggressive on it's support of Ukraine so Ukraine can end the war sooner rather than later, dragging the war out is just more costly for Ukraine and for the west, it's probably stirring up trouble in other regions around the world because our attention is divided, I mean seriously, the EU and US are more than capable of putting an end to this war if they give Ukraine the means to end it, I mean seriously, what are they waiting for, public support to dry up? Or other governments to come into power in the EU countries and the US that doesn't support the war effort, dragging the war out is playing with fire, whiles showing the resolve of the west as being weak, we need to start standing up for our ideals in the west because at the moment, authoritarian governments are winning, you only have to see the rise of them around the world and in fact, the factions in both the EU and US are on the rise.
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  2.  @margelatu79  All countries are beatable, what western countries are doing to Russia is making sure the cost is high for Putin and the Russian economy by dragging the war out, Russia being bogged down in Ukraine, spending billions to support the war effort is likely going to have a high cost for the Russian economy, and regardless, that's lost revenue that could have gone into the Russian economy that's going into the war effort. I don't think it's right what the west is doing, they are more than capable of giving Ukraine the arms it needs to quickly win this war but clearly, it looks like they want to make Russia bleed, probably because the longer it drags on, the more potent the message will be on the Russian people, as for Putin, he can't afford the war to drag on, it's costing a fortune for the Russian economy, whereas the west can afford it, for one, they are a lot richer and the load is being shared out, and this is at a moment when the western economy isn't in the best of shape, which is likely to pick up from next year onwards, in other words, the west can afford to support Ukraine for years or decades if need be and the cost to them is minimal, whereas the cost to Russia is high.
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