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1. Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:28:54 JST Richard Stallman

   [1/5] https://stallman.org/glossary.html#wrecker
   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/06/ukraine-trump-victory
   https://stallman.org/glossary.html#perse
   https://stallman.org/glossary.html#putinforces
   https://stallman.org/glossary.html#wrecker

   People expect that the wrecker will give his pal Putin a gift by ending military support for Ukraine. If Ukraine is weakened that way, it might be sensible for Ukraine to seek a compromise peace that would be less disastrous than fighting and

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:28:59 JST Richard Stallman

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     [2/5] losing. However, Putin has the attitude of a cheap gangster: when a victim starts to talk about making a deal, that means perse is weak, so it is time to demand more. Putin would increase his demands to the maximum, figuring that he will get all he demands, sooner or later, whenever Ukraine can't hold a front line any more. But what if we imagine bizarre ideas with the sort of audacity that Putin has got away with? I have a few wild ideas. * Ukraine can attack Belarus and

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:29:02 JST Richard Stallman

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     [3/5] perhaps trigger a rebellion to overthrow the dictator, Lukashenko, who is a client of Putin. There is a chance this would free Belaris. At least, Putin might have to send a large army there, enough to interfere with the attack on Ukraine. * Ukraine can attack Hungary and remove Orban, who is a client of Putin. Maybe Hungary's government would flip. * The Biden can send several regiments to Ukraine, at Ukraine's invitation, then station them the way of Putin forces' advance,

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:29:05 JST Richard Stallman

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     [4/5] ordering them not to fight unless attacked. Putin will face the choice of attacking the US troops and bringing NATO into the war, or ceasing to pursue those lines of attack. If Putin does attack them, it would be hard for the wrecker subsequently to pull the US out of the fight. He would look like a coward and a traitor if he did. He does not want to look that way. If this does not save Ukraine, it will at least help ensure that Ukrainians can take refuge in NATO countries if

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:29:09 JST Richard Stallman

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     [5/5] their country is conquered.