That's the thing: we will never know how bad the Donbas war would have gotten if the Russia-Ukraine war hadn't kicked off. it completely changed the situation for everybody. If, for example, China had invaded the Zionist entity on October 9th 2023 and taken all the zionist's military resources away from targeting Palestinians, we could make the exact same argument because we wouldn't know how bad it would have gotten. Of course, we live in the world where we've now had three years to see exactly why other countries should have attacked Israel on October 9th. So, so many people would still be alive.

[–] NewDark@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago

There aren't many alternatives worse than full scale war. Possibly a large scale genocide that then becomes a war, but this "what if" calculation can split both ways.

Also let's be real, noble intentions are not what states operate on. That's the justification used to get someone like yourself on board with the violent invasion and theft of a sovereign country.