re: #243 ckkatz

Thanks!

Frum is also arguing that the West should encourage Russian soldiers to desert but treating them well and giving them opportunities in the EU.

Treating people well can often have be very valuable down the road long term.

Certainly, Putin has destroyed the social contract between the Russian population and his government.

Russia has dramatically dis-integrated with the Western Economy on the whim of Putin. The laws on deploying conscripts outside of Russia have been ignored. A war has unilaterally been declared and the population have not been informed, let alone asked.

Maybe the West offering select Russians a much better deal might be a good option.

Oops, I gotta jump in on this. There is absolutely no reason to take any Russian military member into the EU ever ever ever. They are poorly educated morons from the hinterlands who have been educated in one of the worst education environments for poor kids in the world. They are uniquely qualified to be thieves and gangsters, but that’s about it.