Yes, I think Typora is the closest one to what Werner is now.
So it is sort of a benchmark.
There are 2 questions:
1. Is there a something that both Typora and Werner do not have, that would benefit their target users?
2. Is there a better approach in general to local-first rich docs in general, like, not Markdown, for example?
Finland inflicted a serious military victory over ussr, actually had a possibility of Allies joining in Winter War, and fought with ussr in 1941-1945. After all that it got its neutral position, not only by ceding some land, but actively resisting.
Meanwhile Baltic states lost their sovereignty for 50 years.
> Zelensky than campaigned on repairing ties with Russia and got elected.
Zelensky had peace and negotiation with Russia in his campaign. Ukrainian politicians, who actually had “repairing ties with Russia” in their campaign lost.
Constitutional amendment about joining Nato was voted in Ukrainian parliament in 2019. Parliament itself was elected after seizure of Crimea and after start of war in Donbas
It’s not about motivation, it’s about flexibility and transparency in procurement, and additional stimulus to be more data-driven on each side, from operator to officer to government officials.
That’s not really accurate. Ukraine was not a member of either defence or economic blocs, like CSTO, or Customs Union, headed by Russia. Also some of the Ukrainian governments were effectively against relying on Russia, Yuschenko 2005-2010.
Yet, there were extensive economic ties up to 2014, and some cultural ties up to 2022. Its not black and white.
Trump did not "arm Ukraine to the teeth" in his first term.
He send a little bit of infantry weapons, and some armored cars. That's it.
It was a big break from Obama administration that essentially embargoed any weapons sales to Ukraine, but it was not in any way "arming to the teeth". Arming Ukraine in a sufficient manner would have required tens of billions each year, that did not happen.
"- There were rumblings of a peace deal in early 2022, but Boris Johnson and European delegation shot it down."
There was no such thing. The "peace deal" in question was a Russian capitulation offer, which was never signed.
"- Adding Ukraine to NATO is a line in the sand for Putin. How would we feel the US feel if China and Mexico entered a defense agreement and placed Chinese missiles on the US border? Adding Ukraine to Nato is an ESCALATION."
There was zero chance of Ukraine joining NATO simply due to the existing territorial disputes with Russia. Russian ultimatum to US in December 2021 was clear — get NATO to pre-1997 — Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic etc should all leave NATO. That would mean dissolution of NATO effectively.
"a large US business interest in Ukraine (as opposed to backdoor dealings) is actually a way of strengthening the US's commitment and investment in Ukraine, right?"
It can work the same with Russia occupying the same territory. There is nothing there about "Ukraine" per se.
You can count how many high school children there are in Ukraine. There is something like 4 millions now, so the loss of a couple hundred of students of both sexes does not make classes girls only.
People, families with kids, leave Ukraine, because living in a country during war is not nice, to say the least. The fear of mobilization is only one aspect of it.