What we may be witnessing isn’t diplomacy aimed at preventing conflict, but diplomacy establishing narrative justification for conflict. Each side can claim it tried negotiations, offered reasonable terms, and was rebuffed by unreasonable demands. That establishes cover for military action.
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Kind of weird framing this as a both sides want war thing, when the war is only going to be on one country’s soil and will begin with a bombing campaign by the country whose soil it will not be on.