With regard to the recent Russian military invasion of Ukraine (we use "invasion" here, in keeping with the various media outlets), there is an opinion that

"A war that cannot possibly be won. Ukraine should surrender as soon as possible, as it will only result in domestic casualties"

Japan has had similar situations.

During the Pacific War, our Supreme War Leadership Council was unable to make this decision (unconditional surrender).

As a result, many non-combatants (civilians) were killed and our country was used to demonstrate the atomic bomb.

When considered in this light, such a "surrender superiority theory" has a certain persuasiveness.

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However, on the other hand,

If I consider the scenario of the previous annexation of the Kurmian peninsula (instead of the current invasion of Ukraine) as a use case with our country,

- "The Russians living in Japan in Hokkaido want to annex Hokkaido to Russia.

- The Russian president declares, "Hokkaido will be annexed to Russia.

- Unilateral military invasion of Hokkaido

- They effectively occupy our territory north of Hokkaido.

, and when we were told the following

"It's a war that can never be won. Japan should cede Hokkaido to Russia because it will only result in domestic casualties."

Will we be convinced ?

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I'm not a patriot in the absolute sense of the word, but I thought,

"I can fight for my life."

For me, though I don't need "patriotism" to fight, I can fight with "rage against unreason".

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The above use case is just something I came up with and probably not very good.

Can someone please explain well with a "use case using our country" like this?

I think there are a lot of people who are thinking about that.