Much as with Russia-bashers, too many people seem intent on hating old enemies back into existence. They must learn predictions can become self-fulfilling.
That is a part of seemingly logical geopolitical approach meaning if one has the capability he would use it. On first take it sounds right. If the nation is strong enough it might be a military threat one day and the further conclusion says unstable weakened nation is not a viable military threat.
And then you are accepting this approach it seems like only logical to follow it but there is one little problem and all you need to see it is to switch on projection capability.
Just put yourself into your potential adversary’s shoes and it doesn’t take much brain to see he won’t like an idea to be weakened and unstable just for you to feel good.
And it is well worth for for him to go to war over it. That is how you make enemies out of thin air.
That is for assertive peacemongering leads to wars. WWII is a perfect example.
The same is happening with Russia right now and we see scores of people on thread willing to expand the same treatment on Germany right now.