There is an old saying in our country that victory or defeat is a common affair of soldiers. And from this sentence, we can also know that the victory and defeat of a war are normal, and the war does not have to be divided between you and me. Especially for small countries, it is impossible to defeat the enemy country, surrender is a very normal thing, even in this era, no matter which region there is a war, surrender between small countries is a common phenomenon, but this is not necessarily for a big country, because in the game of great powers is not eligible to surrender, once surrender represents annihilation.
Why? First of all, let's look at the Qin state in the pre-Qin period, when the Qin state could give in to small countries according to the situation, or even make compensation for the cession of land, but in the face of big countries, they did not give in, because they understood that surrendering to small countries could not hurt the foundation of their own countries, and surrendering to large countries could lead to the disappearance of the country, which was related to the life and death of the country. However, not all major powers are as smart as the Qin state, and Russia is a typical example.
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II began and lasted for 45 years, and in the initial stages the United States had the advantage, but in the seventies and eighties, the Soviet Union gradually developed and began to suppress the United States. However, the good times did not last long, and in the 90s, the development of the Soviet Union itself had problems, and the Soviet leaders at that time did not focus on solving the problem, but began to move towards the road of surrender. The final result, as everyone should know, was that the Soviet Union announced its disintegration and was divided into 15 countries, and since then the Soviet Union has been completely removed from the world.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia can still be regarded as a great power at that time, and they began capitalist reforms, which they naively thought would allow the Western countries to accept themselves and enter the European Union, but the end result was tragic. The decision caused Russia's economy to collapse and its own development to set back decades.
So why doesn't the United States accept Russia's surrender? In fact, the reasons are not very complicated. For the United States, it is unlikely that it will accept the surrender of a powerful power, which may challenge its position in the future. If you want to surrender, then russia will be torn apart, and when his strength is difficult to threaten the status of the United States, the United States will accept surrender. Therefore, for the great powers, because of the strength of the strength, they are not eligible to choose to surrender, and once they surrender, it means destruction. The confrontation and competition between the great powers can only be fought to the end, not naïvely thinking of surrender, and only by constantly strengthening themselves can they have the right to survive.