This has serious "concept of a plan" vibes to me.
The problem is that Trump can't deliver a Ukrainian surrender, and Putin can't survive without one.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russia-meeting-improving-relations-ukraine-war/
The problem is that Trump can't deliver a Ukrainian surrender, and Putin can't survive without one.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russia-meeting-improving-relations-ukraine-war/
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Grinding war for another decade, massive losses, no territory gained - for what?
Or maybe hyper-weaponising 🇺🇦 to beat 🇷🇺 - for what?
Collapse of Russia? New warlords? Asset stripping of 🇷🇺 by West 2.0?
Would 🇺🇸 tolerate Mexico being taken over by the Chinese?
On your final point, a more immediate parallel is the Panama Canal which Trump says the Chinese are taking over. Will you be backing his proposed invasion?
So many helpful spontaneous protests,
And ‘most Ukrainians’ is a bit of a wobbly idea,
Are you saying the Russian speaking populations in the east wanted that?
I’m just not valuing some of the ‘logic’, commentary and historical revisionism that’s been pumped across media in the last few days,
I didn’t say the US directed it, I think they tacitly supported an escalation that had multiple financial and strategic benefits for them
Of course all sane people want peace, but if that is on the terms Putin wants (with Ukrainian neutrality and demilitarisation), then Ukraine will become a puppet of Russia.
But I want to know how other people suggest an end to it?
Because it has gone nowhere, and it was obvious that America was sacrificing Ukraine for its own strategic aims from the start
To win? To negotiate a peace?
Anyway, signing off now.
Ask Boris who sank the first one
But I’m talking about the situation as it is now, not in my dreams,
Right now, Russia is not going to walk back out the door and say, ‘fine’,
So what’s your solution?
What’s your response to Mersheimers 20 years of warnings
Strengthen the sanctions, arm Ukraine to the teeth and Russia is done!
It’s crazy to suggest that the aim is to beat Russia
The economy is only "handling" the war because of monumental unsecured loans. They handled it for 2+ years because of the now depleted national wealth fund. Now they are printing money
Where do they get weapons?
How long would drone production last without microchips that are obviously coming from US,
How are they getting positioning data for their systems?
I didn’t realise that whilst dealing with revolutions, internal conflict and then war, Ukraine had, in the mean time, launched satellites, developed a Microprocessor industry, a gyroscope and lens industry, and an AI capability,
If they’ve managed that then, yeah, they can win
They are gangster goons, from Trump down
That is their 'negotiation' MO
Australia needs to think very hard about it's next steps in this political polka
They will define Australia's outcomes for many years to come
https://ecfr.eu/article/drones-in-ukraine-four-lessons-for-the-west/?amp