Echoes of appeasement during World War II. I pray that this president does not give away the store. And if he does, I hope Zelenskyy holds firm. More: https://tinyurl.com/43sfdkuc
It's helpful to know that Zelensky initiated the idea of exchanging rare minerals to gain US military support. However, if the US makes a deal without providing real military support, then it would not be a deal at all but simply thievery by the US. I don't believe that the Trump administration is purposefully demonstrating a strategic diplomatic resolution given Trump's history of criminal conduct, mythomania, abuse of power, and emotional instability. However, if the US is financially unable to afford the cost of helping Ukraine because it is spread too thin, then I can understand how limits to spending may need to be discussed and how European countries may need to shoulder more responsibility for the costs of war. However, I believe that Trump and his administration demonstrate a lack of respect, compassion, empathy, and integrity in their dealings with Ukraine, a victim of Russia's psychopathic need to control and dominate. It is embarrassing to see a representative of our country kicking Ukraine when it's down. Such behavior belongs to psychopaths and criminals, not to sane representatives of the US government.
Our efforts to isolate Russia from the West via sanctions have not only been fruitless, they have served to push Russia into China's arms, with Russia clearly in a subordinate, resource-supply role, which must rankle Putin. Is this what we want? We've been doing this, on and off, since 1945! I believe we can leverage Putin's desire to be taken seriously on the global stage by bringing him closer to Europe and the U.S., not farther away, which would create a larger counterweight in the new multipolar world. And it's hard to justify the slaughter of hundreds of thousands over a strip of contested soil, however noble it's made to seem.
Yes, Putin's a nasty strongman, but we're not exactly saints either, and there's lots of workable gray space beyond the binary choice of Chamberlain-or-Churchill. Since the war started, we've basically shut down all embassy operations in Russia. This is counter-productive.
It's hard to know what Trump is thinking here, but reaching out to Russia to stop the bloodshed isn't traitorous or stupid.
https://open.substack.com/pub/nicholasjeffreymcguire/p/remembering-history-chechnya-1994?r=5da6am&utm_medium=ios
Echoes of appeasement during World War II. I pray that this president does not give away the store. And if he does, I hope Zelenskyy holds firm. More: https://tinyurl.com/43sfdkuc
It's helpful to know that Zelensky initiated the idea of exchanging rare minerals to gain US military support. However, if the US makes a deal without providing real military support, then it would not be a deal at all but simply thievery by the US. I don't believe that the Trump administration is purposefully demonstrating a strategic diplomatic resolution given Trump's history of criminal conduct, mythomania, abuse of power, and emotional instability. However, if the US is financially unable to afford the cost of helping Ukraine because it is spread too thin, then I can understand how limits to spending may need to be discussed and how European countries may need to shoulder more responsibility for the costs of war. However, I believe that Trump and his administration demonstrate a lack of respect, compassion, empathy, and integrity in their dealings with Ukraine, a victim of Russia's psychopathic need to control and dominate. It is embarrassing to see a representative of our country kicking Ukraine when it's down. Such behavior belongs to psychopaths and criminals, not to sane representatives of the US government.
Our efforts to isolate Russia from the West via sanctions have not only been fruitless, they have served to push Russia into China's arms, with Russia clearly in a subordinate, resource-supply role, which must rankle Putin. Is this what we want? We've been doing this, on and off, since 1945! I believe we can leverage Putin's desire to be taken seriously on the global stage by bringing him closer to Europe and the U.S., not farther away, which would create a larger counterweight in the new multipolar world. And it's hard to justify the slaughter of hundreds of thousands over a strip of contested soil, however noble it's made to seem.
Yes, Putin's a nasty strongman, but we're not exactly saints either, and there's lots of workable gray space beyond the binary choice of Chamberlain-or-Churchill. Since the war started, we've basically shut down all embassy operations in Russia. This is counter-productive.
It's hard to know what Trump is thinking here, but reaching out to Russia to stop the bloodshed isn't traitorous or stupid.