Agreed. Anything else is Neville Chamberlainisque…
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So what are the options for peace?
So far, Russia wants to keep Crimea and the Donbass. He also wants a demilitarized Ukraine. He wants NATO out of Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria as well as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia...most likely Poland, too.
Another point of consideration, is that NOTHING that Putin agrees to, is honored.
So literally any appeasement given to Russia at this point, allows Russia to regroup, consolidate his forces (aling with purging low performers) and then most likely move into Moldova (because there is a small ethnic Russian population that needs saving) as well as most likely finish it's reclamation of Georgia, which Russia took 20% of in 2008 and has yet to honor most of it's cease-fire agreements.
Putin, like Hitler and Stalin, cannot be bargained with. They were all megalomaniacs bent on their own desires.
None were honorable, none were to be trusted and none of the lot gave a single damn about the value of human life.
The only choice Putin should be given, is what caliber of bullet he wants between his eyes...
I suspect that if Putin is killed, Russia will descend into civil war.
I think so as well. Regardless we are witnessing serious implications to Russian and global history.
Indeed - *if* the League of Nations had lived up to their mission and leaned on Hitler when he attempted to annex the Sudentenland (shades of Donbass anyone?), then the dominoes of Czechslovakia, Austria and Poland would not have fallen.Agreed. Anything else is Neville Chamberlainisque…
Would be interesting to know how they wanna reach russian soil. Shipping to St Petersburg and then all the way down to Ukraine? To Syria then somehow airlift them? They can't get into Black Sea unless they want to drag Turkey into the war on Ukraine's side.Japan says it spotted Russian amphibious ships heading toward Europe
Japan said on Thursday it spotted four Russian amphibious ships in waters close to its shores on Wednesday. The Japanese military said the four ships sailed in the Tsuruga Strait that separates Japan's Honshu island and Hokkaido island, an unusual move for Russia, Reuters reported.The ships are...www.yahoo.com
As of 28 February, Turkey closed the Bosphorus to all warships except those based in the Black Sea in accordance to the Montreaux Convention.Japan says it spotted Russian amphibious ships heading toward Europe
Japan said on Thursday it spotted four Russian amphibious ships in waters close to its shores on Wednesday. The Japanese military said the four ships sailed in the Tsuruga Strait that separates Japan's Honshu island and Hokkaido island, an unusual move for Russia, Reuters reported.The ships are...www.yahoo.com
The options for peace are dependent on what the options are.
Now you may be 100% right. I maybe 100% wrong.
Maybe Putin cannot be trusted but there is now a difference. Putin is in a jam. So it's now no longer his word but his circumstances that are dictating the rules.
He is now in a very weak position so getting a peace treaty is possible. So the West must capitalize on this weak position to get the best deal.
If you get 5 years peace then that is something.
You must remember as long as the war goes on more and more civilians will be killed. Going down in flames should not be on the table. I don't really care if this may be weak sauce.
Hitler wanted to go down in flames and that's what he did. Doenitz, oddly, didn't want to go down with the ship and signed what he could to stop the war.
Slovakia's defense minister on Thursday said the country would "immediately" provide its S-300 air defense system to Ukraine if it's guaranteed a "proper replacement" in the near term.
Jaroslav Nad' said Slovakia is in discussions with the United States and other allies on the possibility of deploying its S-300s to Ukraine to help the embattled country in its fight against invading Russian forces. But the agreement hinges on Bratislava receiving a stand-in system for its air defenses.
"We're willing to do so immediately when we have a proper replacement," Nad' said a press conference alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
"The only strategic air defense system that we have in Slovakia is [the] S-300 system. So what would happen immediately when we decide to give it to Ukrainians is that we actually create a gap, a security gap in NATO."
He added: "Should there be [a] situation that we have a proper replacement or that we have a capability guaranteed for a certain period of time, then we will be willing to discuss the future of S-300."
Hitler wanted to go down in flames and that's what he did. Doenitz, oddly, didn't want to go down with the ship and signed what he could to stop the war.
Only Putin getting out on favorable terms only kicks the can down the road. He will learn fron this, correct his problems, and come back again even stronger and more dangerous. That is why appeasement does not work.
Appeasement almost always embolden, rather than deters, future aggression. If nothing else, the 30s taught us that.
I give them the benefit of the doubt for the 30s. They had just come out of WW1 and hind sight is always 20/20. Today we have no excuse though. We have Chamberlain to thank for teaching us what not to do.
I have to be honest I did like this
Russian state propagandists laugh at new 'correspondent' Tucker Carlson in Colbert sendup
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Tucker Carlson is a disgrace. He is Putin's employee of the month.