Jasin wrote on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 5:03pm:

Compromise in local government for Donbas may have blunted the Russian sword. It was claimed the devolution would give Russia a grip on Kyiv which sounds nonsense, as it's 'local' by definition. Zelensky might have been able to go halfway but didn't.

chimera wrote on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 5:14pm:


"At least keeps the UN alive"...what for?

As many people have been killed in wars since 1946, under US hegemony no less, as died in WW2 itself.

(Note:   I want the UN to exist, but why do YOU want the  UN  "to be alive"?)

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I must have missed it; I always respond to 'good faith' questions like that.

The communists - backed by Russia and China's UNSC veto went to war to prevent the US takeover of Korea.

(google)

The causes of the Korean War (1950-1953) can be examined in two categories, ideological and political. Ideologically, the communist side, including the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, desired to secure the Korean peninsula and incorporate it in a communist bloc.

Fair enough, the land is contiguous.

Any political negotiation from the West, to avoid war?

Of course not: 'freedom values' trumps all, including life itself.   

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Yes, given his working relationship with Putin.

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No: neither Trump nor Putin are rational  enough to understand Cicero; but Trump was prepared to use his power as commander in chief of the world's greatest military, to negotiate with Putin, to avoid war.    

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With Russian and Chinese backing (and their UNSC veto)  - N.Korea would have disappeared in a week without that backing; China suffered huge casualties in the war. 

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American public opinion beat the US in Vietnam (in the "baby killing" war); and they didn't spend the resources needed to conquer Afghanistan.

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Because Trump only needed to threaten its use, spiced with some negotiations  re Russians living in majority Russian-speaking areas in  Ukraine.

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No.

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He's not so sure Putin can't be forced into using them.

There you see: all your 'good faith' questions, though based on your "freedom or death " ideological delusions, dutifully answered. 

chimera wrote on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 5:19pm:


Hamas is the extremist outfit resulting from the failure of the UN to establish the Palestinian state, as per UN res 181, and also the subsequent intransigence of the Israel lobby during the Camp David accords in the US. Israel has no intention of accepting divided sovereignty in Jerusalem,  nor even the UN (res 181) policy of a UN-administered Jerusalem on behalf of all three Abrahamic religions.    

Why did the UN fail to implement international law?

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As already pointed out (in answer to your 'good faith' questions re Trump and Putin), negotiations to avoid war can achieve wonders, if you hate war and can negotiate from strength - in this case, the strength of the Pentagon (given the weakness of the UN).

But you aren't even capable of considering using the UN to negotiatiate with the Islamic world: a Palestinian State as per UN res 181, in exchange for disbandment of Hamas and abandoning ridiculous  oppression of women.

That's what the UNGA is for: to achieve the triumph of rationality over insane ideology and blind tribal instincts.

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It looks like Clarke is missing upper front tooth.



Did he try to crack macadamia nut or did he attempt to bite Putin's penis off? 

Russian Ministry of Defense's tallowood wrote on Sep 14^th, 2024 at 10:48am:

Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

"Putin's Palace" is an Italianate palace on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The Alexei Navalny Anti Corruption Foundation estimated the cost to be over US$956 million at 2022 prices.  Alexei Navalny is now worth about 20c.