Well, it is terrible.   To have the backing of US, and 'peace', Ukraine have to sign away much of its mineral wealth to 'repay' the US without security guarantee.  Who knows, when all the mines are empty, the US would just leave anyway by the way this is going. 

I am afraid, if I am in that situation.  I may just work out a deal with Putin instead, and just become a vassal state to Russia.  Russia believes Ukraine and its people are part of Russia anyway, and most Ukrainians speaks Russian.   That way, they at least get to keep some mineral wealth.  And at least a cease fire long enough to rebuild the whole country.    Why bend my knees at US?

MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 1^st, 2025 at 7:35am:


JaSin loves it. Anything to screw another country over, including his own.

We're dealing with bots here, boys. Vlad started this. JaSin's DL's merely finishing it.

Armchair_Politician wrote on Mar 1^st, 2025 at 7:38am:

In reality, is it? Vietcong held northern South Vietnam and the US walked off with Vietcong then winning everything.  Taliban advanced in Afghanistan so Trump walked off and lost the war. But US won against Sadam Hussein and his Iraqi nukes which was the wrong war..

Apparently, it was Vance who was snotted that Zelensky didn't wear a suit... I guess you can take the boy out of white-trash America but not the fear of it out of the man.

Everyone knows why Zelensky wears what he wears... was he worried about Musk wearing a T-shirt and a cap while he was sucking Musk's cock and laughing like a hyena?

Maybe Vance should look back at pictures of Churchill meeting Roosevelt when Britain was at war...

Karnal wrote on Mar 1^st, 2025 at 5:41am:


Your error: you still think war in the age of MAD is necessary/acceptable to solve disputes....you are MAD, by definition.

An interesting test of Trump's popularity will soon arise: do the American people agree with Trump's  stance on the Ukraine war.

"War is for losers" - as Trump once said, let's see if the public agree with him.

"I'm the most powerful man in the world" - which is true, being CinC of the Pentagon -  who believes in using that power to avoid war.

Thing is, Trump respects strength and he actually believes - like Putin - nuclear weapons have a purpose,  ie to avoid war, and he knows war with Putin is a risky business; "you are risking WW3",  he told Zelensky.   

Of course military brass and the mainstream media  are already calling Trump "an embarassment" and saying "he should be removed from office".

So...you "freedom or death"  losers want to risk war with Putin.

Wouldn't it be smarter to understand Putin's pov, and negotiate, to avoid war in the age of MAD?

Trump is the 1st leader who is prepared to use his power to fulfill the envisioned role of the UNSC, ie, to maintain global security - a vision annulled  from the beginning  by an obsolete 'absolute national sovereignty' theory (hence the UNSC veto).

Anyone  who wants to attack the Pentagon in the age of MAD , be warned.....hence the readiness of both Putin and Trump to negotiate on mutually agreeable terms,  given Russia has the 2nd most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world..

(a quick look at previous posts...gawd, am I agreeing with Jasin? ....we are a hopelessly confused lot of bunnies...."the human condition",  indeed).

   

MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 1^st, 2025 at 7:13am:




Nah

A coward is someone in Australia who thinks 16 yo Ukrainians should be buried in an artillery barrage and then end up in the same situation we are in now . If not worse.

A coward is a comedian President with not a scratch on him who will, eventually, catch a jet out of his smouldering country and go kick it in Hollywood with George clunky.

Now THATS a coward.

A coward is also an 80 yo ice cream eater without the guts to end this.

A brave man is someone who takes the slings and arrows from keyboard warriors so as to save real lives.

Keep up the good work Donny

aquascoot wrote on Mar 1^st, 2025 at 7:58am:



Can anyone here decipher this word salad?