If the war stops today without returning a massive chunk of territories, the underground Ukrainian resistance will go on. There will be no war, but expect shootings, bomb on planes carrying russian officials, hostage takings… And probably not only in Russia or Ukraine.

Plus the added risk of US troops entering a war because it would just have signaled to Putin that with sacrificing under 1% of his population (800 000/ 130 million) is getting yourself territory like Poland or the Baltic’s because the USA will always end up folding in front of their adversaries.

It’s not a solution.

Tout le reste OK, je rajoute que quand tout le monde lui est tombé dessus pour son salut, il n’a absolument pas fourni la moindre excuse ni dit que c’était mal interprété. En revanche, sa famille : les gens ne sont pas coupables des Crimes de leurs aïeux.

Germans being Russians. Weird times…

It was the “Hamas” district in Mozambique, not gaza.

Starlink?

If they take out Ukraine and only talk between Trump and Putin, then the war continues, the US just won’t be their shop… Plenty of countries need to update their weapons on Ukrainian money.

Why Biden? He’s not in this war except as a multi service shop. It would have been Zelinsky/Putin.

Except he can’t rule over all of Europe…

There was a YT video from mrwhosetheboss recently whith him showing off harmony OS and it’s ecosystem… Looks like it could please a lot of people who aren’t into tech for a pile of reasons.

https://youtu.be/IhYDtLzmRQI?si=fAJJwAa7Ug438M3P

Well, that title aged fast. I guess that’s what happens when funds might get totally drawn back.

Well, I guess the US has to choose since they refused to manage all three in one swoop: Help protect your biggest economic partner from Russian threats, manage your second biggest partner out of south-east asia colonialism or manage your border (and in the process make meat and veg more expensive)…

Decisions decisions decisions

The answer should be pretty simple: make a parallel more stringent deal inviting signatories to some open market for goods to European and American markets, Put in some control measures so that everyone stands by their word and state preconditions to join for countries who owe fossil fuel extraction and steel or cement production over 30% of their gross national income.

No shit sherlock, thanks to the west for their promptness to deliver and capacity for strategy foresight…

The stalemate is intentional from us, westerners we have the capacity, we’re just not so much concerned (read: weapons delivered to Ukraine sold well in other markets but not by a big enough margin to justify the financial risk of helping a country that might disappear and not ever pay back.)

But would astroturfing on VKontact or telegram be a reason to nuke? Would paying nice crypto to Russian politicians be a motive to launch nukes? Bring the same mayhem, using sores in russian society, that they regularly bring to western countries using their sores and operating on both sides of the aisle. Use the same “the water makes the frogs gay” rethoric they have their allies use against the west.

Let’s play this game too. At least we might have some fun till we all go the way of Slovakia or Hungary.

I am getting really annoyed with governments in western countries that keep falling into the same indecision about how to calm putin down without being too harsh because he might throw a tantrum or worse we would have failed our democratic values by using the bully’s tools against himself.

Just what Putin’s puppets need in europe and north america to gain political power.