History has shown that the US retreating into isolationism does not end well for Europe, and eventually comes back to impact the US.
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History has shown that the US retreating into isolationism does not end well for Europe, and eventually comes back to impact the US.
That was a democratic process.
And media “consolidation” was a democratic process. Forcefully banning Russian language in Donbas region was also democratic. Attack against Ukrainian Orthodox Church was also democracy in action. Democracy is attacked and it should be defended !He wasn't in a position to do it in the 2000s as Russia was still reeling from the 90s. The moment he got in position to strike, he did. And people rather naively question why NATO is still around when authoritarian Russia and the infrastructure of nukes and expansionism never went away.
Consider the ramifications if the US has to put boots on the ground in Europe. Funding Ukraine is therefore one of the greatest investments in the history of the United States - not a drop of US blood spilled to fight a totalitarian adversary.
You're conflating promoting democracy and human rights in dictatorships with Putin attempting to invade and steal the land of a neighboring country.
Putin has been busy conducting asymmetric operations against Europe for a long time, including assassinating and attempting to assassinate British citizens.
Based on Putin, we want's the old Soviet Union back
I think republicans will grant the aid eventually, they must be under massive pressure from the US arms industry lobby to keep the money, and the bribes, flowing. They won't do the right thing because it's the right thing but because they profit from it.
Putin tried to assassinate by poisoning the guy running against his candidate the first time, so there is influencing elections and influencing elections.
He also funded bribed and then pushed into going against Ukraine's population's will, to the point they threw him out is other way of saying "we" overthrew him.
Putin started this whole shit show by making the biggest mistake of his life and he has been doubling down on it ever since.
You see how those blue countries are so close to Russia? That’s a provocation. No wonder Russia is striking back.Russian interference from 2004-17
I sometimes wonder how long it will take to get a clear picture of how big Russias influence on the rise of the far right and so on has been. The more I read, the more I feel that what they did through the last decades, has caused or at least furthered a political development that will continue to cause problems in many years to come. The damage done by Russia must be enormous.
They're doing what the western powers have been doing for centuries and still do. You only have to take a map and see the long list of the worldwide western (and russian) meddlings since the end of WWII to have a small taste. Really not condoning it, but let's not give into this faux outrage or pretend to be any better. You just don't like to be on the receiving end, which is perfectly understandable.
Thanks. I was completely unaware of any global history.
You're most welcome.
To be fair we had russian officials saying moldova might be next.
Putin tried to assassinate by poisoning the guy running against his candidate the first time, so there is influencing elections and influencing elections.
He also funded bribed and then pushed into going against Ukraine's population's will, to the point they threw him out is other way of saying "we" overthrew him.
Putin started this whole shit show by making the biggest mistake of his life and he has been doubling down on it ever since.
There are influences and there are straight coup d'état like in chile and argentina among others. So please, spare me on the level of influences on elections and governments from the US. US is the country that assassinated other countries leaders and provoked more coups and wars in the XXth and XXIst for regime change by far
Fecking hell.
Amazing, good job he wasn't in the US though, he'd now be sitting next to Rudi in bankruptcy court!
He got what he deserved. It's just a shame he didn't go through with his whatever-it-was.
3 Russian jets downed according to Ukraine. Patriot at work again?
That's some heart surgeon all right. Lucky soldier though.
Piece on the ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ight-as-orban-threatens-to-block-eu-accession
Maybe the second system that was promised from Germany has been delivered and deployed in the south?
The culture war is going to destroy the world. Thanks, conservatives.
Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Despite its bravado in public, the Kremlin has indicated its interest in striking a deal to halt the war — so long as it could still declare victory.
Despite its bravado in public, the Kremlin has indicated its interest in striking a deal to halt the war — so long as it could still declare victory.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-war-cease-fire.html
Current fronts? Not happening.
Yup. The article also mentioned that. I do think that in time the Ukrainians might warm up to a deal in which they accept autonomy for parts of the Donbas and losing Crimea. So in other words, pre-invasion borders. But as for now, they definitely won't agree to losing all that's been occupied post-invasion.
Despite attempts by the Western media (who all receive their briefings from the agency) to positively spin this, Russia is actually in the driver's seat and is likely to secure a better deal than what was on offer in Istanbul at the start of the conflict. This has been disastrous for Ukraine, and Europe in general. The only clear winner seems to be the U.S., but now it's time to move on and shift our focus to the Middle East and the Far East.
Ukraine don't have a choice, you can't make a deal with someone like Putin, its out of the question.
It's such a Suedesi thing to insinuate that Ukraine should or even could have taken the disingenuous peace that was 'offered' early on in a war against an aggressive imperialist state. The end result would have been the complete destruction of an independent Ukraine.
Then again, he probably sees that more from the perspective of his anti-woke conservative hero Putin - so in that sense it's correct.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/12/16/fiona-hill-amanpour-intw-part-1.cnn
Pretty insightful interview with Fiona Hill on CNN - according to her "Putin is not negotiating, he is laying down the terms of Ukraine's surrender", "a win for Putin will be disastrous for NATO/US reputation", "US/European efforts to weaken Putin through sanctions have failed", "Putin's regime is stable", the "Russian economy is booming", "Putin is feeling no pressure from world actors (Middle East, China etc) to end this war, in fact all the pressure is on the United States and Europe" etc
Obviously, a win for Putin would indeed be a disaster for NATO/US, but "the russian economy is booming" is not true, its not doing as badly as one predicted, but saying that it is booming is not true.
An interest rate of 16% is not a sign of a booming economy.
If you were Ukraine, what would you do? What concessions would you give to Russia?