US should not have made concessions to Russia over Ukraine, says German minister
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There is no benefit to Ukraine to agree to this. Any treaty signed in which Ukraine gives up territory and is prevented from seeking out defensive treaties will result in Russia rearming and attacking again.
This happened in 2014 with Crimea. Everyone said to let Russia have it and they'll be happy. They weren't. They attacked again. Now people are saying to let Russia have it and they'll be happy. They won't be.
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Speculation:
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Trump - doesn't properly understand, has praised Putin multiple times, carries a grudge against Ukraine due to Zelensky not yielding to blackmail to investigate Biden's son
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Hegseth - understands decently, but puts his career first (you dont' argue with the god-emperor)
Possible outcomes:
- Ukraine will not agree
- European countries will guarantee to Ukraine that they will step up support (since they'd be next, and they're already providing the bigger part of support)
- having measured the level of US principle and commitment, China will try to seize Taiwan
- European countries will be unable / unwilling to back the US in a confrontation with China
- risk of a great war in the Pacific
- global economic crisis (we'll learn to live without microelectronics for a while)
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I don't consider Presidents anymore.
What do us people think about Russia and viceversa? -
You remember how many times President Carter had to look behind his back while nailing plywood on a construction site? 0
At least logically that's what I would assume. Now imagine if Carter had put himself in between a tyrant and an innocent nation full of war hardened heroes on the Ukrainian side and evil crazy war hardened criminals on the ruzzian side. 4 years of Bliss.
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It’s basically a tripolar world of three main authoritarian empires (US, China, Russia) who have transactional relationships, almost à la 1984.
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We also tried appeasement with Hitler and it didn’t work. Do people just not read history books anymore? It’s wild how ignorant these fools are
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Pretty sure Zelensky said he would never give up territory, so you sorta need to go around him at that point.
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Hegseth said Trump was “the best negotiator on the planet”.
If that's the case, why are they starting from the position that they'll yield Ukraine's territory and will not allow them in NATO? That's kindergarten levels of negotiating here.
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As an American, I want nothing more at this point than for the world to rise up and gain power. We are broken. We are failing. We need democracy on the world stage.
Pro global democracy means empowerment of our allies.
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It makes more sense when you realize he's negotiating not on behalf of the best interests of Ukraine or the USA but on behalf of Putin.
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I am personally surprised that the US did that without even consulting Ukraine. That's fucking sick.
The next four years would be difficult. I am so sick of people behaving like bullies.
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Is that Hitler guy on Tiktok or YouTube?
