110 sats \ 4 replies \ @TomK 8 Jul \ on: Lessons From the Cold War: Now Is the Time for De-Escalation - Antiwar.com history
We are still not seeing any serious diplomatic efforts on the part of the West. The trip to Moscow by Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, was only accompanied by the harshest criticism in the leading mainstream media, which shows me that this is by no means the end of the story. Here, Ukrainian people are being sacrificed into a meat grinder that doesn't have to be like this. Putin has repeatedly emphasized red lines, criticized the Nato-East expansion, mentioned the crisis in Donbass that has been going on for over 10 years and the Maidan crisis. Nothing is being seriously considered
This is the impression I get.
Another thing is that the US media and politicians haven't seen a war they don't like and the usual suspects are cheering on this war. Anyone suggesting negotiations is labeled as a Putin supporter. Its anti intellectual crap we saw during the Bush years after 911
Here, Ukrainian people are being sacrificed into a meat grinder that doesn't have to be like this.
Ukrainians are the ones who are most against "diplomacy". We've been through this before. Russia has broken a long list of "peaces" every time using them as an opportunity to rearm and take more next time. There is nothing that Russia could do or promise.
Orban is a scumbag who is working to give the Russian military time to invade Ukraine again. He is a deeply evil person who is doing what he is doing because he's hoping to get his own piece of Ukraine (he's making claims that part of Ukraine ate rightfully Hungarian territory).
Negotiating with Russia is as absurd as negotiating with Nazi Germany. Exterminate them with force.
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