In this post, both of you did not address issues that occurred and do not have to be speculated. First, Ukraine is not Israel. You are comparing a democratic Israel to authoritarian corrupt and questionably elected Zelensky’s Ukraine. I smell Neocon position that sacrificed a country and used Ukraine as a laundromat. This war could have ended earlier and it would not be appeasement. Populations and borders changed there many times. Ukraine is devastated in the number of dead and also in how many left that will not come back. You dismissed the Trump plan without knowing just like the rest of us what Trump end game is or what his next moves are in achieving containment of China. He disclosed that by using trade, he will create a different relationship with Russia and use it as a counter to China.
I, like many others who were born behind the Iron Curtain , know about Russia’s system of tyranny. I was not comparing it Ukraine’s. Sometimes, you have ti accept reality of now and learn from it to be able to come back stronger and win. It is also a lesson of how countries are destroyed from within.
Didn't expect this take on the subject, but it's so incisive. Kaufman's analogy about the double standard is spot on. From Bucharest, this appeasement strategy simply doesnt parse.
A very disappointing post. Mr Kaufman ignores so many facts it’s hard to stomach his capture/delusion. Minsk, 2014 ousting of Yanukovych by the West, Boris Johnson’s killing the original peace plan, etc. The worst of all is pushing Russia into Chinas sphere, what a colossal blunder. The permanent state wants war and has shown a willingness to slaughter millions of innocent people. The psyop that is Western media/intel cover has been exposed revealing that any absurd event that requires the elimination of any dissent is a manufactured psyop. Covid, mRNA, Thomas Crooks, Epstein, Joe Biden mental state, Debt at 38 Trillion, the gutting of the middle class, Muslim invasion, Gaza, Trans sexualization of children, and calling Mertz a good leader takes the cake while Germany rolls out the Green Hoax and its middle class. Wow !
What role should the US play in terms of world affairs if any? A very basic question that needs to be directly debated and answered. Is the world better or worse off with regional hegemony? These are not abstract questions that go he heart of the current discussions about America first . What exactly does that term mean, imply and require?
The WSJ editorial board has a great piece on this too.
In this post, both of you did not address issues that occurred and do not have to be speculated. First, Ukraine is not Israel. You are comparing a democratic Israel to authoritarian corrupt and questionably elected Zelensky’s Ukraine. I smell Neocon position that sacrificed a country and used Ukraine as a laundromat. This war could have ended earlier and it would not be appeasement. Populations and borders changed there many times. Ukraine is devastated in the number of dead and also in how many left that will not come back. You dismissed the Trump plan without knowing just like the rest of us what Trump end game is or what his next moves are in achieving containment of China. He disclosed that by using trade, he will create a different relationship with Russia and use it as a counter to China.
Ukraine is certainly more democratic than Russia.
> This war could have ended earlier and it would not be appeasement.
Ah, the old using "peace" as a euphemism for surrender trick.
I, like many others who were born behind the Iron Curtain , know about Russia’s system of tyranny. I was not comparing it Ukraine’s. Sometimes, you have ti accept reality of now and learn from it to be able to come back stronger and win. It is also a lesson of how countries are destroyed from within.
Didn't expect this take on the subject, but it's so incisive. Kaufman's analogy about the double standard is spot on. From Bucharest, this appeasement strategy simply doesnt parse.
The proposal contains many poison pills that Putin will never accept. I’m sure Trump knows this.
A very disappointing post. Mr Kaufman ignores so many facts it’s hard to stomach his capture/delusion. Minsk, 2014 ousting of Yanukovych by the West, Boris Johnson’s killing the original peace plan, etc. The worst of all is pushing Russia into Chinas sphere, what a colossal blunder. The permanent state wants war and has shown a willingness to slaughter millions of innocent people. The psyop that is Western media/intel cover has been exposed revealing that any absurd event that requires the elimination of any dissent is a manufactured psyop. Covid, mRNA, Thomas Crooks, Epstein, Joe Biden mental state, Debt at 38 Trillion, the gutting of the middle class, Muslim invasion, Gaza, Trans sexualization of children, and calling Mertz a good leader takes the cake while Germany rolls out the Green Hoax and its middle class. Wow !
What role should the US play in terms of world affairs if any? A very basic question that needs to be directly debated and answered. Is the world better or worse off with regional hegemony? These are not abstract questions that go he heart of the current discussions about America first . What exactly does that term mean, imply and require?
> Is the world better or worse off with regional hegemony?
It would certainly be much more violent without it.
Perhaps so. Does it matter who the hegemon happens to be?