There is a very good interview with Putin and Tucker Carson on YouTube. A point was brought up that Ukraine has banned the eastern orthodox church and celebrates the Neo-Natzi movement. Just last year they gave a prestigious award to a retired SS soilder named Yaroslav Hunka.
I agree that the time for peace has come and I'm certain that both our government and the Ukrainian government would like nothing better but I believe the problem is that Russia does not agree. I am certain that the US objective has been and remains the prevention of Russian expansion.
I hope that you are right, and our government is seeking peace, but I fear that it is not.
I think that the vague objective our government holds is to weaken the Russian military, through support of Ukraine's war effort. I certainly believe that a weaker Russian military is a good thing for the world, but not at the tremendous toll that is taking in human lives.
Russian expansion is clearly a concern for those of us in the west, but turning it around, NATO expansion must be an equally grave concern for Russia. That creates what I fear is an extremely fraught situation.
Ultimately, I think it is pretty clear that the war can't and won't be won by Ukraine, and given that, the further sacrifice of human lives seems pointless. We must, I think, at this point work for peace.
If Russia rejects honorable peace, then their bluff has been called, but if they do not, then lives are saved, and that in my view makes the effort to achieve peace fully worthwhile.
There is a very good interview with Putin and Tucker Carson on YouTube. A point was brought up that Ukraine has banned the eastern orthodox church and celebrates the Neo-Natzi movement. Just last year they gave a prestigious award to a retired SS soilder named Yaroslav Hunka.
I didn't know until now you had this other substack page. Good stuff! You are a skilled writter, perceptive and multifaceted.
Thank you, just started it, but I'm glad that you are enjoying it! Now I just have to figure out how to get the word out about it.
I agree that the time for peace has come and I'm certain that both our government and the Ukrainian government would like nothing better but I believe the problem is that Russia does not agree. I am certain that the US objective has been and remains the prevention of Russian expansion.
I hope that you are right, and our government is seeking peace, but I fear that it is not.
I think that the vague objective our government holds is to weaken the Russian military, through support of Ukraine's war effort. I certainly believe that a weaker Russian military is a good thing for the world, but not at the tremendous toll that is taking in human lives.
Russian expansion is clearly a concern for those of us in the west, but turning it around, NATO expansion must be an equally grave concern for Russia. That creates what I fear is an extremely fraught situation.
Ultimately, I think it is pretty clear that the war can't and won't be won by Ukraine, and given that, the further sacrifice of human lives seems pointless. We must, I think, at this point work for peace.
If Russia rejects honorable peace, then their bluff has been called, but if they do not, then lives are saved, and that in my view makes the effort to achieve peace fully worthwhile.