‘lil Marco is a neocon,
may as ell bring back vampiressVicky
Tell your Zelensky to stop dragging his feet, seek peace and to show up in Turkey wearing a proper suit and tie.
Only way this gets resolved is if both parties are BOTH unhappy with the outcome. Unfortunate, but that’s how most adversarial situations are effectively resolved.
When both sides are unhappy.
As long as Russia wants to be a ‘clear winner’ (whatever the heck that is), the war will not end.
As long as Ukraine wants to be ‘truly victorious’ (eg, kicking Russia out of all of Ukraine), the war will not end.
Russia will have to accept that whatever success narrative Putin required is out of reach. Ukraine must unfortunately realize that taking back Crimea (and maybe parts of the East) is off the table.
Is that rewarding Putin? Maybe, but what’s the alternative? The West going to (direct) war with Russia? That will not happen, simply because the West would absolutely hammer Russia conventionally and likely pass the threshold where Russia uses nuclear weapons. Sure, many say that will not happen, but you can be assured that the UK Prime Minister or French President will not risk British citizens in London or French nationals in Paris for Odessa or Kyiv. Not happening. President Trump himself has clearly indicated he’s not willing to get into a shooting war with Russia. So, outside increasing military aid to Kyiv, and more sanctions on Russia (amazing there are still more left), Ukraine is on its own.
Does that mean Ukraine lost? Only in terms of land and people. However, Ukraine will forever be the country that stood up against Russia. I know some don’t like President Zelenskyy, but he stood up firm when he could easily have run. That war was supposed to take between several days to two weeks, and they are still fighting three years later. That is not weakness.
However, it is necessary to be realistic. Which I think is what President Trump has also communicated. A resolution needs to be agreed on, and as much as the Europeans want Ukraine to keep fighting, outside the West getting fully involved that will not help. Already Ukraine may have passed a demographic threshold - a lot of people only report on Russian losses, but Ukraine has also lost a lot (not only on the battlefield, but more importantly, all the women and other people who left the country and have built lives in other countries).
As for Russia - the only reason its economy has not collapsed is because it has become a war economy. That is not sustainable long term, and also Putin is not immortal.
Both sides need to stop, and (unfortunately for Ukraine) the only way for that to happen is for BOTH sides to be unhappy.
There will be no ‘winner’, no matter what Pro-Russia or Pro-Liberty/Ukraine people desire.
Evidently the secret to good negations with Europe and the little green goblin is lots of high quality cocaine.
The Europeans don’t want peace. They just want a ceasefire so they can supply Ukraine with weapons and “peacekeepers”.