[JonPreston]

Did FDR chair peace talks with Tojo, or did he insist on unconditional surrender?

[PIF]

Zelenskyy, waiting for Godot

[George from New England]

Z-talks are a waste of time
Nothing but feet dragging

[laplata]

If it happens, I wouldn’t be surprised if Donald Trump drops in on his way home.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

The air is electric with anticipation -- and, as this thread mentions wisely -- for "Godot."

In parallel with the planned "Schrödinger's cat" meeting -- and interestingly, at the same time....

"... >B>the informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, due to take place in Antalya on 14-15 May. The Secretary General will meet the President, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Ankara. There will be no media opportunity.

Source: NATO Secretary General to visit Türkiye NATO, 13 May 2025

"Representatives from all 32 NATO member states are expected to attend the meeting, which will provide a platform for additional consultations ahead of the NATO leaders’ summit set to be held in The Hague on June 24-25."

And interestingly, "Efforts to revise burden-sharing within the alliance and shape the future of European security will be among the top issues."

Source: NATO foreign ministers to meet in Antalya, Türkiye on May 14–15

While some might think "Godot" will be played and not played by Putin, it is likely the "Godot" is this is our President Trump, given that so many "European leaders" have focused, as much on and more than Zelensky, on President Trump to get all in on what was being called for a while "Biden's war."

So the larger picture seems about revising "burden-sharing within the alliance and shape the future of European security...." Likely this will morph into calls for "more" from our Trump-Vance administration. Biden-Harris is gone, and Harris-Walz was a "Godot" among those this world's leader wait for....

Remember Beckett's ending?

VLADIMIR:
Well? Shall we go?

ESTRAGON:
Yes, let's go.

[ stage direction ] They do not move.

[Navy Patriot]

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Putin in Ankara on Thursday

Mounted on a post.

[mac_truck]

Lol...its only Tuesday, doesn’t the Nano-Furhrer have anything else to do?

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Given history, can anyone say Turkey is the most neutral location that could be found? Haven’t Russia and Turkey been mortal enemies, since maybe even before Catherine the Great took the Crimea from Turkey?