Posted on 03/11/2022 4:38:27 AM PST by FarCenter
What was the need for all that happened in the period since mid-December when Russia transmitted to Washington its demands for security guarantees? This question will haunt US President Joe Biden long after he retires from public life.
The foreign-policy legacy of his presidency and the reputation of this much-vaunted 80-year-old politician with a half-century’s record in public life, much of it supposedly in the domain of American foreign policy, are in tatters – irreparable.
News has appeared that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has conceded that he is willing to concede to the Russian demand that his country will not seek to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The announcement came early this week in an interview with ABC News where he revealed that he is no longer pressing for Ukraine’s NATO membership.
In fact, Zelensky let the cat out of the bag by casually adding, “I have cooled down regarding this question a long time ago after we understood that … NATO is not prepared to accept Ukraine.”
Zelensky explained why: “The alliance is afraid of controversial things, and confrontation with Russia.”
This comes after his earlier revelation that he is “open to compromise” on the sovereignty of the two breakaway republics of Lugansk and Donetsk in the eastern Donbas region and on the status of Crimea.
(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...
“What explains this unnatural obsession on the part of Biden over Ukraine’s regime?”
This one’s easy. Biden was being blackmailed over the dirt they (Ukraine) could release regarding his son’s dealings there and those of many other top Democrats.
He had to do what Zelensky demanded - no choice...and so Russia’s red line was crossed.
Excellent piece, by the way, thanks for posting.
Clearly this war was precipitated by Biden.
“This one’s easy. Biden was being blackmailed over the dirt they (Ukraine) could release regarding his son’s dealings there and those of many other top Democrats”
And I’ve thought from the beginning that Putin has the evidence Biden stole the election and is also blackmailing him. I still hold the opinion both sides have dirt on Biden.
The only thing haunting Brandon is what’s residing in his underwear.
And equally as clearly it should be henceforth known as the Obama/Biden war. Those two have been setting the stage for this war for years and Joe is the one who pulled the trigger.
“And I’ve thought from the beginning that Putin has the evidence Biden stole the election and is also blackmailing him. I still hold the opinion both sides have dirt on Biden.”
While anything is possible, I’m more reluctant to believe that, mainly because the interplay and collusion wasn’t there with Russia, a country they hated. Russia likely has dirt on many Democrats from the Cold War (such as why Bill Clinton and Skunk Cabbage spent their honeymoon in Moscow...something that still hasn’t been explained), but I think that level of engagement/control doesn’t exist now, as it does with Ukraine.
Oh, and China is making notes for it’s future move to take Taiwan.
If by Skunk Cabbage you are referencing Hilary, I was unaware they honeymooned in Russia. I think they were fairly poor back then. Breadline Bernie,on the other hand, did honeymoon there.
WHY aren’t the questions asked in this article being asked elsewhere in the media?
Depressing
Putin, the master strategist, could have avoided this diabolical trap by not sending hundreds of tanks and tens of tnousands of men across the Ukrainian border.
It was Bernie Sanders that honeymooned in Moscow, not the Sink Emperor!
I don’t think the honeymoon in Russia by Slick & Hillary happened. Slick did spend time in Russia when he did a European tour getting laid and protesting the Vietnam War. He did this on Oxford University’s nickel, actually the Rhodes’s scholarship nickel. So much better then hitting the books and writing papers. Slick never did graduate something the Rat party swept under the rug when it came to Slick campaign propaganda.
Ponder this for a minute or two.
Let us assume that both Ukraine and Russia have dirt on Biden. Hell, that’s not much of a stretch of the imagination now, is it? The key questions become what is to be GAINED or LOST by releasing that information?
In the case of Ukraine, assuming they agree with Russian demands as stated in the article and the “war” stops, they have NOTHING TO GAIN by releasing the dirt. Biden screwed Ukraine. Just makes Biden and Democrats look bad. They also have NOTHING TO LOSE because the dirt will just make Biden and the Democrats look bad.
In the case of Russia, they also have NOTHING TO LOSE but they stand to GAIN substantially. The Biden administration will be severely damaged on the world stage. Current allies most likely will lose what little trust they had in the US. Russia will remain prominent ONLY in its sphere of influence. They already have the Euro-Weenies by their collective balls by being their chief source of fossil fuels. Russia also stands to GAIN from the huge political upheaval that will result in the US upon release of the dirt. US influence on the world stage will shrink. THANKS DEMOCRATS, 81 million votes my ass !!!!
In my opinion, regardless of whether the dirt comes out or not, or how Ukraine/Russia turns out, is that China in SE Asia will be the BIGGEST WINNER. After their release of Covid they have remained for the most part unscathed by political upheaval. They just KILL any person opposed to them and rule by brute force. Again, THANKS DEMOCRATS, 81 million votes my ass !!!!
I believe it was Bernie Sanders & company that honeymooned in the USSR.
How does anything ‘haunt’ a man with dementia?
Yea but the pro war freezer will call bs
Yes it was !
As I explained as far as I know Slick went there before he got married to Hellary. It was part of his “Take-Money-From-the-UK-Imperialists-and-Get-Laid-All-Over-Europe-Including-the-USSR-Plan” a variant of his “Use-the-Rhodes-Scholarship-to-Get-Laid-in-the-UK-&-Europe-&-Pretend-to-be-a-Scholar-Plan”!
As did Lee Harvey Oswald and bride.
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