Posted on 11/28/2024 7:42:03 AM PST by libstripper
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate retired Army Gen. Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, bringing back a key adviser from his first term to help fulfill his top campaign promise of ending the war between the two countries.
“Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!” Trump said in a social media post announcing Kellogg’s selection.
Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general, was chief of staff for the National Security Council during Trump’s first term. He also served as national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence and briefly served as acting national security adviser to Trump.
Trump, in his Wednesday post, said Kellogg “was with me right from the beginning!” Kellogg will also carry the title of assistant to the president.
Kellogg accepted the appointment in a social media post, saying he looked “forward to working tirelessly to secure peace through strength while upholding America’s interests.”
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Neocon thoughts?
Not sure I like him having ties to Benedict Pence
We aren’t trying to end the horror we started. We are trying to salvage what we can and stave off the complete collapse of the Ukrainian regime. The frozen conflict concept gives us the chance to make Ukraine defacto NATO and lets us rearm them without getting attacked.
And we seem to be offering nothing in return for our desperate need to freeze the fighting.
But we shouldn’t pretend this is some grand humanitarian effort on our part. We are losing and need a breather.
Pathetic Putin Packer, snap out of it. No one is a neo-con anymore.
You mean he doesn’t demand an unconditional surrender by Russia?
“Pathetic Putin Packer, snap out of it. No one is a neo-con anymore.” said the leftist neocon blood for money liar.
An 80-year Faux News Tee Vee guy who repeatedly threatened military force, including a no fly zone, against Russia is not going to produce anything good. More of the same pattern.
Why not Ric Grenell?
Is that the official Putin Packer reaction? You are slipping, comrade. You need a Moscow tuneup.
Dennisw the Bidenista is angry! Losing a war and an election will do that to you. I forgive your rage. 😎
Neocons and Zelensky won’t like the terms of the Peace Deal.
Neither will YouCrayne’s NAZI Solders.
Who will hold the little Global Homo responsible.
Fixed.
“8:37 AM · Nov 28, 2024
Basher Assad surprise visits Moscow.”
What’s he doing there? When you love Putin, this means you love Iran and Assad.
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH does not mean giving Putin want he wants - all of Ukraine. It means showing the bully strength he cannot overcome.
But how are we going to keep Northern Virginia as the wealthiest suburbs in America?
“But we shouldn’t pretend this is some grand humanitarian effort on our part. We are losing and need a breather.”
The whole Ukraine thing is a tar baby that Obola and Biden got us stuck to. Now we need to get unstuck.
“Why not Ric Grenell?”
LTG (Ret) Kellogg will be more intimidating to Russia.
He was a long time paratrooper, and Airborne (VDV in Russian) units are viewed by the Russian as their most aggressive and effective Infantry. It means something to them to be a General of paratroopers - particularly dangerous.
If he comes to a point in negotiations where he says “in that case, we will kill you all”, or words to that effect, they will seriously consider that as a realistic possibility. Credible.
Also, it is likely that General Kellogg would in fact be willing to kill a lot of Russians, should push come to shove, whereas that would be more of a stretch for Ric Grenell. So it is not just appearances.
If you want peace you have to negotiate with your enemy. I guess if one doesn’t want peace you could continue to fight to the last ukrainian. It’s probably in black rocks best interests to have fewer ukes. If they need more workers they can bring them in from africa, as labor units are interchangeable. It’s predictable that in a few years the ukes will be starving because all the farms will be owned by black rock with the food being exported to the rest of the world.
Unstuck? We can get unstuck in an afternoon. Just stop paying for it and stop participating.
No negotiations, no agreements needed. Just walk away and cut our losses.
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