The euro-trash are gonna have to cowboy-up, get out their 450million strong đļ âī¸đ taxbase checkbook, and start arming up because there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON EVER that the blood of even one US serviceman should be spilled over the DonBas or Crimea,𩸠period!
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO DOUBLED in size geographically and cut it's actual defense spending (in Europe) in half!
The EU are progressive collectivist do-gooders and đ đĻ¤ are a failed and morally bankrupt experiment. DJT and Putin are talking reality, even if Putin is an evil despot. đĒđĨđđ¤đŠģđĒĻ
It certainly lends a great deal of credibility to Zelenskyy's push for substantive security guarantees.
Putin is making those guarantees an indispensable part of any peace process. Unless Ukraine has good assurance that the fighting will stop and not resume, they are better off fighting and not letting Putin amass a fresh invasion force.
Looks like you were right again, Peter. The economic cost to Russia is too great for Putin to end the war. My hopes have faded.
You have previously assessed that there has to be a no-win position for either Putin or Zelensky in order for Trump to end the conflict. Is this it - is this where Zelensky admits that he cannot win? I donât see a winning strategy for Trump now, except to walk away and PLEASE keep U.S. troops out of it! Do you see any other options, with your brilliantly strategic thinking?
With the minerals deal between the US and Ukraine, as well as US strategic obligations in Europe vis-a-vis NATO, the US simply walking away is not a viable geopolitical option. Before that could happen Zelenskyy would need be especially treacherous, and while Ukraine is corrupt, there has not been a grotesque display of public treachery by Zelenskyy.
Whether that is because the treachery has not happened or because corporate media is suppressing reporting on it is immaterial. The optics are simply not there.
Putin is putting President Trump in a position where he needs to 1) provide military support to Ukraine 2) avoid committing US ground or air forces, 3) continue pushing for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
At least at this last meeting on Monday, Zelenskyy is not putting Trump on the spot this way.
What I would do.
Work with NATO and the EU countries to ensure that Ukraine is able to maintain a stable front line in eastern Ukraine. Have Ukraine build up defensive lines parallel to the Surovikin Line to frustrate Russian offensives.
Assist Ukraine to increase their drone campaigns inside Russia. Give Ukraine the greenlight to target oil infrastructure especially. Disrupt pipelines and refineries. Target the terminals at Novorossiysk, Primorsk, and Ust-Luga to cripple Russian export capacity.
Between HIMARS and drones, target railway hubs near the Russian border: Belgorod, Rostov-On-Don, and lesser hubs such as Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. Disrupt Russian logistics as much as possible, to prevent Russia from amassing a fresh offensive column for a breakthrough assault in eastern Ukraine.
Putin's willingness to sustain attrition warfare is also a vulnerability. He has to keep the pressure on Ukraine to prevent Ukraine from mounting a counteroffensive. He literally cannot stop trying to advance in eastern Ukraine unless there is a ceasefire without risking the territories he's gained.
This means he has to keep the wartime economy in full swing. He has to keep recruiting by any means necessary, and hope that his conscript soldiers can do damage to Ukrainian forces before they become casualties. Thus the logistics of Russia's war effort are an outsized vulnerability and the EU should exploit it to the utmost.
Without the US, NATO is just paper and talk.
The euro-trash are gonna have to cowboy-up, get out their 450million strong đļ âī¸đ taxbase checkbook, and start arming up because there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON EVER that the blood of even one US serviceman should be spilled over the DonBas or Crimea,𩸠period!
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO DOUBLED in size geographically and cut it's actual defense spending (in Europe) in half!
The EU are progressive collectivist do-gooders and đ đĻ¤ are a failed and morally bankrupt experiment. DJT and Putin are talking reality, even if Putin is an evil despot. đĒđĨđđ¤đŠģđĒĻ
Certainly France, Germany, and the UK have let their militaries atrophy, and they are paying for it now.
Poland, on the other hand, has been building it's military.
Sweden has long had an established defense industry.
Can Europe rearm? Damn good question. We are about to learn the answer.
The Budapest Memorandum in 1994 âĸī¸ will forever be the reason to NEVER give up your nuclear weapons if you have access to them!
It certainly lends a great deal of credibility to Zelenskyy's push for substantive security guarantees.
Putin is making those guarantees an indispensable part of any peace process. Unless Ukraine has good assurance that the fighting will stop and not resume, they are better off fighting and not letting Putin amass a fresh invasion force.
Looks like you were right again, Peter. The economic cost to Russia is too great for Putin to end the war. My hopes have faded.
You have previously assessed that there has to be a no-win position for either Putin or Zelensky in order for Trump to end the conflict. Is this it - is this where Zelensky admits that he cannot win? I donât see a winning strategy for Trump now, except to walk away and PLEASE keep U.S. troops out of it! Do you see any other options, with your brilliantly strategic thinking?
With the minerals deal between the US and Ukraine, as well as US strategic obligations in Europe vis-a-vis NATO, the US simply walking away is not a viable geopolitical option. Before that could happen Zelenskyy would need be especially treacherous, and while Ukraine is corrupt, there has not been a grotesque display of public treachery by Zelenskyy.
Whether that is because the treachery has not happened or because corporate media is suppressing reporting on it is immaterial. The optics are simply not there.
Putin is putting President Trump in a position where he needs to 1) provide military support to Ukraine 2) avoid committing US ground or air forces, 3) continue pushing for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
At least at this last meeting on Monday, Zelenskyy is not putting Trump on the spot this way.
What I would do.
Work with NATO and the EU countries to ensure that Ukraine is able to maintain a stable front line in eastern Ukraine. Have Ukraine build up defensive lines parallel to the Surovikin Line to frustrate Russian offensives.
Assist Ukraine to increase their drone campaigns inside Russia. Give Ukraine the greenlight to target oil infrastructure especially. Disrupt pipelines and refineries. Target the terminals at Novorossiysk, Primorsk, and Ust-Luga to cripple Russian export capacity.
Between HIMARS and drones, target railway hubs near the Russian border: Belgorod, Rostov-On-Don, and lesser hubs such as Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. Disrupt Russian logistics as much as possible, to prevent Russia from amassing a fresh offensive column for a breakthrough assault in eastern Ukraine.
Putin's willingness to sustain attrition warfare is also a vulnerability. He has to keep the pressure on Ukraine to prevent Ukraine from mounting a counteroffensive. He literally cannot stop trying to advance in eastern Ukraine unless there is a ceasefire without risking the territories he's gained.
This means he has to keep the wartime economy in full swing. He has to keep recruiting by any means necessary, and hope that his conscript soldiers can do damage to Ukrainian forces before they become casualties. Thus the logistics of Russia's war effort are an outsized vulnerability and the EU should exploit it to the utmost.
You would have been a great military General, Peter!
But sad to see that the war is going to continue. Come on, President Trump, think of some new solution that no one else has contrived!