"The bottom line is that NATO's strategy needs revision or, alternatively, that the Europeans and Russians work out a mutually acceptable security arrangement. It is exactly such an arrangement that Russia proposed to NATO in December, 2021 and which was rejected without discussion."
Yup, this could have all been avoided a year and a hal…
"The bottom line is that NATO's strategy needs revision or, alternatively, that the Europeans and Russians work out a mutually acceptable security arrangement. It is exactly such an arrangement that Russia proposed to NATO in December, 2021 and which was rejected without discussion."
Yup, this could have all been avoided a year and a half ago. But the clown-show that is the Biden administration wanted in the worst way a kinetic response from Russia so that they could justify stopping the standup of the Nordstream II pipeline and begin to economically decouple Europe (meaning Germany) from Russia. The USA is deeply complicit in setting the stage for this totally unnecessary war.
Let us see whether the Europeans get some backbone and begin to do what is in their interests, rather than the interests of the war mongers in Washington. We should know by the end of next week.
Agreed but this goes way back longer than 18 months. Go read Putins 2007 speech at the Munich Security Conference. Russia has looked to renegotiate/implement a new "European Security Architecture" since then at least. But hey, according to the WH, the Pentagoons, Foggy Bottom, London & Brussels, Russia is just a "gas station with nukes", easily defeated & broken up into 'lootable' sized chunks. How's that going for ya . . . idiots (Referring to the above - not the writer or commenters)
I completely support your point of view, which distills a lot of political wisdom and common sense. If the European rulers thought the same way as you, the terrible Ukrainian tragedy would not have happened
"The bottom line is that NATO's strategy needs revision or, alternatively, that the Europeans and Russians work out a mutually acceptable security arrangement. It is exactly such an arrangement that Russia proposed to NATO in December, 2021 and which was rejected without discussion."
Yup, this could have all been avoided a year and a half ago. But the clown-show that is the Biden administration wanted in the worst way a kinetic response from Russia so that they could justify stopping the standup of the Nordstream II pipeline and begin to economically decouple Europe (meaning Germany) from Russia. The USA is deeply complicit in setting the stage for this totally unnecessary war.
Let us see whether the Europeans get some backbone and begin to do what is in their interests, rather than the interests of the war mongers in Washington. We should know by the end of next week.
Well said.
Agreed but this goes way back longer than 18 months. Go read Putins 2007 speech at the Munich Security Conference. Russia has looked to renegotiate/implement a new "European Security Architecture" since then at least. But hey, according to the WH, the Pentagoons, Foggy Bottom, London & Brussels, Russia is just a "gas station with nukes", easily defeated & broken up into 'lootable' sized chunks. How's that going for ya . . . idiots (Referring to the above - not the writer or commenters)
I completely support your point of view, which distills a lot of political wisdom and common sense. If the European rulers thought the same way as you, the terrible Ukrainian tragedy would not have happened
I'm in total agreement with you and Renee. Damn Stephen, you too!