• mellowheat@suppo.fi
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    5 months ago

    So possible options as I see them:

    1. Biden's USA is stubborn and nihilistic and just wants to kill as many Ukrainians and Russians as possible before Trump comes in and forces Ukraine to accept a treaty

    2. USA (and Ukraine) knows that Putin hasn't changed its demands at all so any talks are pointless

    3. USA (and Ukraine) knows that Russia is losing and doesn't want to negotiate

    4. Biden forgot how to use a phone and is too embarrased to ask

    I'm personally going with 2 with a sprinkle of 4 and 1. In my happy dreams, 3.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Why would Russia change its demands? It's winning. If the other side is winning, you want to negotiate because the terms will only get worse.

        • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          That's right, they should be. They aren't doing so because it's in the interest of the U.S. to continue the war, and the Ukrainian government more or less exists at the pleasure of the U.S.

    • D61 [any]
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      5 months ago

      The one thing that the Liberals have decided to take a stand on, "Russia Bad!", to the point that they'll keep the war machine churning through Ukranian bodies until its some other administration's responsibility to turn off the US money spigot. Then they'll squeal about it being a Putin Puppet's doing or some shit.