https://unofficialbird.com/bidetmarxman/status/1621452328569307142#m
Somewhat overshadowed by yesterday’s “Chinese spy balloon” hysteria was the revelation that the CIA has recently been trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine that involves offering 20% of Ukraine to Russia.
Both Kyiv and Moscow rejected the deal but it does raise an interesting question: why might “high-ranking German foreign politicians” have leaked this?
One possibility is that a faction within the German government is rebelling against the continued subjugation of the German economy for the furtherance of US geopolitical objectives.
If so, the leaking of the US-backed deal can be seen as an attempt to embarrass the Biden admin by exposing the vast chasm between their public rhetoric and their private actions and intentions.
Leaking this attempted deal would also perfectly highlight the fantasy of Ukraine as a sovereign state, when a country on the other side of the world supplies all the weapons to extend the conflict while also drawing up the terms of your surrender.
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Funnily enough, a few hours after the Newsweek article was published, the White House issued a statement calling the existence of the offer “not accurate”.
As the old saying goes, never believe anything until it has been officially denied!
Which 20%? Crimea and the Donbas?
yeah
I'm anti-Putin (seriously, Putin is a total gangster), but how can anyone say Crimea and the Donbas belong to Kiev?
it's almost like putin wouldn't be in power if it weren't for the collapse of the USSR and the privatizations under yeltsin... which america applauded, took advantage of, and bankrolled.
Because it "sticks it" to Russia to have them be Ukranian, thats at least what the majority of people outside Ukraine think IMO.
Theres no real further thoughts beyond being anti-Russia, wether that be just purely hatred for Russia or some kind of reflexive liberal concern over how horrible it would be for the inhabitants if the areas become Russian/Russian-aligned.
It's deeper in the suburban :grillman: mentality and the same cause also has the effect of 55 year old women grabbing the shopping cart of someone shoplifting from CVS.
It's against the rules.
If you get all of your news from CNN and MSNBC you can't imagine a country not being fully united around the interest of their richest, American business friendly bourgeoisie.
Because Ukraine had them at the arbitrary point in time that we decided to count these things from, which makes taking them from the Ukraine illegal. Liberals will understand and feel an analogy to property rights very well.
In this conflict the western liberal-conservative ideology has determined that the private property analogy is the sole guiding principle for territorial disputes. This doesn't mean that it is applied the same to other disputes though, like Kosovo or Taiwan where other principles are applied. It is a typical example of the fascist ability to hold conflicting views, solely based on what helps the supremacy of fascists at the moment. Ukraine owning Crimea benefits the evil empire so therefore the talking classes of the empire believes that sovereign states can never be deprived of their territory. At the same time China having no right in Taiwan benefits the evil empire so therefore the talking classes of the empire will believe in the right to secession.
i had a radlib friend of mine who is otherwise clear-headed try to tell me that Russians in the Donbas are like Israeli settlers in Gaza
Because they were part of Ukraine for 60-70 years. It's been the status quo for most of everyone's lives (excluding those born after 2006).