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The Appeasement of Putin's Russia and MAGA USA [1]
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Date: 2025-02-12
Putin’s objective is to restore the power of the old USSR [March 2014.], which is mirrored by Trump’s MAGA stated expansionist plans. [- Le Monde]
Vladimir Putin: The rebuilding of ‘Soviet’ Russia = BBC
When Putin spoke to the Duma, his homeland was a different, and less respected place. He spoke the language of a man who yearned for the lost certainties, who longed for a time when Moscow was to be reckoned with. He did not say it explicitly, but he was clearly stung by Russia's failure to stop Nato driving the forces of its ally, Serbia, out of Kosovo just months previously. "Russia has been a great power for centuries, and remains so. It has always had and still has legitimate zones of interest ... We should not drop our guard in this respect, neither should we allow our opinion to be ignored," he said. His domestic policy was to restore stability, to end what he called the "revolutions", that had brought Russia low. His foreign policy was to regain Russia's place in world affairs.
There is no reason to believe that he has changed his position.
The US has now stated its position clearly.
Forget about Trump’s proposed $500 billion of minerals from Ukraine [mainly from the East] which will now be given to Russia.
Hegseth says return to Ukraine's 2014 borders 'unrealistic' . - BBC
Hegseth, who was appointed defence secretary after Donald Trump returned to the US presidency in January, told the meeting of more than 40 countries allied to Ukraine: "We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. "But we must start by recognising that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. "Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering."
However, he said "the United States does not believe that Nato membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement". Instead, security guarantees should be backed by "capable European and non-European troops". "If these troops are deployed as peacekeepers to Ukraine at any point, they should be deployed as part of a non-Nato mission and they should not be covered under Article 5," he said, referring to the alliance's mutual defence clause.
Hegseth also told Nato's European members that they would need to provide the lion's share of future aid for Kyiv, warning that Washington "will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship" with its allies. "Safeguarding European security must be an imperative for European members of Nato," Hegseth told a meeting of Ukraine's backers in Brussels. "Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine.
We now have two dictatorial people in charge of two of three of the world's primary military machines. [ Russia now spends a third of its GDP on the military .] — Reuters
What the EU has left to negotiate with:
1] Inviting Ukraine to a “Joint European defense” group.
2] A meeting with the BRICS group to propose the Euro as a trading currency.
3] Open discussions/negotiations with Russia [after all, we have a common land border] and BRICS to a free trade agreement.
4] Since we no longer have Empires, NATO membership is becoming an anathema; who believes a MAGA USA would join in any action?
Which could solve many of our internal economic problems with respect to US aggressive Tariffs.
The MAGA USA has to understand its actions have consequences,
Ukraine has shown Europe how to defend itself without the exorbitant cost of US weapons.
I do not think we would have to go any further than a first round of negotiations.
Nobody wants a WWIII started within Europe once again.
A Muse
~A
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