Russia has entered the war to provide intel on US forces in the region. Trump refuses to rebuke dear leader.
Russia has entered the war to provide intel on US forces in the region. Trump refuses to rebuke dear leader.
US and China playing the role of UK and Russia post Vienna. France and Germany remain the same. Russia is Austria Hungary.
If we look European diplomacy post Vienna 1815 - balance of power? Consensus of power? It may help us understand present day geopolitics. Two powers in USA and China. UK France Germany powers really in name only. Russia a power because others allow it to be viewed that way still.
Ukraine can help Gulf States and US defend against Iranian drones. Russia is struggling and even losing territorial gains in Ukraine. Russia benefits from high oil prices Asian energy markets struggle. Region is destabilising. Geopolitical nightmare for an administration of idiots in DC.
And we all trust frat bro Kash ?
Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $
Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for βIAEAβ wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly
On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.
"We've finally created the WOPR from the 1983 movie "whatever you do don't create the WOPR" aka Wargames."
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Ian McKellen performs βThe Strangersβ Caseβ speech from βSir Thomas Moreβ on Colbert.
Up next. Necessary reading from Jason Stanley in these dark times in America.
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following todayβs informal Foreign Affairs Council β
Dr Andy peace plan:
Russian forces leave Ukraine
ICC and ICJ investigations and tribunals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide against Ukraine
Long-term rebuilding and infrastructure plan for Ukraine.
NATO and EU membership for Ukraine.
Severe sanctions Russia
The US is working with neo-fascist, neo-imperialist Russia against the world order. Ukraineβs borders are the internationally recognised 1991 borders.
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
They are aware that Russians quite literally wrote the capitulation document that some people in the White House and sadly many people in the media refer to as a peace plan.
This thread
Itβs not that complicated, people.
'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine‡οΈ
It is not normal for a U.S. envoy to coach the Kremlin on how to influence an American president, especially in a way that undercuts Ukrainian and American national interests. As I told @NPR's Morning Edition.
Just how many Secretaries of State does the US currently have?
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
Navalny compares Ukraine to Afghanistan. Putin, much like the late Soviet gerontocracy needed a distraction from real problems and to refocus βtoward imperial hysteriaβ.
The war against Ukraine began 2014 with the illegal seizure of Crimea. It could end today with the complete Russian withdrawal and justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide carried out against Ukraine
I hope Ukraine tells the American pedo president to stuff it. I hope Europe supports him.
Holy crap. This is most likely a real reaction to Trump driven threats.
It is also evidence that MAGA is entering a civil war and that the GOP has officially been driven into a ditch a year ahead of midterms that could end Trump 2.0 on Day 1 of the 120th Congress.
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