Friday, March 14, 2025

S. Forbes: Is The U.S. Playing Right Into Putin’s Hands?

The Ukraine Ceasefire Trap: Is The U.S. Playing Right Into Putin's Hands? Putin sees Ukraine's ceasefire as his path to Soviet power while China, Iran and North Korea fuel his war. America's hesitation threatens NATO and our economic future.

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Putin, ever the calculating strategist, sees opportunity in this development. His ambitions remain unchanged: reclaiming effective control over former Soviet territories, reasserting Russian dominance across Central and Eastern Europe, and ultimately fracturing NATO.

This final objective would severely undermine American influence in Western Europe and inflict significant damage on our economy.

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"The negotiation playbook Putin will employ is predictable. He'll first engage in what can be called the "reluctant-bride" strategy"extracting significant concessions merely for appearing at the bargaining table.

His demands are no state secret:

installation of a new Ukrainian government, prohibition of European security forces on Ukrainian soil, reduction or elimination of Western military assistance, and immediate recognition of Russian sovereignty over four eastern Ukrainian provinces and the Crimea.

We should harbor no illusions about a potential ceasefire.

Russian forces will inevitably exploit any defensive vulnerabilities along the frontlines while cynically blaming Ukraine for violating the agreement"a tactic Putin has employed repeatedly.

The fundamental reality remains unchanged: Putin will never accept any arrangement preserving Ukraine as a genuinely independent nation with credible security guarantees. What he seeks is capitulation disguised as diplomacy."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-14 05:34 PM

Is The U.S. Playing Right Into Putin's Hands?

Trump: "Maybe ..." [schoolgirl giggle]

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#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-14 06:17 PM

Putin's got the world right where he wants it!

If only he could get past the meat grinder in Ukraine......

Lumpers, honest question, Putin bogged down in Ukraine of all places.

Why do you even imagine he could take on the EU with or without the US.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-14 07:03 PM

Here's an honest answer - kiss my ------- ass, you ------- MAGAT ------

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-14 07:46 PM

Here's an honest answer - kiss my [effing buttocks], you [effing] MAGAT [developmentally challenged human].
#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

I think you're forgetting that OneIronTurd is a Bernie Bro. You know it's true because he said so.

#5 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-14 07:51 PM

Yeah, he flies an electric plane to his job at Toys-R-Us

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-14 08:36 PM

Actual libs care that Ukraine has been raped and murdered by Putin.... whatever kind of faux-Tech Bros billionaire coddler 1Nut is only cares about pointing at it and laughing.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-14 08:37 PM

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#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-14 09:03 PM

By antagonizing and alienating Canada, Trumpf is certainly helping Putin's long-term plans. In 2001, Russia claimed the Arctic shelf (and therefore the vast oil and minerals deposits underneath). Global warming is making access to minerals in the Arctic and Greenland easier. Canada expects US support if the Russian military makes incursions into the Arctic Circle. The Kremlin has 13 military bases pointed at the Arctic. Canada and the US agreed to jointly defend North America (NORAD) and expects US support if the Russian military makes incursions into the Arctic Circle (NATO). When Canadians fought and died for the US in Vietnam and Afghanistan, their people expressed their loyalty to America and now find treachery from Trumpf.

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Russian submersible planting flag under the ice at the North Pole (Photo: BBC, 2001).

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-15 05:17 AM

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