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What President Trump completely doesn't acknowledge, and people of his ilk don't acknowledge – in his administration and some of his Republican colleagues – is that the United States and Western Europe owe Ukraine a great deal of gratitude and enormous debt of gratitude. They have been actually holding Russian imperialism at bay,
There are many, many questions about whether or not (Trump’s stance) is something that can stand up and provide some kind of lasting peace,
With the way that the Trump administration is handling this, I don’t think there’s much to be positive about,
said Sonia Mycak, a research fellow in Ukrainian studies at the Australian National University’s Centre for European Studies It’s a war that has gone on for too long … and the human tragedy of it has been absolutely dreadful,
That would be a very, very dangerous precedent set for the rest of the world,
So this so-called deal, whatever it ends up being, is not going to end the conflict in Ukraine. In fact, it could plant the seeds for a much greater conflict in the future,
Those (are) three aspects, three non-negotiable points that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy has consistently said needed to be a part of a peace deal,
This war is going to go on. The Ukrainians are not simply going to accept the loss of their territories,
The second thing to remember is that Putin is not interested in some lasting peace,
Recent developments suggest that it is not Putin but Trump who is in a hurry. He seeks to secure tangible results in Ukraine within this year, aiming to solidify his global leadership in the early stages of his presidency,
The regime appears to be learning from Russia’s policies on veterans support and is using them to silence dissent within the military. There are indications that those who participated in combat, as well as their families, are being rewarded not just financially but also with elevated social status,
Ending a three-year-long war through just a few weeks of negotiations will be extremely difficult. A more realistic approach might be an armistice. There needs to be a period to verify and monitor the ceasefire regime before gradually moving toward a formal end to the war,
This has major implications for the South Korean military, which has had no de facto real-world combat experience since the Vietnam War.”
Nothing beats real-world military experience,
This would mean that, under Trump, the U.S. will no longer act as the world’s police,
