Hmm, I think for the West (read USA), it is necessary to accept the current situation and who has the most influence. The end of the Cold War was squandered with Russia feeling humiliated (deja vu Versailles ?). I think, reading all the blogs on this subject, Putin (and Russian people) wish to be respected and taken seriously. Empathy is…
Hmm, I think for the West (read USA), it is necessary to accept the current situation and who has the most influence. The end of the Cold War was squandered with Russia feeling humiliated (deja vu Versailles ?). I think, reading all the blogs on this subject, Putin (and Russian people) wish to be respected and taken seriously. Empathy is to put yourself in someone else's shoes. Let us remember how the US viewed Cuban military expansion in the 1960s. Some degree of brinkmanship is required in these negotiations, both parties, US and Russia will put in high early bids that they know are unrealistic but a settlement is possible, though unlikely to be popular with Ukraine.
No. As Central European, strongly supporting Ukraine since February, West needs to wake up. We don't care about feeling of Putin or any other russian. We don't want Russia to be appeased, we want it to be defeated, destroyed economically and politically, Putin in Hague, and Russian federation dismantled to pieces, so no other oligarch can try to commit genocide on its neighbors.
, American corporations, with the support of the US government, invested heavily in Russia after the cold war, in hopes of improving life among Russians and developing a better relationship. THAT IS A FACT. And with the hopes that Russia could become more democratic and trustworthy. Instead, the thieving Russian mobster Putin stole as much as he could and rewarded only his cronies in crime against the Russian people. Now this monster has betrayed everyone, the West and all the young people of Russia , who he sends to die, with a vicious war no one else wanted. Don't lecture to us in America about things gone badly, it is totally the work of your dictator.
Hmm, I think for the West (read USA), it is necessary to accept the current situation and who has the most influence. The end of the Cold War was squandered with Russia feeling humiliated (deja vu Versailles ?). I think, reading all the blogs on this subject, Putin (and Russian people) wish to be respected and taken seriously. Empathy is to put yourself in someone else's shoes. Let us remember how the US viewed Cuban military expansion in the 1960s. Some degree of brinkmanship is required in these negotiations, both parties, US and Russia will put in high early bids that they know are unrealistic but a settlement is possible, though unlikely to be popular with Ukraine.
No. As Central European, strongly supporting Ukraine since February, West needs to wake up. We don't care about feeling of Putin or any other russian. We don't want Russia to be appeased, we want it to be defeated, destroyed economically and politically, Putin in Hague, and Russian federation dismantled to pieces, so no other oligarch can try to commit genocide on its neighbors.
, American corporations, with the support of the US government, invested heavily in Russia after the cold war, in hopes of improving life among Russians and developing a better relationship. THAT IS A FACT. And with the hopes that Russia could become more democratic and trustworthy. Instead, the thieving Russian mobster Putin stole as much as he could and rewarded only his cronies in crime against the Russian people. Now this monster has betrayed everyone, the West and all the young people of Russia , who he sends to die, with a vicious war no one else wanted. Don't lecture to us in America about things gone badly, it is totally the work of your dictator.