I would love nothing more. That is not what is going to happen. At least, not yet.
We agree that it is a question of will. Right now the will is not there to ratchet up the necessary economic and military pressure. Many people...
If all parties want an end to the war at the earliest opportunity, then, yes, that is the case. Presently, ejecting Russia from all parts of...
Possibly. I think the target audience for those remarks is not Russia, which already understands that it will not negotiate away Crimea, but...
They might. If that security guarantee comes off the table for Ukraine, then they almost certainly will.
I think you are confusing what is just and what is realistic. We live in an anarchical world in which there is no real power above the state....
All great points for negotiations, though, if you're asking me, I don't think reparations would happen with any talks that successfully concluded...
So get a bike, you enemy of the environment and purveyor of climate change!
No idea. We don't get to see enough of the dialogue to understand what is actually happening. We are all guessing until the history is published...
Some will, to be sure. Some will also call it a failure no matter what, too. Personally, I think we need to see the deal before judging it, and we...
True. And what happens to all of that equipment in the event of conflict termination? That is also a point of interest for Russia and a point of...
Would you take it off the table if it was the only way to get the other party to the table and you really needed (in your mind) the other party to...
Let's remember that NATO membership and a security guarantee are two different things. The first is the second, but the second is not necessarily...
Hard to say. We only see a fraction of the dialogue here. The SECDEF might have been speaking out of turn as you suggest, but he might have been...
No idea, but giving up Crimea is probably a non-starter for any negotiations. And it isn't like Ukraine is going to be in position to take it back...
I agree, but I don't think Russia will. Patience, my friend. I have no idea how things are going to turn out, but I don't think it's going to be...
Well, I have to ask the question, “Do you think it’s realistic to return to the 2014 borders by negotiation?” If the answer is yes, then I would...
That seems like more than enough time to drink myself to death. I hope the Gators make the playoffs before then.
Ukrainian soldiers fighting North Koreans: ‘They shoot well, they move well, but they are used as cannon fodder’ Some more information on the...
Not surprising. When you think victory is a certainty, cruelty can be a useful tool to speed things along. The risk, of course, is in not winning,...
