Yes, Putin has finally shown the world what a fool Trump is: after Trump’s saying that discussions with Russia where "very good and productive," Putin countered that Ukraine must effectively surrender — in order for there to be peace. Now, we can fully expect that Trump will try to force Zelensky to surrender.
To understand, what’s going on, here is a short story for you.
Washington, 1941. The White House.
The President of the United States rubbed his forehead wearily.
Sir Winston Churchill stood in his office, wiping the sweat from his face with a handkerchief – the heat in Washington was unbearable. A fine day to make a deal with Hitler.
“Look, Winston,” the President began, fixing his attentive gaze on the British Prime Minister. “I didn’t invite you here to talk about ‘war, war, war.’ We are here for peace.”
“Whose peace?” Churchill raised an eyebrow.
“For our common peace!” the President sighed.
“We think it’s time to cease fire. Can’t you just say, ‘I want to make peace’? Not all this ‘Hitler this, Hitler that.’ Too much negativity.”
Churchill sighed heavily and drained his glass of whiskey in one gulp.
“Sir,” he said. “I am grateful for your help and do not want to lose my most important partner. But, forgive me, I thought I was in Washington, not Berlin. Are you sure I should apologize? Maybe I should shake the Fuhrer's hand? Send him a Christmas card?”
“That's not what I'm talking about!” the president threw up his hands. “Just stop sowing discord. They say that Britain is almost destroyed, your soldiers have fled, they are not heroes, and your country has lost millions of people, and you have become a dictator. How will you react to this?”
“I'll tell you this: please be careful with the numbers,” Churchill chuckled. “We have no millions of losses. And we are not losing ‘some’ territories, but the homes of our people. I am sure that if Germany occupied New York, you would not call it ‘some’ territory. Or am I wrong?
The President ignored the sarcasm.
“Sir Winston,” he continued, folding his hands on the table, “you must understand that we want good relations with both you and the Germans. Hitler says he wants peace. He says Britain could keep the islands, that there would be no invasion. Is that not a success?”
“Oh, Hitler said…” Churchill tapped his finger on the table. “How touching. What about Poland, France, Belgium, Norway?”
“You’re talking about the past again!” the President waved his hand. “Let’s look to the future! We seek peace, not 10 years of war.”
“Capitulation in 1 day always looks more attractive than victory in 10 years,” Churchill sighed. “But I have a different approach. We will fight. Fight, fight, fight.”
The President frowned with displeasure.
“Winston, I think you misunderstand the American position…”
“Oh, I understand everything,” the Briton interrupted him. “You don’t want to end up on the wrong side of history. The only problem is that you haven’t decided yet which one this ‘right’ side is.”
The President thoughtfully tapped his pen on the table. It was obvious that the deal to which Churchill had been invited was a sham. Even if he had nodded silently, like a porcelain figurine, he would still have been accused of lack of compliance. The main thing in negotiations is not the result, but the show.
“Think about it anyway, Winston,” the President said softly. “Perhaps when London ceases to exist, you will want to return to this conversation.”
“Oh, I’m sure that when Berlin ceases to exist, you will want to return to another one,” Churchill smiled, rising from his chair. “But for now… allow me to continue ‘sowing discord’.”
And he walked proudly out of the Oval Office, leaving the president in silence, thoughtfully looking at the world map.
The author of this parable is Oleg Cheslavsky.
The Ukrainians understand perfectly what deal the U.S. is trying to impose on them, while talking about “peace”. Putin wants Ukraine to no longer exist. The Ukrainians in the occupied territories are ethnically cleansed, kids are kidnapped to Russia, the Ukrainian culture and language are deemed “extremism” and people are imprisoned, tortured and killed for simply speaking in Ukrainian. The Ukrainian men are mobilized into the Russian army and sent to the front to fight against the armed forces of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk defunded the program that was tracking and bringing the stolen Ukrainian kids home. That shows once again what Trump-Musk administration is about.
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