Yes, indeed, the whole piece is so strong and I hope a lot of people on this thread can find the 5 or 10 minutes to read it.
Well yes, but back to the oil price, which is crucial to propping up Russia's economy next year.....
Those multiple attacks on Ukraine occurred at the same time as Putin sending the message to Trump that he is open for dialogue....
www.telegraph.co.uk
Yes, the time gap is critical. If Ukraine can hold in there than anything is possible to collapse in Russia. But do western leaders actually want that
. Putin will keep bluffing that Russia's economy is fine, it's what he does - are western leaders really smart enough to know the true picture, and what do they think about it?
Not for the first time, you've reined me in @raymondo.Yes, the time gap is critical. If Ukraine can hold in there than anything is possible to collapse in Russia. But do western leaders actually want that
Hmmm...couple of things from me after a quick skim (will read fully later):As I understand it, this is just one of several possible peace plans being looked at by Trump's team.
In it, I saw this glimmer of hope for Ukraine:
'Mike Pompeo, who served as Mr Trump’s secretary of state during his first term and is now tipped to head the Pentagon, has criticised the Biden administration for providing too little help too slowly and is likely to resist a deal that could be interpreted as a Russian victory.'
Trump mulls Ukraine peace plan: British troops patrolling an 800-mile buffer zone
First suggestions by president-elect to freeze war with Russia, as Putin says he is ready to talk with ‘courageous’ leader
Edit: if you read the section 'Russia expects ‘new territorial realities’, you might conclude that the chance of a deal being done in Trump's 24 hours, is approximately zero.
Sorry. I'd love to be more positive but the US election was a hard earned lesson . And when I read Osborne's statement,,,I mean, if that's typical within our 'elite' then blimey, we're gonna roll over.
I understand. There's no need to apologise. We are all different, and you are closer to the effects of the war than many on here.
Osborne is and always has been a complete moron (being polite), he is not one of our elite and since leaving Parliament is always trying and failing to make himself relevant, which he isn't.
Russia couldn’t take Ukraine, so how the flying f*** would they be able to take the rest of Europe. The Czechs and Slovaks hate the Russians, add in the Polish and Baltic states then Russia would be toast.Hmmm...couple of things from me after a quick skim (will read fully later):
- US would pump Ukraine full of weapons for defense....really?
- George Osborne (who tf is he??) said it's impossible for Europe to fend off Russian aggression without US support. Well, that's rubbish, or it should be rubbish. Collective Euroopean economies very large compared to Russia's. What bullshit. Let's all hide from reality
