Comments by "Gavin Mc" (@gavinmc5285) on "How Does the War in Ukraine End? | A Discussion with Fiona Hill, Samuel Charap \u0026 Andriy Zagorodnyuk" video.

  1. Support for a diplomatic off-ramp whilst Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is in power would be orange lighting every dictator on earth, public and private, that changing sovereignty and territorial integrity through violence is potentially effective and now on global stand-by. Not to mention that it would also be a betrayal of Ukraine, the principle of international sovereignty and the logic of the post-1945 rules-based order which would have subsequent order consequences for the global south as a new free-for-all. Divide and conquer can be clever strategic devices to try and split opinion yet having others fight your fights through proxy channels is clearly also a dangerous game. France warned against humiliation and then took a trip to China yet is still central to mainstream negotiations, a somewhat janus-faced position. On Engagement - Trust: why seek to sip soup if the devil only has a fork for you? And boxing in the Russians is what Ukraine is doing. Or rather, boxing out. - Aims: Ukraine is clearly just a sideshow for Russia, just toying with the former SSR in its arrogance. Mutually incompatible and irreconcilable strategic aims entrench positions, create fortifications (mentally as well as physically) and offer up competing interpretations of reality on such issues as ownership and the role of concepts that include deterrence, concepts that have limited scope for narrative shaping. Yes, clearly the trojan horse of peace negotiations can be a strategic tool but let's not try to add insult to intelligence here. Please. Violence is violence and kindness can be taken for a weakness. A generic vagueness should be a warning sign from folk that do not deal in abstracts. That applies at least equally to the P.R.C. counterparts. Ambition can be the ruin of many. The pursuit of glory and greatness can ruin many a man, especially where a society can indulge and support such fantasies, whether through largesse, fame, wealth, confidants, flattery, servants, concubines or cults of personality. The Russian Federation under Putin is the first major league terrorist state of the G.W.O.T. The Z are prepared to genocide if necessary - or at least make an effort to start one. The rest of the C.R.I.NK.S (🇨🇳🇮🇷🇰🇵🇸🇾) will back it if it suits their aims too and although it might be a stretch to engage the P.R.C. with a global peacekeeping mission set the narrative there at least is still not finished. In the new breed, the Kremlin currently exceed the I.R.G.C. in the state terrorism issue yet they align in their asymmetry. The I.R.G.C. will sponsor, support, network and do just under the threshold to avoid an overt proscription whilst duck-paddling like crazy underneath. The Kremlin are clearly top-downers that exploit weakness with brutality. They're not about negotiation unless its about subjugation on their terms. Many are or can be seduced by this power in a fascinated sort of pornlike sense. But the result is violence - rape, murder and abuse (a different R.M.A.).
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