Quote (ferdia @ 16 Aug 2023 18:34)
There are serious flaws in the western argument. NS2, the fact the US vetoed an investigation, the fact Biden said he would end it, the fact the US said Ukraine blew it up, Russia's red line, the US knowing Russia's red line, double standards (cuban missile crisis), attacks on eastern Ukraine before the war, Ukrainian governments acknowledgement years prior to the outbreak of the war that they were about to go to war with Russia. <<-- all of that is not being properly addressed, and if it was addressed perhaps it could be used as a basis for finding a resolution / peace deal.
My personal opinion: Russia has never been, and still is not, interested in true compromise. The only kind of peace deal they're interested in is one on their terms, i.e. codifying Ukraine's limited sovereignty and position as a de facto satellite of Russia. The only way to bring Russia to the negotiating table is to defeat them on the battlefield, in the sense that further conquests seem unlikely while further losses can't be ruled out. Then and only then will they be willing to negotiate in good faith.
Whether Ukraine will be able to accomplish this is a different question. As things stand right now, it doesn't look like Ukraine will be able to threaten Russia's control of the occupied territory, so this conflict is imho headed toward being frozen again, rather than being officially resolved with a peace treaty.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Aug 16 2023 06:05pm