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He’s not a well versed diplomat and quite confrontational. He’s offended the Biden administration and a few European states. Trump is someone you don’t want to berate or risk humiliating in public and that’s exactly what Zelensky did.

The US public opinion seems to be in favour of Trump and Vance here. He’s in the Oval Office, dressed in military slacks and because he doesn’t seem grateful, it’s rubbed up a lot of Americans up the wrong way. Watching the whole unprofessional exchange in full, in my view, Zelensky said a few...

If you look at how devastated the occupied regions are and the sheer manpower Russia has lost… it’s almost been relegated to China’s vassal with how dependent it is on them economically. The cost of the war on Russia means they would rather fight to the death than give up their ‘gains’...

In reality Russia has exhausted a lot of its military capacity and unlike Ukraine and Georgia, the Baltics are in the EU and members of NATO. Therefore, there’s an obligation to fight Russia then. The lesson the UK & EU needs to take from this is that we need to rearm and build up our military...

Again, this is platitudes. What do you mean by ‘just do the right thing?’ If you mean NATO should go to war over Ukraine and escalate the conflict further, good getting support for that.

Predictability from the West is what got us here in the first place… 😂 The true villains in this tragedy is the Biden administration, unfortunately.

Your ability to speak in platitudes is unmatched Pete. It’s just not just based in the real world.

You do if your war effort is being propped up by other countries.

Seriously Pete, what is the alternative? There’s a lot of faux outrage on here today but a complete unwillingness to accept the facts on the ground. Something the West, in its complacency, has complete forgot the fundamental truism in international relations: might is right. In the Cold War...

Exactly my point. It just isn’t sustainable and there needs to be an acknowledgement of that reality.

It also displayed why Zelensky is considered a difficult man to work with by multiple world leaders, including the last US president.

That’s the thing, you can disagree with the ways and means of it… what is a viable alternative to the Trump/Vance view of the situation? Does Ukraine have the resources to oust Russia? No. Does the west have the political will to intervene on Ukraine’s behalf to oust Russia? Also, no. There’s...

I respect Zelensky for standing up for himself. Ultimately, if he doesn’t like a deal, he doesn’t have to accept the terms and continue to fight on without US support. The reality is, there is no defined victory conditions, or plan to force the Russians out. The war in its current state relies...

It makes sense, it’s the only policy area where budget cuts are popular.

That was probably the most predictable thing about the Russian method of warfare throughout history.

It partly failed because of restrictions imposed on military given to Ukraine from Europe and the USA. Had the Ukrainians made incursions into Russian territory at the same time at the Wagner rebellion… who knows what could’ve happened. Which makes the faux outrage from Europe and the Democrats...

He had a 1st term that was successful. The Abraham Accords were a massive success. He called Kim Jong-Un ‘Rocket Man’, teased him by saying he had a bigger red button. This was derided at the time but then Trump and Kim had a summit in Singapore. Which was something of a diplomatic coup...

US investments in the area ties them to Ukrainian’s long term security. Both the Biden and Trump teams are said to have found Zelensky to be a difficult man to deal with so Trump’s outbursts probably forced him to the negotiation table for the deal they’ve just signed. Biden was a weak president...

In military analyst circles, it was believed that even Trump would even escalate support for Ukraine if the Russians were seen to be negotiating in bad faith. For all the crying people saying he’s in awe of Putin and giving everything he wants… Simply not true and the US strategists can...

I wouldn’t say many are denigrating Sakamoto. Speaking for myself here, it’s pushing back on a mantra that this combination of players is amazing. Frankly, it’s not. Sakamoto, in my estimation will be a great role player for us but he’s not the main guy. Wright had played as many games at RW...