Zelensky can’t be trusted - Tom Friedman, NYT

[Anonymous]

“ There is deep mistrust between the White House and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky — considerably more than has been reported.”

- nyt , Tom Friedman

Ukrani-philes, defend yer man.

TF has a direct line to the oval, so this was def authorized.

My guess - Whitehouse knows how bad the winter is gonna get for Europe and is sooner rather than later going to try to lean on VZ to get a ceasefire with Russia.

Whitehouse fears that europe won’t last in unity through the winter and populist fervor will reach a fever pitch as Russia throttles LNG

[Anonymous]

Despite massive western aid, Ukraine has failed to recapture significant territory this summer. It’s a stalemate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Despite massive western aid, Ukraine has failed to recapture significant territory this summer. It’s a stalemate.

Russia has not had any significant gains in months and is losing ground in the South. It's been a war of attrition but most of the attrition has been on the Russian side.

[Anonymous]

I think Volodymyr needs to stay the course. This is no joke. If they don't stop Russia, Russia will try to take the Baltics and more. Anyone who doesn't think so has not been following Russian media. It's one thing for Germans to worry about not having enough heat but it's another thing for them to wake up with Russian tanks on their border.

[Anonymous]

Only a complete idiot would actually think this somehow has a happy ending if only Ukraine would capitulate to Russia.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the are feeling taken advantage of?

[Anonymous]

Of course there is mistrust on both sides. Zelenskyy wants more US weapons than the US is able/willing to provide. Biden doesn't want to be in proxy war and has his own objectives which are not the same as Zelenskyys. Any world leader would be a complete imbecile to trust another world leader.

Tom Friedman has always been kooky, is often wrong, and I don't understand why anyone reads his writing. Hopefully in the future the WH will choose to leak information to more credible journalists who are more credible and precise.

[Anonymous]

Tom Friedman is a has been.

[Anonymous]

It's rare to find a side in a war to truly sympathize with, except for the innocent people caught up in it.

[Anonymous]

Link for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Volodymyr needs to stay the course. This is no joke. If they don't stop Russia, Russia will try to take the Baltics and more. Anyone who doesn't think so has not been following Russian media. It's one thing for Germans to worry about not having enough heat but it's another thing for them to wake up with Russian tanks on their border.

You can send your kids to die for vilinius

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Link for this?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/opinion/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-china.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's rare to find a side in a war to truly sympathize with, except for the innocent people caught up in it.

One side was attacked by the other side. One side has vowed to extinguish the other side as a people. Not that hard here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tom Friedman is a has been.

Maybe. But he used to be THE useful idiot’s useful idiot. It’s worth asking why even he is calling US FP out for its idiocy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tom Friedman is a has been.

Maybe. But he used to be THE useful idiot’s useful idiot. It’s worth asking why even he is calling US FP out for its idiocy.

Now he's Putin's useful idiot.