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[quote=Anonymous]I just hope we get something nice in return if we decide to recognize the annexation of Ukraine. I can assure you that if President Clinton were to strike some sort of grand bargain including some chits that I outline below, the current crop of Trumpites would bellow and howl to no end, ignoring the fact that their man in 2016 wouldn't have gotten anywhere near the deal Clinton would get.

Some potential chits:
(1) Getting Putin to shut up about our ABM efforts in Poland/Czechia, those are more about preventing Iran or other rogue actors from launching a nuke in Europe's general direction
(2) Taking concrete verifiable steps towards leaving notable NATO members Estonia/Latvia alone
(3) Agreeing to actually bomb ISIS instead of the anti-Assad rebels, or to let al-Assad retire comfortably to the Crimea as opposed to a messy war crimes trial
(4) A withdrawal from Georgia/Ukraine/Transnistria/etc. 
(5) agreeing to recognize Kosovo's independence (Putin can lean on Serbia)
(6) Putin's intervention on the Macedonia naming dispute (that might not be worth anything) ...

there's any number of bargaining chips we can ask for here. But Trump? He's just saying we need to make nice with Russia -- a reset button if you will. [/quote]

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