Anonymous wrote:When Russia invaded Crimea, Obama told Ukraine to let them have it or they risk losing their entire country. Why can't Trump and Europe do the same?

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Anonymous wrote:I am not to say if Z is right or wrong, I want to know if his rejection is going to change anything for his country. Will it just mean the status quo as it is now? Or Trump getting angry and stopping support? He doesn’t seem to be able or maybe willing to completely stop it for whatever reason, that’s my impression.

Didn't Zelensky make a deal with Trump over minerals, yet Trump is still not going to help and will just push yet more unearned concessions for Russia... seems like sham theater to benefit Putin if that's the outcome.

Anonymous wrote:He is right. Why should Russia be rewarded for invading and killing hundreds of thousands of people?

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Anonymous wrote:This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff 'misunderstood' Putin. When Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from its own Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, Witkoff thought Putin meant Russia will withdraw its forces.

https://unn.ua/en/news/trumps-special-envoy-witkoff-misunderstood-putin-bild

We have amateurs running our country.

Basically Russians aren’t offering anything, and Trump is going to Russia for what reason?

Anonymous wrote:This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff 'misunderstood' Putin. When Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from its own Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, Witkoff thought Putin meant Russia will withdraw its forces.

https://unn.ua/en/news/trumps-special-envoy-witkoff-misunderstood-putin-bild

We have amateurs running our country.

Anonymous wrote:I am not to say if Z is right or wrong, I want to know if his rejection is going to change anything for his country. Will it just mean the status quo as it is now? Or Trump getting angry and stopping support? He doesn’t seem to be able or maybe willing to completely stop it for whatever reason, that’s my impression.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would Europe and Ukraine agree to this?

Europe doesn't really have the capability to support Ukraine. Some are bumping up defense spending to 5 percent of GDP now, but it's a little late. The reality is that Europeans and Canada have been parasitical countries for decades, simply relying on the US. And now they have the most significant war since WWII and Donald Trump to deal with with. And they are completely unprepared.

Europe is saying the right things now - and some countries, like Poland, the Baltics, and the Nordics have been on top of things. But good lord, western European countries have been pathetic for so many decades that it's going to be difficult to ramp them up for a major threat. But they do seem committed to supporting Ukraine - in their easygoing, no hurry, comfortable way.

If you are ever dependent on Canada, or Spain, or Belgium, or Italy, just surrender and get it done with. Absolutely pathetic countries.

But some countries are stepping up, like Germany, Netherlands and France - and the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe.

But the war in Ukraine is a very high intensity war. And NATO doctrine doesn't accommodate long wars. There isn't enough ammo out there to support three years of war. And then add the changing nature of warfare - drones - and it's clear the lazy West isn't prepared for this. At all.

Ukraine will have to make its choice. But this war does highlight how inadequate the US and the West are in near peer conflict. The US has air power now, and long may it continue. But it is a grim battlefield today. Unsurvivable for soldiers on the ground.

And Russian men have a very bizarre willingness to die. They are riding motorcycles now on their assaults over open land - and getting destroyed by drones, mines, and dialed-in artillery. The whole thing is sad and awful.

Anonymous wrote:Zelensky continues to be obstinate in the face of the upcoming summit and says he won’t concede any land. Do you guys think Trump will use it to end the whatever support of Ukraine that the U.S. is still providing?

Anonymous wrote:Duh, because of this July 2025 poll of Ukrainians:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/693203/ukrainian-support-war-effort-collapses.aspx

“Most Ukrainians now favor ending the war with Russia through negotiations, as support for fighting until victory has dropped sharply since the early days of the conflict. Although their hopes for joining NATO and the European Union have faded and approval of U.S. leadership has plummeted, Ukrainians still see the EU, U.K. and U.S. as key to ending the war. Yet, most doubt that will happen anytime soon.

More than three years into the war, Ukrainians’ support for continuing to fight until victory has hit a new low. In Gallup’s most recent poll of Ukraine — conducted in early July — 69% say they favor a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible, compared with 24% who support continuing to fight until victory.

This marks a nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022, when 73% favored Ukraine fighting until victory and 22% preferred that Ukraine seek a negotiated end as soon as possible.“

What happened to anti-war Dems?