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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by snowwrestler on Friday February 28, 2025 @04:58PM (#43212011)
The problem is not that the U.S. is trying to negotiate for peace, the problem is that the administration is doing a hilariously bad job of it by giving up all leverage right off the bat.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by anon291 on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:47PM (#43214157)
We don't have any leverage against Russia. America has no appetite to fight them directly. If Ukraine were more effective at hurting Russia where it counts, then we might have leverage but the last few years have shown that they are not capable of that.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by aparticulate on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:06PM (#43212161)
Not sure how entertaining a petulant State Department puppet with a maxxed out credit card counts as leverage? US orchestrated Euromaidan in order to eliminate Russia from the chess board and balkanize the region. That's our negotiating position in the West.
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