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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by ignoramous on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:43AM (#43217676)
> A good example of an effective peace treaty was the Camp David accords that put an end to the Yom Kippur war of 1973

You ignore the fact that in Begin and Sadat, Carter had parties on both sides very willing to sign a permanent peace deal. With Sadat even sending multiple proposals to the US & Israel prior to the 1973 war [0]. While Sadat & Begin are no saints, the incumbent and entrenched wartime leader in Golda Meir had to be thrown to the cribs for peace to come to fruition, something that the Trump Admin now seems to demand of Zelensky.

[0] https://www.jstor.org/stable/30036402

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by pasc1878 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:12AM (#43218912)
But they are not demanding that of Putin.

What stops Putin coming back in 5 years - as he did in 2022 after the 2014 invaison?

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by yyyk on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:03AM (#43220602)
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This is a common take, but a pretty dishonest one (by the article author of course). It ignores the Egyptian conditions (accepting a withdrawal _in advance_, but negotiating peace afterward), the Israeli reply (offer to unilaterally withdraw from the Canal - set to December 1973 following Israeli elections), and the Egyptian need to fight to 'restore their honour' (as Sadat's wife stated).

Zelensky is no saint (the press ignores his flaws), but actually all parties to the conflict are rather close. The one remaining issue is guarantees to Ukraine (a very reasonable demand), and if Putin finally bends on that an accord will come very quickly.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by 29athrowaway on Sunday March 02, 2025 @11:54AM (#43232335)
Every peace negotiation process can be messy. But in the end they found a compromise that both parties were content with and have had peace for decades. That's to me a good ending.
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