Re: OT: Ukraine

On 31/03/2025 4:08 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Gentlemen,
 Please let's try to bear in mind that one of Trump's big election
pledges was to wash America's hands of any more foreign conflicts and
bring peace IRO the Ukraine/Russia war.

In 24 hours. It was an obvious lie when he made the claim - Trump's imagined deal-making skills are one more of his flattering self-delusions. "His" book - "the Art of the Deal" - had to be ghost-written.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Deal

By now he should have no more
than a passing disinterest in what's going on there. 'Let Europe sort
their own problems out' is essentially what he said.

Not that he had any idea of the actual problems involved.

I'm just saying keep that stated stance in mind going forward and see
what actually happens.....

The stance is that of half-wit with his head up his own behind.
Putin does seem to be exploiting Trump's intervention - he has finally got someone to talk to who doesn't see him as a murderous dictator intent on territorial expansion. Not that it helps much. Trump isn't quite idiotic enough to offer him the Ukraine on a plate, though Trump is stupid enough to think that the Ukraine should be stupid enough to offer the US it's mineral wealth on a plate without getting any security guarantees in exchange.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney