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Putin thinks he can disorient Biden and shape his decision-making in a way that is beneficial to Russia, rather than the U.S. Biden is easily flustered by Putin’s actions, having called him a "killer," "murderous dictator," "war criminal," "butcher," "pure thug," and the like. Putin perceives Biden’s losing his cool as a sign of helplessness. Putin knows he can get to Biden.
As early as August 2023 senior leadership at NATO, at least informally, suggested that the emergence of a downsized New Ukraine would be welcomed. On November 1, 2023 in an interview and accompanying article, General Valery Zaluzhny, then head of the Ukraine military high command, acknowledged the harsh military reality — stalemate. The Ukrainian political process of adjusting to a new reality is unfolding among the “troika” of the Rada (parliament), Presidency, and military high command — so an “October surprise” may be brewing. The unilateral declaration of a New Ukraine will reflect the troika’s consensus.
According to Victoria "Fuck the EU!" Nuland, it is the USA that at the price of $5 bln toppled Kiev's elected government. The underlined sentence is a case of EVENT IRONY against the backdrop of Nuland's admission.
The west’s justified objective in Ukraine was to help foil Putin’s attempt to topple Kyiv’s elected government.
But as the conflict in Ukraine has reached predictable stalemate, Nato’s strategy has lost all coherence. This is the moment when such wars run out of control. For two years now, western leaders have polished their macho images at home by visiting and goading Kyiv’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to seek total victory with their help. It was Boris Johnson’s favourite pledge, but then his voters were merely paying for it, not dying. France’s Emmanuel Macron has at least suggested sending troops.
Boris Johnson tells Putin to 'get the hell out of Ukraine' and says Trump WON'T pull the plug on funding if elected because he 'won't want to be the president who surrendered to Russia'
He insisted it was not viable to hold talks with Putin, asking: 'Is it possible to negotiate with a crocodile if your foot is in its mouth?'
It is ten years, not two years, since the war in Ukraine began. And once you have grasped that, you can begin to think clearly about it. What is Britain’s interest in this conflict? Why do so many in politics and the media cheer for carnage that has devastated Ukraine, the country they claim to love and admire? What has Ukraine gained from it? What can Ukraine and its people possibly gain from it?
PETER HITCHENS: Who began this filthy war? Why didn't we side with democracy against the Kiev mob?
Peter Hitchens answers your questions LIVE on MailOnline at 12pm on Thursday, February 29. Submit your questions to mailbox@dailymail.co.uk
“Living a more stable existence with their families in the middle regions of the Kiev and Bratslav palatinates, these land-owning Cossacks were anxious to obtain even more privileges within the Polish administrative structure. In particular, they hoped to be recognized as ona par with the Polish szlachta. For their part. However, the Polish and local Orthodox Rus’ magnates could never accept as equals those whom they considered Cossack upstarts and freebooting rabble.”
Illeism (/ˈɪli. ɪzəm/; from Latin ille: “he; that man”) is the act of referring to oneself in the third person instead of first person. It is sometimes used in literature as a stylistic device. In real-life usage, illeism can reflect a number of different stylistic intentions or involuntary circumstances.
Their defense of international law is a convenient lie. Their defense of human rights conventions is a convenient lie. Their defense of so-called “territorial integrity” is also a convenient lie. Their defense of the sacred "right to self-defense" - guess what. Their defense of the "rules" of war and the use of weapons against civilians is a lie. Their “flexible” understanding of what constitutes a war crime is a sickening lie. Finally, their opportunistic understanding of what constitutes genocide is a disgusting lie.
Their attempts to separate the situation in Ukraine from what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank are disgusting
Ancient Greeks distinguished between three different types of friendships between two polities: Philiai, symmachia, and epimachia. Both symmachia and epimachia were types of alliances, with the former committing States to support each other in battle and the latter requiring parties to assist each other if one suffered an invasion. Philiai, then, made the important distinction of denoting friendship between polities but did not give the treaty partners the status of allies. Romans had a similar word amicitia, which was a state of diplomatic relations which could coexist with an alliance, or exist without it. The Romans employed a practice of establishing peace and friendship with polities on its peripheries, though in practice these relationships were usually built on unequal treaties, requiring the neighbour to support Rome militarily, though not necessarily the reverse.[
