Ukraine

[CharlesHarris]

Putin will not accept Ukraine as a NATO/EU member on his doorstep, and why should he? Setting aside the historical and cultural ties that make Ukraine an inseparable part of the greater Russian experience, it’s not reasonable for us to expect Russia to roll over on a NATO/EU conversion. We almost went to nukes over Cuba becoming a soviet doormat a generation or two ago, and there’s a lot of water between us . . . would we swallow the pill if we were talking about bordering Mexico joining a political, military and economic alliance with Russia? Of course not.

The only reasonable way forward, as I see it, is for Ukraine to be an independent, but neutral, state. One that serves as a buffer between West and East. That’s the only way we get out of this without Ukraine’s destruction, and/or getting into a shooting war with Russia. These people who are hell-bent on NATO/EU membership for Ukraine are fueling the engine that will destroy Ukraine, I think.

Ukraine, by the way, is not a liberal western democracy. They have cleverly positioned themselves as one, in the West’s mind, to gain our support and lure us into this fight, but this is not England we’re talking about, and I see nothing to justify direct American involvement in this mess.

The Ukrainian government was a key player in the fraud that supported a treasonous attack on POTUS and the corruption of our electoral system. They’ve been paying bribes to Biden and his mob. These are not friends of America, and I feel no special bond to them that justifies sending our kids to join their proxy war against Russia.

Putin is an evil bastard, who’s hurting innocent civilians with his invasion. That’s regrettable, but if we’re honest, the West bears a lot of the blame for instigating this. Had we not pushed NATO/EU conversion so hard, Putin would not have been compelled to lash out.

We need to back off of this NATO/EU talk immediately, but instead we’re doubling down on it, and recruiting more nations to join the chorus. That’s a Fool’s Game that will only guarantee the destruction of Ukraine, and perhaps a wider war in Europe and beyond.