Putin is mafia, but we should learn from diplomatic attempts with him
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The news that there have been more Ukrainian military deaths since February 2022 than there were US troop fatalities in the nearly two-decade Vietnam War will focus minds on the next few months, even years. And whether there might be an alternative to letting the slaughter continue. It’s typically said that a peaceful resolution between the two sides is impossible, and that neither is willing to negotiate. Surely the only two options are to fight for every corner of Ukraine’s 1991 borders, or to appease a dictator? But this often forgets that, even in the wake of the discovery of the Bucha massacre, peace talks did take place. And according to those involved, they very nearly succeeded.
Putin is mafia, but we should learn from diplomatic attempts with him
Putin is mafia, but we should learn from…
Putin is mafia, but we should learn from diplomatic attempts with him
The news that there have been more Ukrainian military deaths since February 2022 than there were US troop fatalities in the nearly two-decade Vietnam War will focus minds on the next few months, even years. And whether there might be an alternative to letting the slaughter continue. It’s typically said that a peaceful resolution between the two sides is impossible, and that neither is willing to negotiate. Surely the only two options are to fight for every corner of Ukraine’s 1991 borders, or to appease a dictator? But this often forgets that, even in the wake of the discovery of the Bucha massacre, peace talks did take place. And according to those involved, they very nearly succeeded.