I know Mearsheimer's position. He works with friends of mine. I respectfully disagree with these people. They blame NATO for this war. However, whether or not NATO provoked Putin, at this point in time what do you believe Putin would just agree to a negotiation when he has not stuck to a single agreement he has made with Ukraine in the p…
I know Mearsheimer's position. He works with friends of mine. I respectfully disagree with these people. They blame NATO for this war. However, whether or not NATO provoked Putin, at this point in time what do you believe Putin would just agree to a negotiation when he has not stuck to a single agreement he has made with Ukraine in the past. By this logic you would have Ukraine be like Native Americans have been in the USA, totally absorbed through occupation and no rights to their own cultures, beyond the crumbs thrown to them. I can see why the Ukraine does not want this. All of the countries of the former Soviet Union have been psychically destroyed by Russian occupation. Ukraine has the painful history of the Holodomor. At the House of Cultures of the World in Berlin they had an exhibit of former Soviet Countries, mostly Central Asian, but Ukrainian work was in it too. It was made very clear how much one suffers when cut off from one's language, culture, identity and sense of self. So, at this point in time, how do you propose to get Putin, who has not stuck to a treaties with Ukraine to do so. https://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/344-russia-ukraine-and-international-law
Making agreements is pointless if all it does is make a temporary cease fire and give Putin time to regroup. What do you think can be done to 1) stop Putin from making war on Ukraine (and other countries), and 2) to make a lasting end without giving up any of Ukrainian territory. From a school teacher's point of view, rewarding a bully for bullying has never led to them stopping the bullying. They only stop when the rewards are removed. That is the role sanctions are supposed to play, but Putin is cleverly finding ways around them, and as an autocrat he does not have to spend any money on his people, so he puts 40% of their economy into the war. Do you support Trump and his idea to cater to Putin, giving him what he wants and not supporting Ukraine?
I know Mearsheimer's position. He works with friends of mine. I respectfully disagree with these people. They blame NATO for this war. However, whether or not NATO provoked Putin, at this point in time what do you believe Putin would just agree to a negotiation when he has not stuck to a single agreement he has made with Ukraine in the past. By this logic you would have Ukraine be like Native Americans have been in the USA, totally absorbed through occupation and no rights to their own cultures, beyond the crumbs thrown to them. I can see why the Ukraine does not want this. All of the countries of the former Soviet Union have been psychically destroyed by Russian occupation. Ukraine has the painful history of the Holodomor. At the House of Cultures of the World in Berlin they had an exhibit of former Soviet Countries, mostly Central Asian, but Ukrainian work was in it too. It was made very clear how much one suffers when cut off from one's language, culture, identity and sense of self. So, at this point in time, how do you propose to get Putin, who has not stuck to a treaties with Ukraine to do so. https://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/344-russia-ukraine-and-international-law
Making agreements is pointless if all it does is make a temporary cease fire and give Putin time to regroup. What do you think can be done to 1) stop Putin from making war on Ukraine (and other countries), and 2) to make a lasting end without giving up any of Ukrainian territory. From a school teacher's point of view, rewarding a bully for bullying has never led to them stopping the bullying. They only stop when the rewards are removed. That is the role sanctions are supposed to play, but Putin is cleverly finding ways around them, and as an autocrat he does not have to spend any money on his people, so he puts 40% of their economy into the war. Do you support Trump and his idea to cater to Putin, giving him what he wants and not supporting Ukraine?