Ukraine being forced to cede part of its country to Russia would be the “greatest betrayal of a European ally” since Poland in 1945 says Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, anticipating Trump’s announcement this evening that he and Russian leader Putin had spoken by phone and agreed to end the war essentially on Russian terms, with no possibility of Ukraine joining NATO to assure itself of security going forward.
Every American should hold their heads in complete and utter shame. America was the only country to invoke Article 5 of the NATO treaty since its inception. All the other allied nations came to your support. We fought by your side. We mourn our dead and we still care for our injured service people. Walking away from supporting an ally is bad enough, but siding the enemy is unconscionable. America you have become a shit hole country!
IF I'M EVER AT AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO STAND FOR THE STAR - SPANGLED BANNER, I CAN GET AWAY WITH SITTING, SINCE I'M IN A POWER CHAIR. I'll merely mouth the words since under Putin's Sellout Puppet they won't mean jack - shit.
I thought that Don's Dom cut him loose after losing the previous election. Did they agree on a china pattern ? Who was going to be on top ? What CONDOMS DO THEY USE ?
DJT is a freaking wuss girly - man acting like a tough guy & a DISGRACE to everyone who truly LOVES FREEDOM & everyone who felt PRIDE in the title " AMERICAN ".
I'm cutting back on participation in discussions about Jabba the Trump, because I see articles about Swamp Thing's Dumber Brother in damn near every browser window & don't want him living rent free in my psyche & bringing Demon Elon with him any more than I have been.
I kind of admired Muskrat before he went to the dark side, channeling his inner Nazi.
Agree with all posts. Most Americans have no sense of global history. Rump understood this so to get out of jail, he focused on the ignorance of his voters. And the complicit non voters don't care enough. They only care about the price of gas n eggs. We are a shithole country, helas.
While reading your article on Ukraine, I flashed back to Trump's surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban without consulting either the Afghan government or our NATO allies with troops there. Of course, the Afghan government collapsed and our sucker allies had to make a mad scramble to get their personnel and assets to safety. Then, of course, he blamed the whole fiasco on Biden...
The U.S. has no authority to negotiate peace settlements for Ukraine or EU/NATO member nations. Add the threat of the U.S. abandoning NATO and it is very clear whose side Trump is on. We should be doing our best to sabotage Putin rather than empowering him. Trump is too compromised to be an impartial negotiator.
Ukraine and all of Europe deserve more respect than this. The U.S. will soon join Russia as a pariah. Outrageous!
If Putin is allowed to keep Crimea it will be a short sea crossing to his next conquest and Trump would just ignore it. The prisoner release clearly indicated what he has already agreed with the murderer Putin. It must not be allowed to happen. Time to take out that illegal bridge?
one method of torture the russians use against ukranian prisioners is inserting , a tube containing barbed wire into the rectum, removing the tube leaving the barbed wire inside, for later removal, this is what putin is attempting to do to the ukranian nation
You should re-issue your nice piece on trump being owned by Russia - which explains it all. The surprising thing is why no politician brought the thing up during the presidential campaign and opende accused Trump of being a traitor of US interests because blackmailed by Putin
"Partner countries are invited to participate in the Summit and the Foreign Ministers' meeting and may join other discussion sessions within the forum, subject to consultation and consensus among member countries. These nations may also endorse BRICS Summit Declarations, BRICS Foreign Ministers' Joint Declarations, and other final documents.
The process of admission as a ‘partner country’ of BRICS is carried out in stages. First, informal consultations are conducted by the rotating presidency, following criteria such as geographic balance and maintaining good diplomatic relations with all group members. Next, the group's leaders decide by consensus to invite countries to join the ‘partner country’ category. Once the consultations are concluded, the announcement of new partners is made as they accept the invitation."
Every American should hold their heads in complete and utter shame. America was the only country to invoke Article 5 of the NATO treaty since its inception. All the other allied nations came to your support. We fought by your side. We mourn our dead and we still care for our injured service people. Walking away from supporting an ally is bad enough, but siding the enemy is unconscionable. America you have become a shit hole country!
It will cost thousands more lives to dig ourselves out of the new hole that Trump has put us in!
IF I'M EVER AT AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO STAND FOR THE STAR - SPANGLED BANNER, I CAN GET AWAY WITH SITTING, SINCE I'M IN A POWER CHAIR. I'll merely mouth the words since under Putin's Sellout Puppet they won't mean jack - shit.
That tune should be banned from events during Trump's time in office.
ANY MELODY about American PRIDE is rendered meaningless impotent NOISE & idiotic gibberish while this abomination or a similar one is in power.
Yikes this gives me a giant headache!
IRONIC that Lee Greenwood, who wrote such an inspirational ode to America's RESILIENCE AFTER 11 September supported / supports DJT.
I thought that Don's Dom cut him loose after losing the previous election. Did they agree on a china pattern ? Who was going to be on top ? What CONDOMS DO THEY USE ?
DJT is a freaking wuss girly - man acting like a tough guy & a DISGRACE to everyone who truly LOVES FREEDOM & everyone who felt PRIDE in the title " AMERICAN ".
Trump still wants to build a Trump tower in Moscow.
It would be a freaking disaster, even with Vladdy covering his butt.
I'm cutting back on participation in discussions about Jabba the Trump, because I see articles about Swamp Thing's Dumber Brother in damn near every browser window & don't want him living rent free in my psyche & bringing Demon Elon with him any more than I have been.
I kind of admired Muskrat before he went to the dark side, channeling his inner Nazi.
Agree with all posts. Most Americans have no sense of global history. Rump understood this so to get out of jail, he focused on the ignorance of his voters. And the complicit non voters don't care enough. They only care about the price of gas n eggs. We are a shithole country, helas.
I,m hoping Ukraine and the EU tell trump-Putin to go screw themselves and that they just totally ignore the laughable peace talks
While reading your article on Ukraine, I flashed back to Trump's surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban without consulting either the Afghan government or our NATO allies with troops there. Of course, the Afghan government collapsed and our sucker allies had to make a mad scramble to get their personnel and assets to safety. Then, of course, he blamed the whole fiasco on Biden...
The U.S. has no authority to negotiate peace settlements for Ukraine or EU/NATO member nations. Add the threat of the U.S. abandoning NATO and it is very clear whose side Trump is on. We should be doing our best to sabotage Putin rather than empowering him. Trump is too compromised to be an impartial negotiator.
Ukraine and all of Europe deserve more respect than this. The U.S. will soon join Russia as a pariah. Outrageous!
Your words are concise and clear! This is the message people need to hear! Thanks!
If Putin is allowed to keep Crimea it will be a short sea crossing to his next conquest and Trump would just ignore it. The prisoner release clearly indicated what he has already agreed with the murderer Putin. It must not be allowed to happen. Time to take out that illegal bridge?
Great idea!
i have posted this elsewhere
one method of torture the russians use against ukranian prisioners is inserting , a tube containing barbed wire into the rectum, removing the tube leaving the barbed wire inside, for later removal, this is what putin is attempting to do to the ukranian nation
You should re-issue your nice piece on trump being owned by Russia - which explains it all. The surprising thing is why no politician brought the thing up during the presidential campaign and opende accused Trump of being a traitor of US interests because blackmailed by Putin
Thank you for the thought! I have just done that - and mentioned your name...
I must have missed something, Ann. An 'unofficial' member of BRICS?
"Partner countries are invited to participate in the Summit and the Foreign Ministers' meeting and may join other discussion sessions within the forum, subject to consultation and consensus among member countries. These nations may also endorse BRICS Summit Declarations, BRICS Foreign Ministers' Joint Declarations, and other final documents.
The process of admission as a ‘partner country’ of BRICS is carried out in stages. First, informal consultations are conducted by the rotating presidency, following criteria such as geographic balance and maintaining good diplomatic relations with all group members. Next, the group's leaders decide by consensus to invite countries to join the ‘partner country’ category. Once the consultations are concluded, the announcement of new partners is made as they accept the invitation."
https://www.gov.br/planalto/en/international-agenda/brics/nine-nations-announced-as-brics-2018partner-countries2019