@ParadeGrotesque Yes and no. Helping Ukraine by arming them might very well not be enough. "All in" in that case would mean for NATO to go "all in". Which would give Putin an excuse to start World War III (The thermonuclear Edition). So we might not really want to do that... for now.

That only leaves negotiations. And for those, Putin is currently in a relatively strong position. Which Selenskyj confirmed in yesterday's press conference from the Kyiv metro station, pleading "I must see Putin".

#Graffito in #Maxvorstadt, #Munich

#stopwars #starwars #war #peace #makelovenotwar

@betabug The point is, how to stop #Putin and have #peace. That would be the natural interest of both #EU and #Ukraine.

But not necessarily that of the #USA.

@betabug There were empty shelves during #COVID19 of course, but e.g. the shortage of corn #oil and wheat #flour is directly related to the #war in #Ukraine.

@betabug ...yeah, but there's nevertheless some truth to it. #US #economy is getting better, #EU is getting worse.

For example, albeit #inflation in the US is sill getting worse, it slowed down significantly since the beginning of the war.

If the #US goal is to crush #Russia's #economy with #sanctions and isolation, why is #Europe in an economic free fall instead?

https://thecradle.co/Article/columns/8853