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This “Peace Plan” Rewards Bad Behavior, Which is Exactly How We Got Here to Begin With

Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:39 am
Posted by RFK
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:39 am
Obama and NATO are as responsible for Russia’s 2022 invasion as anyone. They failed to properly counter Russian aggression in 2014 and Putin is only going to take advantage of the West. Again.

Rubio is already going out of his way explaining the proposal. I always said he was one of the smartest cabinet members in this administration, but this “plan” shows he is kowtowing with no independent analysis. Now he’s claiming “this is just the starting point.”

No peace plan can ever succeed without Ukraine’s endorsement. And I wouldn’t even concede this is a reasonable starting point if I was Z.

This post was edited on 11/23/25 at 10:40 am
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
293632 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:41 am to
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This “Peace Plan” Rewards Bad Behavior,


BTW: Progressive politics do the exact same thing.

Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
73749 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:42 am to
From what negotiations I have had in in my lifetime most began with two extremes. Maybe just me I suppose.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
41783 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:44 am to
Which is Exactly How We Got Here to Begin With


Odd how you'll toss your messiah under the bus if that what it takes to also throw shade on Trump.

No cow is too sacred, huh?
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2613 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:44 am to
Trump was willing to show strength with Iran and it paid off.

The fact he cowers to Russia is embarrassing, and indicates something else is afoot. That’s my take, anyway.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
35539 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:45 am to
Plan almost sounds like the scene in Wall Street when Bud goes into a meeting for Blue Star and realizes that Gecko is putting together a deal to gut the company.
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2613 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:45 am to
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Odd how you'll toss your messiah under the bus if that what it takes to also throw shade on Trump.

No cow is too sacred, huh?
I have no political messiah, unlike you.

Cults of personality blind voters and are responsible for the gridlock in politics. Both sides are guilty of it.
This post was edited on 11/23/25 at 10:47 am
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13014 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:47 am to
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They failed to properly counter Russian aggression in 2014

Yes, but don't forget that Ukraine had seven years to act like Poland and build their defenses up. And before you blame Obama too much, place plenty of blame at the feet of Germany for spending time worrying about shutting down nuke plants and going carbon neutral, while expecting the US to deal with anything in their backyard.

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I wouldn’t even concede this is a reasonable starting point if I was Z

How many more of your men can you kill? Draft women to take trenches, that's the next step.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
13310 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:48 am to
Wtf would you put out for a plan?

It's funny you critique this plan... but rebut not a SINGLE POINT within it.

You wanna armchair this, do it right.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12515 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:50 am to
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They failed to properly counter Russian aggression in 2014


Uh, the aggressor in 2014 wasn’t who you think it was.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
41783 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:52 am to
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I have no political messiah, unlike you.


I think someone needs to practice their praise song a bit more.



Posted by Jbird
In Bidenville with EthanL
Member since Oct 2012
83132 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:55 am to
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RFK
Trump was willing to show strength with Iran and it paid off.

The fact he cowers to Russia is embarrassing, and indicates something else is afoot. That’s my take, anyway.
Posted by Narax
Member since Jan 2023
5554 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:57 am to
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You wanna armchair this, do it right.


I fully support this message!
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
24942 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:57 am to
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From what negotiations I have had in in my lifetime most began with two extremes.


In that case, the starting position should be total Russian withdrawal and reparations for the damage they did and the lives they cost Ukraine. If they are concerned about the Russian minorities living in Ukraine, they can take them back. They were mostly part of Stalin's Russification campaign to start with.

The Baltics are aggressively de-Russifying.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
67246 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 11:00 am to
Trump’s deference to Putin and Russia has been odd and suspicious from Day One.
Regardless of what happened during the Obama, Biden or W administration,
Putin should not be rewarded for naked aggression and barbarism visited upon Ukrainian civilians, including the kidnapping of children.
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2613 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 11:03 am to
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It's funny you critique this plan... but rebut not a SINGLE POINT within it. You wanna armchair this, do it right.
I rebut all of it. That should be clear from my OP.

ANY Secretary of State operating objectively would demand, at a minimum:

1. Russia withdraws to 1991 borders (including Crimea).

2. Ukraine receives $500B+ reparations paid solely from seized Russian assets and future energy revenues.

3. Ukraine gets permanent Article 5-equivalent defense pact with US/UK/France/Germany/Poland the day Russia leaves (but no NATO membership for 10 years.)

4. All Russian war criminals prosecuted by international tribunal; no immunity, no amnesties.

5. Russia demilitarizes 300 km from Ukraine’s border and is capped at pre-2022 force levels.

This should be the starting point.

Rubio needs to read Trump’s Art of the Deal, apparently.
Posted by Jbird
In Bidenville with EthanL
Member since Oct 2012
83132 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 11:08 am to
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Regardless of what happened during the Obama, Biden or W administration,
Well isn't that convenient?

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Trump’s deference to Putin and Russia has been odd and suspicious from Day One.


Posted by Jbird
In Bidenville with EthanL
Member since Oct 2012
83132 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 11:09 am to
quote:

ANY Secretary of State operating objectively would demand, at a minimum:

1. Russia withdraws to 1991 borders (including Crimea).

2. Ukraine receives $500B+ reparations paid solely from seized Russian assets and future energy revenues.

3. Ukraine gets permanent Article 5-equivalent defense pact with US/UK/France/Germany/Poland the day Russia leaves (but no NATO membership for 10 years.)

4. All Russian war criminals prosecuted by international tribunal; no immunity, no amnesties.

5. Russia demilitarizes 300 km from Ukraine’s border and is capped at pre-2022 force levels.

This should be the starting point.

Holy shite.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
135236 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 11:13 am to
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This “Peace Plan” Rewards Bad Behavior
and the lack of a Peace Plan rewards bad behavior.

Choose the Pit, or succumb to the Pendulum.
Either carries the same outcome.
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2613 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 11:15 am to
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Choose the Pit, or succumb to the Pendulum. Either carries the same outcome.
Is that Milton?
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