Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

Editorial today in The NY Times from former Obama official, now at Georgetown University. He proposes terms for a compromise.

Pure hackery. Russia has no legitimate concerns and the only provocation was Russia's invasion. Ukraine can join any organization it likes regardless of Russia's approval. None of this justified the invasion and is the same tired  refuted crap that has been repeated over and over. Ukraine doesn't need to "negotiate" with Russia. Russia needs to leave .

This would be slightly worse for Ukraine than if they had adhered to the original Minsk agreements. But it would bring peace.

Russia was the one that broke the Minsk agreement and 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/9/...levant-now

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-...en-1756387

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-...-rcna54891

The Pentagon has admitted that there are American boots on the ground in Ukraine now. These are "advisors" etc., but we all know what that meant in Vietnam. In addition, there are many reports that evidence has emerged showing that Britain was behind the pipeline attack. People here will believe this or not depending on their prior commitments

Prove any American combat troops are in Ukraine and the only evidence that Britain attacked the pipeline is Russia says so....

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/russia-could-s...37008.html

But as NATO countries are more and more directly implicated, chances for dangerous escalation increase, and a peace compromise becomes more urgent.

NATO counties are not remotely implicated and we are already at maximum escalation and the only route to peace is a total Russian withdrawal.