08-22-2025, 11:27 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trum...37446.html
It looks like yet again Putin got both the US administration and the Europeans to jump at a picture of a T-bone steak that wasn't really on offer. One can imagine the Europeans were going along just to try and influence what the US subsequently would do. It appears that the US is firmly sitting in the "do nothing" camp as far as actually creating conditions for a peace goes.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/talk-boots-gro...55381.html
This one is for those of you that are sanguine on the probability of German contributions in Ukraine (and NATO for that matter) anytime soon.The Ossis are dead set against it. The current government doesn't have the political capital to do it, at least right now. Anything that is 48-45 in public opinion isn't going to happen with a coalition government that required two ballots to elect their Chancellor.
It looks like yet again Putin got both the US administration and the Europeans to jump at a picture of a T-bone steak that wasn't really on offer. One can imagine the Europeans were going along just to try and influence what the US subsequently would do. It appears that the US is firmly sitting in the "do nothing" camp as far as actually creating conditions for a peace goes.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/talk-boots-gro...55381.html
This one is for those of you that are sanguine on the probability of German contributions in Ukraine (and NATO for that matter) anytime soon.The Ossis are dead set against it. The current government doesn't have the political capital to do it, at least right now. Anything that is 48-45 in public opinion isn't going to happen with a coalition government that required two ballots to elect their Chancellor.