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Trump cuts off Ukraine at knees, We negotiate peace. then you do what we say.

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How can you say that? How many wars has Israel got the USA ensnared in? How many trillions did they cost, how many died, what was accomplished. Lets list them:

iraq 1, Iraq2, Syria, Libya, Yemen, the entire Sahel region (side effect of Libya) Afghanistan... that is just the last 20 years.
What? Israel initially invaded all those places and then the US moved in? Is that what you're saying?

Probably about 15-20 T of the US debt is due to Israel.
Not that I believe any of that but, evidently every administration from either party believes it's money well spent because they keep helping their ally.

Or are you saying that you know better than they do what is in their best interests? That would be rather presumptuous as well as arrogant.
 

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The war should end, but it isn't right to conduct peace talks without one of the warring sides in the meeting!
Its outrageous.
Peace talk was initiated by the financier of that warring side not in the
meeting. Financier wants to cut losses immediately but that warring side
wants to continue receivng aid from the finanicer; hence the conflict of interest.
The one who pays cash is the one in control of decision of when fighting
is to stop not the one who pays in human lives. It should be obvious whose
participation in the meeting is redundant.
 

oil&gas

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He has what RasPutin wants. The land that belongs to the people that elected him.
Ukraine with Zelebsky in charge has become hopelessly
dependent on foreign aid. The result is much of the land
resources of Ukraine will to some degree also belong to foreign
creditors after the war.
 
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oil&gas

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Not really crafty, they are at war with Russia in case you missed it.

They (the government) also want to continue receiving money
to pay the salaries of civil servants. It takes a crafty move like
imposing martial law to safeguard their financial well-being
lest voters didn't care about aid money being channeled into
the administration.

 

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What? Israel initially invaded all those places and then the US moved in? Is that what you're saying?


Not that I believe any of that but, evidently every administration from either party believes it's money well spent because they keep helping their ally.

Or are you saying that you know better than they do what is in their best interests? That would be rather presumptuous as well as arrogant.
No the Israelis influenced the US to create at famous list, that the USA has been going through. Now Iran is the last one on the list that has not yet been attacked. Sudan has been broken into 2 and now have 2 civil wars going, Syria is destoryed, Libya destoryed Iraq attacked, Somalia kept in chaos and gutted https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/9/22/us-plans-to-attack-seven-muslim-states
 
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I wouldn't be as harsh on Zelensky if election could only
be hold at the expense of my salary. Zelensky needed more
funding on top of paying governement workers. If he opted not
to hold an election it was only because the west refused to
cover expenses incurred.

Like us mere mortals Z has a price and he can be bought. But
the west is not willing to pay that price , hence no election.

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AUGUST 28, 2023
STATECRAFT STAFF

Zelensky Appeals to West for Funding War-Time Elections
Elections currently cannot take place in Ukraine due to martial law, which must be renewed every 90 days, and is set to expire on 15 November.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that his nation might hold elections during wartime provided that partners in the US and Europe offer financial assistance, legislators give approval, and everyone can get to the polls.

Elections currently cannot take place in Ukraine due to martial law, which must be renewed every 90 days, and is set to expire on 15 November, after the normal date in October for parliamentary elections but before presidential elections in March 2024.

Zelensky Plans for Elections

Top US lawmakers visited Kyiv in August, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who praised Ukraine’s battle against Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said the nation needed to prove it was different by conducting elections during the war.

In a televised interview, Zelensky stated that he discussed the subject with Graham, including finances and the need for amending the law.

According to Zelensky, elections in Ukraine under martial law are only possible if all people, including military personnel and forced migrants from other countries, have the right to vote; financing and the presence of international monitors at polling stations on the frontlines must also be assured.

Zelensky asserted,


“We need every vote. We won’t be able to say for ourselves that this was a very democratic election. We need a legitimate choice. We need this choice to be made by society. So that it does not divide our people. We need the military to be able to vote. They are defending this democracy today, and not giving them this opportunity because of the war is unfair.”


Volodymyr #Zelensky: “We are ready to fight for a long time”.
The president of #Ukraine stated that organizing elections is possible "if the United States and the EU are ready to give us 5 billion euros".
"I will not run elections on credit," he added.… pic.twitter.com/4aFXukAQRj

— X News Monitor (@xNewsMonitor) August 27, 2023

Ukraine Needs Financial Assistance

President Zelensky added that another challenge associated with having elections during the war is a lack of funds. He stated that holding elections in peacetime costs 5 billion hryvnia ($135 million), adding that he does not know how much is needed for the same during war time.

Zelensky stressed that he will “not take money from weapons and give it to elections. And this is stipulated by the law.” However, he asked for assistance from the West, saying, “If you give me this financial support, if the parliamentarians realise that we need to do this, then let’s quickly change the legislation and, most importantly, let’s take risks together.”

The Ukrainian president also considered that for the organising polling stations, there should be the presence of observers, including international observers. “Observers should be in the trenches. I told him [Graham]: Observers must be sent to the frontlines so that the elections are legitimate for us and for the whole world. And this is absolutely fair.”

Zelensky emphasised that a large number of Ukrainians are now living abroad, notably in the EU, and that safeguarding their expression of will also needs major resources and voting locations, both of which Ukraine lacks in large numbers.

“7 million people have to vote. We do not have such infrastructural capacities - we need to provide appropriate opportunities there,” he remarked.

 

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Everyone would like the war to end. The difference is that some people want a just end, where the invaded democratic country defends it's sovereignty and pushes out the aggressor, while other people (a minority), are OK with the invading communist country successfully seizing new territory.
 
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