Recent content by paedubucher

Just to make sure that we argue from the same ground: Trump intends to negotiate a peace deal with Russia without the participation of Ukraine. He is criticized for that both by Zelensky, who feels left out, by the media, and by a majority of the users taking part in this discussion here. I...

Ground operations are mostly taking part in the Donbas region. I do not deny any use of missiles. Russia pulled out of the Kiev region in order to enable the Istanbul peace deal that ultimately failed. The population in Russia is quite happy with their government. I wonder if the people in...

Russia already swims in tons of money, because they conduct trade with the rest of the non-NATO-aligned world, i.e. the growing group of BRICS states. Russia's economy overtook Germany's and is now the fifth largest in the world. And how are the alleged "imperial ambitions" a fact? Russia is...

Can you back that up with some factual information? How are we a lost cause?

You can't formulate a cohesive sentence. What do you mean exactly?

That's exactly the point. It's all fake outrage about the meeting. Zelenksy as a politician and Ukraine as a political entity had plenty of time to negotiate. Now Trump takes the reins, because otherwise the war would just drag on for much longer. What exactly do you mean by "my opinion" and...

Here you go again: No arguments made, just "muh Russian propaganda", and "we heard that argument". And how do you know that I'm diametrically opposed to you politically? What is my stance? I entered the discussion by asking what Zelensky wants. He ruled out negotiations by decree, and then...

And so do business people, athletes, and even toddlers.

It's not business, it's politics. And it doesn't matter at all what it is for me. Zelensky got a new boss appointed, now he has to adjust. And one part is to drop the silly war attire on official visits and follow the protocols. Yes, because you have no arguments. Even US-hawks like George...

What kinds of weapons could guarantee Ukraine's security? Where do these obligations come from? Those were promises made by the Biden administration. Now that the people voted differently, those obligations are re-considered. Maybe the support for Ukraine was one of the reasons the majority of...

On the other hand, the world wouldn't have been a safer place with Ukraine as a nuclear power, considering the instability of the country way before the war with coups in 2004 and 2014. Trump certainly got a head-start in an era where it wasn't difficult to turn money into even more money. But...

Once again, not a single counterargument to be heard in this echo chamber. Just designate factual arguments as "mental gymnastics" and declare the other party as the "pro-Putin crowd" instead of engaging it with real arguments. Zelensky ruled out negotiations and now complains that he is left...

First, who can give Ukraine effective security guarantees? And second, Ukraine signed both Minsk agreements (which were only guaranteed for by Germany to win time) but didn't implement them. Now Zelesnky complains that he could not rely on an agreement with Russia.

This is as relevant to the point I made as saying "at the end of the day, everybody wants to be happy". He ruled out negotiations, but is now disappointed that the negotiations will take place without him.

Zelensky wasn't too eager to talk to Russia all along, but now complains that he's left out. What does he want?