Chomsky: Ukraine war can end in one of two ways - surrender or a negotiated settlement

 

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/peace-in-ukraine-movement

Another part of the “investment” was to “fuck the EU,” as Nuland said. By sabotaging French and German efforts to sustain the Minsk II …

I guess when #Nuland said “f*ck the EU,” she really meant it.

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Noam Chomsky said the war can end “in one of two ways – surrender or a negotiated settlement.” The US wants to continue the war to weaken Russia, then impose conditions on a “defeated” Russia worse than those imposed on Germany at the end the first world war, he said. The consequences of this “vast gamble” is the war must go on as long as it benefits the US as the world’s dominant power. He contrasted US “shock and awe” war methods with Russia’s more cautious approach, which has involved far less suffering and bloodshed than US wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and so on. He said the US “gamble that Russia will accept defeat” is based on illusion. He added that the euphoria in the executive offices of fossil fuel companies is unrestrained, but could lead to the end of organized human life on the planet, as the possibility of nuclear war is now casually discussed.

“Every possible path to diplomatic settlement should be pursued,” Chomsky said, “but the US and UK have sabotaged the Minsk II process and the deal between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul last spring. “As the war continues, options become very narrow,” he concluded.