Zelensky visited the White House to hear Trump a peace deal
with Russia try to sell
Diplomacy normally conducted behind closed doors was on
display in public and it did not go well
The meeting degenerated into a rude almost shouting match as
Zelensky was shown the door
Trump may be the master of the art of the deal but does not
fare well on his history score
Ukrainians have every right to be rude and fearful with a
rabid Russian Bear on their border
With a past history of the Russian Bear inflicting upon
Ukraine all manner of death and disorder
In 1932-33 Stalin’s agricultural policy was to collectivize all
farms
The food produced by the peasant was not his but state’s and
starvation was rising to the peasants’ alarm
Close to 4 million Ukrainians died from starvation in what
became known as the Holodomor
To no one’s surprise
when the Germans invaded Russia they were greeted with flowers and salt and
wide open welcome doors
Ukrainians
during the Nazis’ occupation of the Ukraine formed partisan units to attack and
kill Soviets behind the front lines
After the Ukraine
was cleansed of German forces guerilla warfare continued— ambushing convoys,
blowing up trains and attacking garrisons then retreating back into the forest
pines
Not until 1955
were the Soviets able to the guerilla movement totally defeat
With hundreds
of thousands of Ukrainians killed, executed, imprisoned or deported to
accomplish this deadly feat
When the
Soviet Union disbanded with huge stocks of nukes located in Ukraine
Ukraine
transferred them back to the Russian Federation in return for written
agreements by Russia attacks on it would refrain
Guaranteed by
the U.S., U.K, and France
That into
Ukraine Russia would not advance
A piece of
paper worthless as Russia 4 days after the end of the Sochi, Russia Winter
Olympics invaded the Crimea on February, 2014
No effective
response from the Guarantor nations was ever seen
Putin sees
that Obama and Biden were infamous for drawing red lines in the sand
But when
military action occurred their response was to sit on their hands
Now Zelensky
is facing a peace deal being shoved down his throat
If past
history is a guide the chance of a deterring
NATO response is most likely remote
Trump believes
a strong America will be enough
To deter further Russian aggression but what if Putin calls his bluff?
The carnage in
Ukraine is horrific with thousands of civilians dead
Might not it
be better to arm Ukraine with more lethality to more Russian coffins fill
before a “peace in our time” on paper moves ahead?
Nothing would please the U.S. and the West more than a Soviet like Afghanistan defeat
With a demoralized and heavily damaged Russian military with its tail between its legs retreat
© 2/28/2025 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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