The peace delusion - Thomas Fazi
Yet a comprehensive political settlement to the Ukraine war continues to remain elusive. Not only because Europe and Zelensky remain opposed to any deal on Russian terms — the only possibile terms, given that Russia is winning the war — for reasons that I explain in the article. But more fundamentally because achieving lasting peace is about much more than just recognising Russia’s control over Crimea and the four annexed oblasts; it’s about addressing the “primary roots of the conflict”, as Putin repeated in Anchorage: that Ukraine will never join NATO, that the West will not transform it into a de facto military outpost on Russia’s border and that a broader “balance of security in Europe” be restored. This effectively amounts to a wholesale reconfiguration of the global security order — one that would reduce NATO’s role, end US supremacy and acknowledge a multipolar world in which other powers can rise without Western interference.
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The peace delusion
Though Putin and Trump share a tactical interest in cooperation, Russia remains a strategic adversary for the US imperial state, and Russia knows it, which is why true peace remains out of reachThomas Fazi
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Caleb James DeLisle
in reply to xeniax ⏚ • • •I haven't seen those videos, and I'm quite confident the fediverse doesn't censor practically anything - so is it just that the people I follow don't care?
In any case, it's a clever trick...
Violet Madder
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Dude.
Have you not noticed the enormous list of euphemisms people have been using in videos for several years now? That's because TikTok squelches anything that uses certain words.
Also the thing's Chinese, so good luck bringing up, oh, say, Tiananmen Square etc.
ALL of the big platforms squelch anything they don't like. All of them.