Blunt realism about matters diplomatic
This is a blog and RantWoman's analyses are subject to change, elaboration, revision to improve reasonableness. That said,
--RantWoman has been thinking for awhile that the US just got out of a stupid war in Afghanistan and sending US troops to Ukraine seems at least equally dumb.
--RantWoman is looking at the list of countries willing to chip in US-made military equipment. RantWoman would find it easy to go straight to "oh, good, a way for US military contractors to sell more US weapons to replace the ones being donated to Ukraine.
--Making the conversation about US vs Russia runs the risk of completely walking over Ukrainian sovereignty. Zelenskiy ousted a pro-Russian presidential candidate in an election widely regarded as free and fair. RantWoman wishes she were in position to comment in more depth, but RantWoman is thinking that the Ukrainian people are capable of figuring out what resistance is most feasible for themselves.
RantWoman is heartened today FINALLY to hear NPR talking about details of diplomacy rather than just joining the crowds of voices dithering about will there won't there be a hot war?
And then there is Belarus. President Lukashenko has demonstrated multiple times both compliance with Kremlin wishes and capacity brutally to suppress pro democracy protests. Not a nice neighbor even before he imported a whole bunch of African migrants and sent them off on foot in extreme cold to Poland. RantWoman would be a better commentator if she went to look up the status of those refugees right now. Suffice it to say, what measures MIGHT have some chance of also firmly motivating Belarus to be better neighbors.
Then there are the Irish fishermen
Score one for nonviolent resistance
Score one for nonviolent resistance
Putin's fingerprints in Brexit and Brexit-related fishing issues are not directly entangled with the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, but they are part of many political dances in Europe
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