tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post8368631547300806926..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: Ukraine President Poroshenko Believes The War Will End In September. Russian President Putin Says NoWar News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-59867030424941235462014-08-31T23:46:49.930-04:002014-08-31T23:46:49.930-04:00Your analysis of what Putin was thinking is spot o...Your analysis of what Putin was thinking is spot on .... be low key .... set the table for talks and negotiations .... and get a deal that will placate not everyone .... but at least the majority.<br /><br />Well .... this thinking blew up.<br /><br />You are right that Poroshenko should have accepted the conditions that were offered 3 weeks ago .... Moscow was begging Kiev to take it, the rebels were pleading for a ceasefire, and the Europeans were prepared to offer billions in aid that would have satisfied everyone. I even learned (tonight) that Russia was prepared to offer generous natural gas terms to Ukraine if they accepted giving Donetsk and Luhansk a small level of autonomy over culture and language .... an offer that I know would have satisfied a majority of Ukrainians and Russian-Ukranians.<br /><br />But no .... Poroshenko reminds me of my dad .... stubborn, uncompromising, and slow to respond to opportunities. But my dad knew his limitations, and worked accordingly. I do not think Poroshenko knows his limitations .... or even cares about them.<br /><br />As for the U.S. .... you are right that they have not helped the situation. V.P. Biden got a deal for his son to sit on the board of Ukraine's largest energy company .... and he has been using his influence to promote a horrible U.S. agenda in Ukraine. <br /><br />He and the White House have given Kiev hope ... that when the chips are down the U.S. will provide economic and military aid. Unfortunately .... as the death toll continues to escalate in this civil war .... this U.S. aid is not coming to fruition ....and never will.War News Updates Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-79689251138998204002014-08-31T10:40:54.587-04:002014-08-31T10:40:54.587-04:00I think it may well end in September, with Ukraini...I think it may well end in September, with Ukrainian capitulation to Russian conditions. I felt all along that Putin wouldn't let the separatist lose, but I thought and perhaps he did too that it could be done on a low key basis. I felt that the Ukrainians were over extended and had serious structural problems with their military which they had papered over and could discount with a quick victory. Of course it's hindsight, but they should have excepted offered conditions 3 weeks ago. I'll also say this, regardless of whose right or wrong on the issue, the US bears a large amount of blame for the scale and length of fighting. After every visit by an US VIP's (Biden, etc) to Kiev the Ukrainians either hardened their negotiating position and/or initiated military operations. I believe they were urged into the actions by the US with promises of economic and military support, neither of which was forthcoming in a meaningful way. They have been left to their fate and they were fools for listening to the West. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com