• Minsk Peace Deal

    From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to ALL on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 19:07:24
    Hello Everybody,

    I finally figured out what Vladimir Putin wants.
    I really should have known all along.
    Silly me.
    We all should have known.
    Not just me.
    Why is it we are all so stupid?
    Rocky Squirrel did try to warn Bullwinkle.
    Boris and Natasha are a very clever team.
    Drew up that 2015 Minsk peace deal.
    All by themselves.
    Aimed at halting the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
    Only problem was both sides forgot to make
    arrangements for independently monitored elections
    in the separatist regions.
    Even though Crimea had its own independently
    monitored election the year before.

    NATO should be no concern to Russia or Vladimir
    Putin, as its secretary-general swears that NATO's
    alliance is defensive and that any military support
    is purely along those lines. And besides, it is not
    up to Putin who gets to join NATO, even though it
    is obvious he would like to be invited.

    "It is up to Ukraine and 30 [NATO] allies to
    decide when Ukraine is ready to join the alliance."
    ~ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg

    Yep. Garry Kasparov had to ask. So he was
    given an answer.

    Stoltenberg continued by saying Russia has
    "no veto, no right to interfere in that process."

    Oh well.

    I'd still rather have independently monitored
    elections. With Donald J. Trump as judge, jury,
    and executioner.

    --Lee

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    What can brown do for you?

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