Ukraine

[Agema]

Oh, that shouting match last night probably put a lid on that regardless.

I get the feeling the lid was shut a long, long time ago.

The only "deal" being worked on here is how best to sell the volte face into backing Russia to the US public. The strategy seems to be to blame Ukraine: first offer it a humiliating and appalling deal it would struggle to accept, then when Ukraine tries to work with it anyway, set up a diplomatic disaster.

 

[Chimpzy]

I get the feeling the lid was shut a long, long time ago.

The only "deal" being worked on here is how best to sell the volte face into backing Russia to the US public. The strategy seems to be to blame Ukraine: first offer it a humiliating and appalling deal it would struggle to accept, then when Ukraine tries to work with it anyway, set up a diplomatic disaster.

Probably, yes. Classic Krasnov. I wonder how far it'll go. Supplies? Arms? Troops? Not really discounting anything.

 

[Terminal Blue]

Is this some kind of robotic response to my repetition of Silvanus's phrase 'prevailing political orthodoxy'? What's going on here? Honestly, what the fuck are you talking about? And why do you think I should want to go to Russia when I say, about the matters we're comparing it on, that it is much like the United States?

"What I am talking about" is that, if you think that Russia and the US share much in the way of political similarity then you don't really seem to understand Russia at all, and it might help to actually engage to some extent with the real country that actually exists. Again, the barrier to information is virtually non-existent. You can get on a plane, fly to Russia and find out first hand what it is like.

You are not depoliticized, you just don't like having political responsibility. Those are not the same thing.