Ukraine is being left alone

 

As I sit to write these lines, the news is that Ukraine troops are being encircled and losing the Kursk oblast they invaded months ago in order to have a chip in a possible and hypothetical future peace negotiations with Russia.

In the last few days I had the chance to watch Prof. Jeffrey Sachs' 1 hour 33' speech before the EU Parliament (here), and I have also been following Prof. John Mearsheimer's opinions on such delicate topics as Ukraine, Russia, USA, Europe, China. It is amazing to see such prestigious scholars, who have been in the international relations arena for so many years, converge to the same point: they almost exactly reproduce Trump's words, blame Ukraine for the war, and accuse president Zelensky of "dragging his country into it".

They also accuse Europe, especially Britain and France, of "rejecting peace" and fueling Ukraine to continue at war. Incredibly, none of these two prestigious professors say a word about Russia's criminal invasion of a sovereign country in violation of all existing treaties, including the Budapest Memorandum of December 5th, 1994, also signed by the U.S.

The memorandum was intended to prevent Russia, the US, and the UK from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or in accordance with the Charter of the U.N." As a result of agreements and memoranda signed between 1993 and 1996, the then newly independent countries  - after the fall of the URSS - Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine were forced to give up their nuclear weapons.

Since Kazakhstan is a member of the Russian Federation, and Belarus is a puppet-state run for over 30 years by Aleksandr Lukashenko, the only problem is Ukraine, a former member of the URSS that does not want to be Russian, sees itself as European, and for years has been trying to join the EU.

In their own words, those scholars almost exactly reproduce Trump's arguments in favor of what they call "peace", a word that has been wrongly used to hide that the White House is seeking to make a deal with Russia, leaving the Ukrainians and Europeans out of the table, with the intention to serve Ukraine on a silver plate to Putin.

After the shameful meeting with President Zelensky at the White House on Feb. 28th, Prof. Mearsheimer absurdly said that "Trump and Vance are being castigated by the British and the French". It never happened. Under Trump, the U.S. made the decision to leave Ukraine behind, and did it without consulting with its European allies, who were taken totally by surprise.

If the US wants out of NATO, it's its right, but it should clearly state so and present a schedule for leaving the treaty. On the contrary, Trump has been complaining that NATO's European members are not contributing their fare share.  

Another absurd concept expressed by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is that "Russia is not a threat" when all evidence at hand indicates exactly the opposite. Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, walked away with it, and the West even allowed Russia to organize the 2018 World Cup. Moreover, in 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine on the false pretext of "joint military exercises" with its pupet-state Belarus. Putin's has even threatened Europe with cutting the oil and gas supply, and even with bombing London.

No "peace" brokered by Trump and Putin without the presence of Ukrainians and Europeans will be real peace. No Trump's real estate dealings with Putin will make the Russian threat to the entire Europe disappear. On the contrary, if Putin has it his way in Ukraine, Poland and the three Baltic republics may be his next targets. He has been preparing for it.

The 21st century Hitler must be stopped now before it's too late.