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By John Helmer, Moscow
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The Abu Dhabi talks concluded with press statements by the Russian, US and Ukrainian delegations on Wednesday afternoon at 1500 Moscow time. Four hours later, Nima Alkhorshid opened the reckoning of what had happened visibly, and not so visibly.
“The Ukrainians demonstrated a lack of confidence”.
“How well the Russian side repudiated the Europeans…What was said about the Europeans by the Russians was designed to split, not only the Europeans from the Americans, which has been a running Russian line to date but hasn’t been effective; but also the Europeans from each other, especially between Germany and France, and the reduction of the British to a minor role compared to France and Germany in these negotiations.”
“What’s on the table is a pause of war with Russia, not peace with Russia”.
“There’s no anti-war movement in Europe, just as there is no anti-war movement in the United States. What there is, is a growing unreadiness or opposition within each of the European states to pay the bill out of their pockets and their welfare. American voters didn’t vote against war. They voted against the price of one war.”
“A two to five year pause reflects the level of exhaustion my sources report on all sides. A two to five-year peace on the Ukraine battlefield is a pause for the Europeans to show that they can vote like Americans did on November 3 against the cost of war that is killing their welfare and future.”
“Trump has promoted Stephen Miller to his chief of staff, a man who runs afraid, who runs violent. Chief of staff is basically a domestic policy priority job. These folks want to stay out of jail. They want to keep the fortunes they have amassed. So Miller’s job is to save the people around Trump, as his job was to use ICE to save the Democrat cities around the country for Republican votes. He’s just been promoted for having failed to deliver the Democratic cities. Why has he been promoted? To apply the ICE tactics to protecting the succession. Those guys are going to go out, their guns blazing, to protect themselves. Does Vice President Vance think he can win the White House in 2028 while Miller is doing that? Vance won’t.”
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