Too bad Kissinger died. At this point, the only worse parody endorsement of Kamala would be Oliver North

If she loses, this is why

About to find out who did Maidan: "Ru keeps land and Ukr stays neutral. No weapons until Kyiv agrees to peace. Ukr could still try to regain lost territory, but only through diplomatic negotiations. Ukr public views ceding territory as capitulation to Ru" wsj.com/world/trump-pr…

Finally admitting it - "Failure would allow the Kremlin to one day restart Nord Stream - to bypass Ukr and leave it susceptible to Ru aggression, re-establish Ru gas dependence, revive Ru corruption, and hand back to Putin the capacity to blackmail Ukr" atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…

"dive master flees to Ukraine in a car with diplomatic plates used by the embassy - probably driven by the military attaché. Berlin is horrified. How could this happen?! Polish official answer was unambiguous: "Why should we arrest him? He's a hero to us!” spiegel.de/politik/deutsc…

Ex-prez says Ukr joining NATO would stop the war:| "The right response to Putin's escalation is for Ukraine to join NATO. Demonstrate that Putin cannot blackmail either Ukraine, or the free democratic world" - asking us to join a hot war requiring ground forces is blackmail too

A whole article that never mentions why Zelensky can't pursue peace (violent domestic resistance to betrayal, capitulation, etc) that sounds just like the Minsk agreements: ceding territory, pro-Ru rebel autonomy, and Ukr's no-NATO guarantee of neutrality reuters.com/world/trumps-p…

Even Atlantic Council gets it: "Both the U.S. and UN designate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as terrorist. Squeeze a few extra chairs around the table for ex al-Qaeda affiliate HTS - so popular in Syria right now that it would likely welcome free and fair elections"atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

Had Merica itself not also armed these Islamists, it would be bigger news that #1 ally Ukraine is now quite literally abetting our sworn terrorist enemies too:

Syria descends into primitive Islamist madness and carnage. Crusading globalists that its new Isis and al-Qaeda warlords would kill first defend them as better alternatives to Assad. U.S.-backed/designated terror group HTS marches on to confrontation with NATO ally Turkey. wtf...

Woke ISIS is a monstrous formulation most befitting this weird timeline heading into 2025

The specter of another Maidan finally gets the respect it deserves, but still fafo if NATO is a threat to Ru: "NATO entry might offset the bitter concession of leaving a giant chunk of Ukr under Ru occupation: the one way to convince Ukrs to stop fighting" foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-tr…

"NATO will constrain Ukr, which will never recognize Ru-occupied territory. Wider war isn't inevitable if Ukr joins NATO. Membership keeps the peace. Alone, West Germany might not have survived the Soviet Red Army just across the border in East Germany" foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-tr…

Maybe right, but sidelining Ukr to cede its territory to Ru is almost certain to incite another Maidan revolution - fafo foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/ukr…

Which is it: peace in Ukr, or admit Ru is right? Six years ago, I had thoughts - ironically still current: "Impeaching Trump is likelier to embolden him and undermine Biden than propel the liberal resistance to a dramatic public victory over conservatives" cnn.com/2019/10/02/opi…

Ye gods:| "Pullback now would convey promises valid only until next election. At stake is U.S. and NATO credibility. A hasty negotiated settlement rewards Putin for land grab and guarantees he will launch a new attack once his depleted arsenal is rebuilt" washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Little room to negotiate, if true: "The threat goes back to 15th-16th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, to 18th-19th century machinations of the Austrian empire, and to German leveraging of Ukrainian nationalist hatred of Russia during World War II" theatlantic.com/international/…

"old America First tried to prevent U.S. global power/responsibilities; new America First wants to get U.S. out of that same business. where the Trump right and parts of the left converge, and why some on the left prefer Trump to his neolibercon opponents" theatlantic.com/international/…

A step backward for ABN (Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations) policy to sever the Free World from Russo-Soviet energy and strangle communists in the cradle. But otherwise, great confidence-building measure with mutual benefits to induce involuntary cooperation: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energyso…

In one schizophrenic breath, a pot calls the kettle black while having cake and eating it too: First detonate their seabed infrastructure. Then blame them for doing it to themselves. Now help us protect our own gear from the same threat only we ourselves have actually carried out