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Doctorow has puts his card on the table:

"For my part, after reading through the plan, which The Financial Times published several hours ago and which I reproduce below, I say ‘bravo’ to the American President, whose team has cobbled together a road map to long-lasting peace not just between Russia and Ukraine, but between Russia, Europe and the United States. Those determined critics of Trump in both Western mainstream AND in Western alternative media who have predicted the same kind of faux peace that was imposed on Hamas and Israel will ultimately have to admit that The Man does some things right when he and his close advisors set their minds to it."

So he’s for:

14. Frozen funds will be used as follows: $100 billion in frozen Russian assets will be invested in US-led efforts to rebuild and invest in Ukraine. The US will receive 50% of the profits from this venture. Europe will add $100 billion to increase the amount of investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The remainder of the frozen Russian funds will be invested in a separate US-Russian investment vehicle that will implement joint projects in specific areas. This fund will be aimed at strengthening relations and increasing common interests to create a strong incentive not to return to conflict.

21. Territories: a. Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk will be recognised as de facto Russian, including by the United States. b. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia will be frozen along the line of contact, which will mean de facto recognition along the line of contact. c. Russia will relinquish other agreed territories it controls outside the five regions. d. Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the part of Donetsk Oblast that they currently control, and this withdrawal zone will be considered a neutral demilitarised buffer zone, internationally recognised as territory belonging to the Russian Federation. Russian forces will not enter this demilitarised zone.

26. All parties involved in this conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war and agree not to make any claims or consider any complaints in the future.

Point 26 means no accusations of and investigations into war crimes perpetrated by Banderite Nazis.

Well “bravo” to that, Dr.Doctorow!

Does Doctorow really believe that the orange blowhard’s “deal” really will include a Hague, International Court of Justice “Get Out Of Jail Free Card” for Vladimir Putin?

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Faunsgarth's avatar

For what it's worth, I don't think the peace plan was designed to work... It just buys time to finish off the country. Not sure how the Europeans can ever think of "occupying" Odessa ... the city/port is being frequently hammered. There would be no distinguishing between Euro Vs Ukrainian troops in Odessa and other Black Sea locations. Wherever they are they'd be popped... IMHO 👊

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