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Tom Welsh's avatar

I must admit to being baffled. In all my studies of military history I cannot remember any occasion when one combatant in a war agreed a ceasefire with one of its own allies, without even consulting the other combatant. Talk about the sound of one hand clapping!

Another thing about Mr Putin that I think the Westerners find incomprehensible is that he is honest. In their circles they have never come across such a phenomenon, and they have no idea how to deal with him.

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Ravishing Rudey's avatar

"Enabling Kiev with further military assistance and intel puts the lie to the US’s stated intentions of ending the war and saving lives. It puts the lie to the UK and Europe’s characterization of Russia as an aggressor and Ukraine a free and democratic society just defending itself. It doubles down on folly."

It does all that to people who strive to understand and see clearly, people who can detect honesty. That does not characterise the majority of our population(s), sadly. This "ceasefire" deal is a very nasty trick by the Trump admin to try to capture public sentiment, nothing more.

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