Opinion: Will Vladimir Putin be allowed to lose gracefully? The West wants to end the war, but also wants to humiliate the Russian leader
I write this in the midst of on-again, off-again peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.Ukraine seems willing to adopt a stance of official neutrality between Russia and the West. It would no longer seek membership in NATO. It would not allow Western nations to set up bases inside Ukraine.
But the real problem with a negotiated end to the Ukraine war is that it would not allow the U.S. and its allies to achieve their real war aim: to humiliate and diminish Putin to such an extent that he could not continue to wield power in Russia.last week, he wasn’t misspeaking. America wants Putin out. The Ukraine war was meant to act as the means for achieving this goal..
In this war, everything the Russians do is by definition evil. Conversely, everything the Ukrainian army does is by definition heroic. Throughout, Putin remains the target. He alone is deemed responsible for starting this war. He alone is blamed for every rocket fired and every civilian killed or wounded.. The word is not chosen lightly.
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