Very recommendable! This piece was written by Carl Bildt. It is a serious warning!
We can only hope that if Trump is reelected that he will take this carefully into consideration!
"In a commentary published by The New York Times in April, J D Vance, now the Republican vice-presidential nominee, proposed a strategy of ‘defence’ for Ukraine that was nothing but a recipe for defeat. There can be no doubt that his words were closely read, and well received, in Beijing and Moscow. Appeasing Russia at Ukraine’s expense would amount to a major strategic loss for the United States and thus a victory for its adversaries. ...
A resurrected Great Russia, in alliance with today’s China, would change the world order. In fact, this is precisely the outcome that both countries’ leaders want. An America in strategic retreat—abandoning Kabul and then Kyiv—would encourage the Eurasian authoritarian bloc to go on the offensive. Taiwan’s days would be numbered, and others might fold even before that happens. ...
Putin has made no secret of his war aims. While ‘interviewing’ the Russian leader this past February, the right-wing activist Tucker Carlson did us a great favor by letting his subject ramble on about his dream of wiping Ukraine off the map. The issue was never really about Ukrainians who spoke Russian or about NATO expansion or anything else. Rather, having resurrected the classic Russian imperialist view, Putin believes that Ukraine simply has no right to exist as an independent state. ...
After all, Poland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan were all once part of the empire that Putin seeks to restore. If Ukraine can be defeated because the US decided to walk away, all bets are off. ...
The defense of Ukraine obviously rests primarily with the Ukrainians. It is their blood soaking into the battlefield, and it is they who have shouldered the awesome responsibility of defending the West despite the odds against them. When the war started, no one expected them to last more than a few weeks, maybe not days. But they did, inflicting grievous damage on Russia’s military. That alone is a victory of sorts. ..."
A resurrected Great Russia, in alliance with today’s China, would change the world order. In fact, this is precisely the outcome that both countries’ leaders want. An America in strategic retreat—abandoning Kabul and then Kyiv—would encourage the Eurasian authoritarian bloc to go on the offensive. Taiwan’s days would be numbered, and others might fold even before that happens. ...
Putin has made no secret of his war aims. While ‘interviewing’ the Russian leader this past February, the right-wing activist Tucker Carlson did us a great favor by letting his subject ramble on about his dream of wiping Ukraine off the map. The issue was never really about Ukrainians who spoke Russian or about NATO expansion or anything else. Rather, having resurrected the classic Russian imperialist view, Putin believes that Ukraine simply has no right to exist as an independent state. ...
After all, Poland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan were all once part of the empire that Putin seeks to restore. If Ukraine can be defeated because the US decided to walk away, all bets are off. ...
The defense of Ukraine obviously rests primarily with the Ukrainians. It is their blood soaking into the battlefield, and it is they who have shouldered the awesome responsibility of defending the West despite the odds against them. When the war started, no one expected them to last more than a few weeks, maybe not days. But they did, inflicting grievous damage on Russia’s military. That alone is a victory of sorts. ..."
Carl Bildt, former prime minister and foreign minister of Sweden
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