Sad to See an Old War Criminal Suffering From Dain Bramage (Not Really)

Henry Kissinger said that Ukraine must concede territory to Russia to end the war, and warned the West that a humiliating defeat for Russia could result in wider destabilisation.

The legendary statesman, now 98, made the comments in a conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Monday, reported The Daily Telegraph.
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"Negotiations need to begin in the next two months before it creates upheavals and tensions that will not be easily overcome. Ideally, the dividing line should be a return to the status quo ante," Kissinger said.

I think Kissinger is smoking crack if he truly believes that.

First off, going back to the front line as it existed before the Russian invasion of 2022 is, no matter how you slice it, a Russian defeat. That cannot be sold by Putler to the Russian people as a win. "My Glorious Countrymen, we invaded to conquer and "de-nazify" Ukraine, but after laying waste to some of their cities and much of their infrastructure, taking tens of thousands of casualties and losing maybe half of our armored forces and one of our largest warships, we've gone back to the jumping-off point because we've taught them not to fuck with Mother Russia."

Right.

Second, even if that were possible, the Russians would insist on a demilitarized Ukraine, so as to make their next invasion easier. The Ukrainians would never agree to that. Conversely, the Ukrainians would more likely adopt a Swiss-style system, with every possible resident trained and with their mustering kit, including weapons and sealed tins of ammunition, kept to hand. AGTMs and MANPADs would also be widely distributed.

Third, as I understand things, nobody can join the EU if there is a border dispute. Ceding territory to Russia resolves that and, other than the Parisian Surrender Monkey and Putler's Hungarian Poodle, there will be a lot of interest in immediately integrating Ukraine into the EU. Having several prospering EU members next door is not what Putler wants.

Fourth, one of the causes of this war is the fact that Putler doesn't believe that Ukraine has a right to exist. Losing this war won't change that belief for him. Worse, he will tell his people, over and over, that Russia would have easily won but for the meddling of the glabalists, the West, and, yes, the Jews.

Fifth, if Ukraine indeed had a weak national identity, that problem was resolved on February 24th. I'm not sure what the Ukrainian word for "quisling" is, but it will apply to all of those criminals who are helping the Russians. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the Ukrainians will attempt to make things "interesting" for the collaborators.

We've been down this road before, in Europe. It didn't end well then and it won't end well, now. There is only one solution that I see that will not result in another war once the Russians rebuild their army, and that is a solution that only the Russians can implement.