A vote for Trump means....??
Comments by Ukraine Journal member, J
According to Donald Trump, if you vote for him as the President of the United States, he will end the war in Ukraine (on the day he is elected no less), and if you don't, there will be World War III.
It is a stark message: "Vote for me and there will be peace, but if you don't, the world will come to an end!".
And it sounds like an easy choice - everyone wants wars to end and new wars to be prevented.
"Just vote for Trump and it will all be fixed overnight."
So what will it take to stop the war against Ukraine according to Donald Trump? Essentially a deal with Putin, where Ukraine gives up the occupied Ukrainian territories and then Putin would agree to stop.
For Putin it would be perfect at this point as we move to winter to pretend to agree to this - it would allow him to consolidate the territories that he has taken and rebuild his mechanised armed forces that Ukraine has been wearing down with a fair amount of success for the last two years. He would be seen as willing to compromise and make Trump look like the peacemaker. Some might even say that this is a plan they have already agreed during Orban's visits to Mar-a-Lago.
The problem? A bully doesn't stop when you give in to him, when you show weakness. A hungry thief doesn't stop stealing if you let him keep what he has already stolen from you. Putin will be back for more.
Putin plays the long game, longer than the US 4-year election cycle, not having to worry much about elections himself.
If you attempt to appease Putin, you can be certain that he (or his successor) will be back to build the ruzzian empire ever larger soon again. It will not be a lasting peace.
That is the lesson from World War II. That world war wasn't avoided by appeasing Hitler, and appeasing Putin won't prevent World War III. If anything, it will only encourage China, Iran and other autocratic countries.
A lasting peace in Ukraine is achieved by defeating Putin, by showing strength, by allowing deep strikes against the enemy in self defense and by providing enough support to win.
Anything else will cost many times more. Many republicans (and democrats) in the US believe this. Trump doesn't.
J
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