with Putin having purged himself alone at the top, now's the best time for direct diplomacy to convince him to cut his losses and end the conflict now. twitter.com/b_judah/status
This Tweet is unavailable.
1
16
Conversation
Replying to
Convincing him of that probably requires giving him a treaty he can present as a victory. I don't think he's going to cut his losses. Giving him what he wanted in the beginning would probably work, but US/NATO are not going to give that to him. Ukraine could do it though.
A bullet-proof treaty which gives him a spot that feels safe almost feels more useful, not that I can imagine how that would go.
1
He's 69 and there's a good chance he has serious health issues. It would explain why he's taking the COVID-19 isolation so seriously.
Should do what has to be done to get him to fuck off while keeping Ukraine as a free country and mostly intact. Re-negotiate when Putin is dead.
1