Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that Ukraine would have to make concessions over land that Russia had taken since 2014 as part of any agreement to end the war.

Mr. Rubio spoke as he was flying to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for talks with senior Ukrainian officials, and 10 days after a contentious White House meeting between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. The Trump administration halted military aid to Ukraine after the blowup, which centered on Mr. Trump’s refusal to include any security guarantees in a proposed deal involving Ukraine’s natural resources.

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      lmao so the US coup’ed the USSR in the 90ies by sponsoring fascists, but somehow the US becoming fascist is because of russia?

      The mental gymnastic of the jingoists I swear

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    Bin Laden defeated our freedom and Putin defeated our democracy.

    We’re such a pathetic nation of pussies. Home of the brave has to be the most ridiculous line in any anthem ever.

    • nomoreykns444@lemmy.wtf
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      What are you talking about? Bin Laden is one of them brave mujayhdeen of afghanistan fighting for freedum

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      As Tywin Lannister said “Any man who must say, “I am the King”, is no true king.”

      Any man who goes around telling everyone they’re brave, probably isn’t brave. In fact it’s incredibly cringe.

      A cringe country full of cringe people who say one thing but do another. Claim to stand for freedom, democracy, and liberty whilst oppressing all of those things both at home and abroad.

      Land of the cowards.

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    I propose Ukraine cede Kentucky to the Russians. Or maybe one of the Carolinas, I don’t think the US really needs two of them.

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    So basically they (putin and trump) want more than 2022 borders. And let me guess, they also want sanctions eased and elections to install a pro-putin government? Ukraine should not make any deals with the US. The US admin is the enemy within and the enemy of democracy.
    The ceasefire is just a step to get to the sanctions and elections demands. And once they have a “reason” to force those things then russia is set to continue their forever-war.

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    Fuckhead rubio needs to pull his head out of Putin’s ass even if there is room in it for both him and the orange suppository

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      MAGA is a terrorist organization. Their whole missguided ideology of “ruling by strength” is just another way of saying ruling by fear. Using fear/intimidation for a political outcome is by definition terrorism. If someone says it has to be illegal (not true) we can also show the number of arrests and violations of peoples legal rights occuring all over the U.S. Breaking laws pertaining to 1st amendment, 4th amendment, 5th amendment, 8th amendment, 9th amendment, 10th amendment, 14th amendment, 15th amendment, and the outright breaking of the law of the land (constitution) by overriding the legislature, which was the only thing keeping the U.S. a Republic.

      The U.S. is negotiating with terrorists every day

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    Imagine a hypothetical scenario in which Mexico invades the United States, takes complete control over the state of New Mexico, and right in the middle of the conflict Great Britain says “the war needs to end”, drafts a ceasefire proposal that allows them take control of half of the country’s natural resources, and offers no security guarantees in the event that Mexico decides to attack again. If you refuse, the British will stop sending military aid to help you continue fighting. Oh, and Mexico gets to keep New Mexico.

    Who in their right fucking mind thinks that this is a good deal? Any sensible person would rather continue fighting than give up their advantage for some flimsy ceasefire that won’t stand up to an invader hellbent on conquest.

    • nomoreykns444@lemmy.wtf
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      Mexico would have all the right to take back “New mexico” you hypocritical idiot. The US stole it in the first place?

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      Lol. Remember when a bunch of assholes voted 3rd party or didn’t vote because they were upset with Democrat’s handling of foreign affairs?

      Clown country.

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        I’d do it again, rather get expropriated and deported from this micky mouse country than use what little political input I have to endorse a genocide

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        both stein and rfk got around 800+k votes. though i suspect many of them R voters on the fence.

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      That’s not a good example, the US does not rely on the UK to defend itself.

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        To that point, lets be real, even the united states doesnt really care about new mexico. Crimea in this argument has actual economic value.

        Honestly any square foot of what russia has stolen from Ukraine has so much more economic value in comparison to new mexico, its hardly a realistic comparison.

        I get what you are saying. But taos vs a warm water sea port is such an insane comparison. Its so much worse. Albuquerque? Let em have it. Santa fe? Please.

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    I saw a mouse poop and its poop was saying that Ukraine should give territory and other things. I just ignored it and moved on my trail this morning. Can’t let poop dictate world order.

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    I miss the good old ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’ US.

    If someone breaks into your house, kicks your dog and rapes your wife, you don’t negotiate to let them keep your TV. You shoot that fucker between the eyes. That’s what we need to be doing.

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      I miss the good old ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’ US.

      Pretty sure that was only a thing in movies.

      We negotiate with terrorists all the time.

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        US literally funds terrorists, gives them weapons, and gives them CIA training to do terrorism. It’s like all these terrorist leaders went to the same school, of Americas.

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          Ken: Colonel, the guy you bagged is Dr. Amir Teraki, Pakistani. PhD in Astrophysics, educated at Harvard.

          Colonel Tom Devoe: That’s right, people. We educated half the world’s terrorists.

          The Peacemaker wasn’t that well received but that line stuck with me.

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      ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’ US.

      That US never existed.

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    I don’t see any peace deal unless there is security guarantees, it is not peace without guarantees.

    This just embolden russia to rape Ukraine again for more lands. Marco Rubio is promoting a forever war.

    Ukraine guarantees were taken away when the nukes were taken away.

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      Why do you put stock in security guarantees now?

      Ukraine had security “guarantees” when Russia invaded because they gave up their nukes that Western nation have not followed through on.

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        Security Guarantees means putting a NATO (or future equivalent) base at the border with soldiers from all over Europe, anything less than that is not guarantee of fuck all

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        Memorandum was not really a guarantee. NATO is more of a guarantee, nukes are more of a guarantee. Guarantee means NATO and/or Nukes.

        Don’t need to believe it will work, Nukes and NATO has worked in the past to maintain peace along russia borders.

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          NATO membership is off the table, virtually no NATO country wants Ukraine to join.

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            Almost all of the NATO countries want Ukraine to join except for Russia’s lapdogs, ergo: Hungary, Slovakia, and the US.

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          NATO is not a guarantee anymore. Trump openly said that if specific European NATO countries will get attacked by Russia then there will be no response.