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TBF this sort of thing should have been happening a lot more before this, but some idiots confused dialogue with appeasement. The Ukrainians should be talking to the Russians as well, at a high level - if for no other reason than to prevent this "well we wanted negotiations but they refused" card.
 
TBF this sort of thing should have been happening a lot more before this, but some idiots confused dialogue with appeasement. The Ukrainians should be talking to the Russians as well, at a high level - if for no other reason than to prevent this "well we wanted negotiations but they refused" card.
Hard to have a dialogue though with someone who doesn’t want one - do we know for sure it was Westerners who weren’t calling to avoid how it looked?
 
I don't know how old you are, or whether you are aware of the Iraq war (I assume you do as you post a lot about military things), or whether you followed world events at the time or whether you have forgotten. But the UN was lied to by the US government.


US says to the UN, 'Iraq has WMD' - means Iraq didn't have WMDs. The opposite of what they said.

US/UK/France says, 'Russia's false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its territory - means .....

Does Ukraine have the ability to develop a dirty bomb?

"In Ukraine, there are enterprises of the nuclear industry that have reserves that can be used to create a "dirty bomb. Also in Ukraine there is a scientific base - this is the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, whose scientists took part in the nuclear program of the USSR , where various experimental facilities are currently operating, including the Uragan thermonuclear facilities , as well as the Institute for Nuclear Research at the National Academy of Sciences in Kiev, in which research is being carried out at the WWR-M reactor using high-level radioactive materials" .

Would they use it? Well Zelensky said the west should have nuked Russia as a deterrent.

Zelensky urges NATO to launch pre-emptive nuclear strike ...

https://www.opindia.com › Blog › News Reports

The need for a negotiated settlement becomes more vital with each passing day before there is an escalation.
Classic whataboutery - when in doubt bring up the Iraq war.

You need some new material
 
TBF this sort of thing should have been happening a lot more before this, but some idiots confused dialogue with appeasement. The Ukrainians should be talking to the Russians as well, at a high level - if for no other reason than to prevent this "well we wanted negotiations but they refused" card.
It’s hard to positive constructive dialogue when one side continues to lie deceive and conspire.
 
It’s hard to positive constructive dialogue when one side continues to lie deceive and conspire.
Hard to have a dialogue though with someone who doesn’t want one - do we know for sure it was Westerners who weren’t calling to avoid how it looked?

It is very easy to show willingness for talks, though. Turn up, explain in public what your position is, let the other side embarrass themselves. If you don't turn up yourselves, it is not easy to show the reasonableness of your position.
 
It is very easy to show willingness for talks, though. Turn up, explain in public what your position is, let the other side embarrass themselves. If you don't turn up yourselves, it is not easy to show the reasonableness of your position.
But haven’t all the western governments made their position clear - Russia needs to withdraw to the same positions as they were before Feb 22?
 
But haven’t all the western governments made their position clear - Russia needs to withdraw to the same positions as they were before Feb 22?

Not via the medium of diplomacy they haven't - they've stood off and uselessly pontificated, rather than bringing in any kind of attempts to actually stop the fighting.

I mean to cite the worst example this is the biggest crisis in many years, and the US President is not engaging with his Russian counterpart - no talks, no hot-line, no summits. This abdication is not something that can be easily blamed on the Russians, and is both unprecedented and profoundly dangerous.
 
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