(\u201cTrump plan to end Ukraine war would cede territory to Russia,\u201d Nov. 21)<\/a>.<\/p>\nBasically this proposal would seem to give Putin everything he wants and gives almost nothing in return. Russia would get the entire Donbas region which is considered the industrial heartland of Ukraine, and more land than it already occupies in that area.<\/p>\n
The 28 point \u201cpeace\u201d plan as originally propsed was said to also include a cap on the size of Ukraine\u2019s army and forbid Ukraine from ever joining NATO. Power generated from one of their nuclear plants would be split 50\/50 with Russia. Talk about a huge slap in the face! The \u201cpeace\u201d plan would also lift sanctions and reintegrate Russia into the global economy. One thing Russia has agreed to is not to invade any neighboring countries, a promise it has made and broken in the past.<\/p>\n
Way to wheel and deal, Mr. President.<\/p>\n
Michael Good Orlando<\/p>\n
Witkoff\u2019s capitulation blueprint<\/p>\n
The controversial U.S. peace plan to end the Ukraine war was, predictably, met with disdain in Kyiv and across major European capitals. President Donald Trump\u2019s hand-picked Special Envoy for Peace Missions, Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real-estate developer with virtually no expertise in foreign affairs, is the principal architect behind what some experts are calling a capitulation blueprint. Witkoff, claiming that Vladimir Putin is not a \u201cbad guy,\u201d crafted a proposal which heavily favors Russia.<\/p>\n
The plan, with its widespread demands for major concessions by Ukraine, is reminiscent of the Munich Agreement in 1938 which allowed Germany to annex a German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia. We all know how that instrument of appeasement, led by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, worked out \u2014 the aggressor, Hitler\u2019s Germany, was emboldened, and nine months later Czech sovereignty was completely destroyed.<\/p>\n
Jim Paladino Tampa<\/p>\n
Explaining away a crime<\/p>\n
Every sin or crime begins with a lie: \u201cThat guy deserves it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Then you rob him of his wallet or his dignity or his life.<\/p>\n
Then we live in a world where \u201cthings happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel McIlrath St. Augustine<\/p>\n
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