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| Historian named one condition under which the United States will give Russia what it wants |
| 2023-04-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] The United States is not yet ready to listen to Russia and provide it with what it wants, says candidate of historical sciences, political scientist Mikhail Smolin . So he, in a conversation with news agency REGNUM , commented on an article by American historian George Liebman that an end to the Ukrainian crisis is possible if Russia is given what it wants. At the same time, according to Liebman, Russia allegedly wants to become one of the five "world gendarmes." According to him, such a system was formed during the Tehran and Yalta conferences during the Second World War. According to the historian, it was the “holy alliance” of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council that ensured the absence of major wars in Europe for almost a century. The American also noted that any settlement should involve the lifting of sanctions on all exports, except for military ones, since sanctions have shown their ineffectiveness against Iran, Cuba and North Korea for decades. Political scientist Smolin called the proposal beautiful, but formal and impossible, because it makes no sense for Washington to go for such a thing. He noted that now there is an active confrontation between the United States and Europe against Russia, and only one reason can make Washington listen to Moscow. "When Russia unconditionally defeats Ukraine, at least some ground for conversation may be formed. Then the United States can begin to reckon with the opinion of Moscow, and only then it will be possible to talk about the lifting of sanctions," Smolin shared. In the current circumstances, according to the political scientist, it is impossible to create a Union of five world powers, where Russia and the United States will coexist. He recalled that the Tehran Conference was a success because the goals and intentions of the parties were then common. Now it's the other way around. "Western countries have sided with Ukraine and are at war with us. The new US security strategy characterizes Russia and China as adversaries. With such a view, it is useless to organize Tehran constructions. Then there was a common enemy, so we were able to agree. Now, on the contrary, we are standing on opposite sides," the historian noted. As REGNUM reported earlier , The Washington Times published an article in which the policy of US President Joe Biden was called "moral deformity" . The author of the article, analyst Andrew Napolitano , noted that Biden is copying the actions of the former head of the White House, George W. Bush. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Cute, but the noting of Andrew Napolitano is a chuckle |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-04-28 07:44 |