So, here’s a comment I left on twitter when news of this “ceasefire agreement” broke yesterday
It was that obvious the con was on and the spin was being readied.
Recall my comment from two days ago?
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I’m still not grasping how it is that the Ukraine and US are sitting down to talk about a ceasefire without Russia present.
“The talks will focus on developing a framework for a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. ”
Without Moscow?
The whole idea of these talks made zero sense, other than as way to mislead the people- Russia wasn’t at those talks (as mentioned 2 days ago)
Cue today’s headlines!! Variations on the same theme, created to demonize Russia. To present Russia as a bad actor. Colour me, completely unsurprised.
Of course, UK, helped to make this ceasefire happen….
In the course of agreeing to this ceasefire, the US is going to re arm Ukraine
A ceasefire that includes the reinstatement of military aid- Doesn’t sound like a ceasefire to me
Following the announcement, the Trump administration said it would reinstate military aid to Ukraine and restart intelligence-sharing with Kyiv
The sharing of intelligence never stopped
Linked articles in both posts below
And the minerals deal- well it’s about long term prosperity and security
After a rocky start to those negotiations, officials from the U.S. and Ukraine announced an agreement on March 11, 2025. The U.S. would resume support and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, with some conditions, and both agreed to work toward
“a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources to expand Ukraine’s economy and guarantee Ukraine’s long-term prosperity and security.”
Exactly as I’d mentioned in 2 previous posts
So, now the ball is in Russia’s court and here’s what Marco Rubio had to say
“We all eagerly await the Russian response and urge them strongly to consider ending all hostilities,” Reuters quoted Rubio as saying during a stop in Ireland after US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.
“If they say no, then obviously we’ll have to examine everything and sort of figure out where we stand in the world and what their true intentions are. I think it’ll be if they say no, it’ll tell us a lot about what their goals are and what their mindset is,” he added.’
It’s obvious where this is going…
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Hi Penny:
In a war, when does the side that is winning ask for a cease fire? Russia should not agree to the cease fire and then wait to see what the response is, whether Trump is seriously interested in peace or war. Bounce the ball back into the American’s court and wait for the response. In this card game, Russia holds the cards.
Ukraine and the US want this ceasefire to rearm Ukraine-
I’m awaiting Russian position, I think it’s going to be rejection, and I expect the Trump administration to spin Russia in a negative light- Trump can continue to sell himself as the voice for peace, while also distancing himself from all the nonsensical claims about him being a Putin ally or a Russian asset.
The Russian authorities would do well not to be pushed to make a decision.
The history of the North American continent is full of treaties that the Anglo-Saxon side did not consider adhering to.
The most recent evidence of this are the two Minsk Treaties, which the western side (under the leadership of the Anglo-Saxons) decided on at the moments of Ukrainian defeat. But according to the admission of Merkel and Hollande and then the Biden administration, these contracts only served to save time and strengthen the armament of Ukrainians.
Russia should now use the momentum and put an end to the fascist spook in Ukraine.
For a clear understanding, one more thing: by Anglo-Saxons I mean the leadership layer, the elected one who pretends to decide what, and the one in the background who is not elected, but makes the decisions.
Best regards from Old Europe from Gallier the Elder
I’ve been hoping you or your brother would stop by, to give us additional European perspectives, If you want to shed some light on the Poland, Germany situation or have a link to something that would be great too!!
Thank You!
I think Russia has already decided against and who can blame them?
I am certainly not a connoisseur of Poland now, but if you are familiar with Eastern European Just a little preoccupied with history, we know that as for the Poles, only one thing distinguishes them: their abysmal hatred of the Russians, and from this the political ways and actions of this country can be well explained. And one must not lose sight of the fact that they are the most obedient lap-dogs of the Americans.
As for my country of birth, France. With Macron, the 0 point of political quality has been reached. In my lifetime, I’ve seen presidents come and go, but no one is as underground as this psychopath. Anyone who lived under a president Charles de Gaulle in his childhood, and only dealt with him a little, knows that he was an extraordinary statesman. That was also the reason why he was damaged by the color revolution of “May 68” and he was “eliminated (greetings from the CIA).
After that, only lackeys came. Pompidou, who gave away the independence of the Banque de France, and thus initiated the country’s public debt career. Giscard d’Estaing, who was gradually shifting the sovereignty of France to Brussels. Mitterrand, the former Nazi collaborator who was responsible for countless affairs, murders and assassinations. Chirac, who washed his way through his legislative periods, and felt like a gaullist. Then the traitor Sarkozy, who delivered the country to America by returning to NATO. Who also pushed through the referendum of the French voters against the ratification of the Constitution of the European Union (54.87% of the voters were against it) through parliament (this is what is sold as democracy). And now this would-be Napoleon, who is barking at the Russian Federation.
There is not much to say about my country of residence, Germany. The country has been occupied since 1945. And in the case of an occupation, the occupied person has as much free space as the occupier allows him.
Adenauer, the first chancellor of Germany, was closely connected with the American High Commissioner for Germany, John Jay McCloy. McCloy was married to a cousin of Adenauer’s second wife. Adenauer was the Chancellor who rejected German reunification in 1952 according to the Austrian model (neutrality). In Germany, we had three chancellors who gained some leeway over US America: Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt and Helmut Kohl. Currently still in office Olaf Scholz, to whom I extrapolate as the only one that he has refused to deliver Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
The chancellor in a waiting position, Merz, said in the last election campaign that he would deliver the Taurus to Ukraine. My only hope lies in the fact that knowing that he has already broken almost all his election promises 24 hours after the election, this announcement of a delivery of the Taurus will also turn out to be just chatter.
If not?
If the first Taurus rocket hits Russian soil, the lights will go out in our country afterwards.
There is still a statement on the European Union under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen.
This person has already proven in federal politics in three ministries her absolute inability to achieve something constructive or positive. So not the best condition to expect something reasonable at this level.
I have written this text in German and have it translated via Yandex.ru
Best regards dear friends
Gallier the Elder
Many of the Poles hate Ukrainians too- for obvious reasons
“And one must not lose sight of the fact that they are the most obedient lap-dogs of the Americans. ”
That’s been obvious for some time now, kind of sad, really.
Macron, where to start? I can recall writing about him at the old site and Sarkozy? I can recall his blathering before and during the destruction of Libya
went to the old site and found a 2008 post
Is the US losing it’s grip on Europe?
Interesting thoughts from Willian Pfaff and definitely worth reading the entire article for it’s european perspective on a number of recent issues.
The United States, as Richard Holbrook observed several years ago, became and has remained in certain respects “a European power” ever since the second world war. Europeans have often grumbled, and Charles DeGaulle during his 1950s presidency successfully reestablished French political and strategic autonomy.
—- hence all the assassination attempts, way more than I’d realized–
But France’s critical position versus the U.S. has had relatively little serious consequence except by de-legitimating, so to speak, the Bush Administration’s invasion of Iraq in 2003, forcing Washington to give up the attempt to win UN Security Council approval for that war.
That was six years ago, and Nicolas Sarkozy, when elected France’s president in 2007, proclaimed his admiration for the U.S. and his intention to restore France to full NATO membership. But since then, much political and financial drama has occurred.
—-And there’s Sarkozy– and the full restoration of France to NATO-
—-We, hubby and I, were talking about de Gaulle and the nukes
“France is the only member of the European Union to possess independent (non-NATO) nuclear weapons”
Of course this was under de Gaulle
I think around that time- the election of Sarkozy, the returning of France back to NATO, including his running off to Georgia to negotiate after Georgia had foolishly attacked the Russian peacekeepers to make George Bush/US was hands off- though they weren’t-
really showed the absolute willingness of European leaders to cater to US interests, in exchange for security.
It’s interesting now, after all this time of Europe being coddled by the US, to understand that while the US still wants Russia weak, they have China in their sights and want Europe to keep Russia in line, while enriching the US military industrial complex, although the US has effectively destroyed the EU economy, particularly Germany.
I can’t shake this idea of the US acting like a leach.. In an attempt to stay empowered they are encouraging other nations to commit suicide so the US maintains it’s global hegemony- It won’t work, but, the US is trying
Lastly, best regards to you and yours Gallier the Elder 🙂
For all
Gallier the elder and his brother been friends to this site, prior to that, my old site. kaz came along from the old site as well.
I appreciate their thoughts, as I do everyone’s. Admittedly, I am and have always been heavily interested in geopolitical/political machinations and it’s good to have such reflective friends about 🙂