'..We ignore Putin at our own peril.'
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'..On March 7, 1936, the German army violated the Treaty of Versailles and entered into the Rhineland .. We ignore Putin at our own peril,' 2014
'Podolyak dismissed as "very strange" calls in the West for an urgent ceasefire that would involve Russian forces remaining in territory they have occupied in Ukraine's south and east.
"The (Russian) forces must leave the country and after that the resumption of the peace process will be possible," he said.'
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Ukrainian negotiator rules out ceasefire or concessions to Russia, May 22, 2022
'A Russian military victory would lead to land grabs and brutal conquest becoming the new norm. Allowing a power-hungry fascist dictatorship to succeed will encourage other dictatorships to try.''Appeasement isn’t the voice of reason. It’s fear and short-sightedness that will only make things worse, something we’ve all seen too many times in the past.
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Make no mistake: If you appease a dictator, whose troops regularly indulge in war crimes, it will lead to a catastrophic geopolitical shift.
A Russian military victory would lead to land grabs and brutal conquest becoming the new norm. Allowing a power-hungry fascist dictatorship to succeed will encourage other dictatorships to try.
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As professor Timothy Snyder pointed out in his spectacular
guest essay, published on the same day as the controversial editorial, “so long as Nazi Germany seemed strong, Europeans and others were tempted. It was only on the battlefields of World War II that fascism was defeated.”
Ukraine will win, sooner or later, because no fascist state has ever truly prevailed over a free country.
The democratic world can make this victory come sooner and be less costly for the people of Ukraine and for the world. It can do so by stepping up military support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia.
Ukraine is fighting this war on behalf of the free world – to make sure it remains free. The free world must at least try to match the Ukrainians’ bravery.
- The Kyiv Independent (
Source, May 24, 2022)
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The hollowing out of politics (Russia), 2007
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