Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Ian Gaunt's avatar

A total fiasco.

If Witkoff wanted to learn something about the subject he is supposed to have already mastered, he could do worse than read on one of his journeys to Moscow the 277 pages of Johns Hopkins Prof Eugene Finkel's excellent "Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine".

In fact, as your article correctly points out, Witkoff knows nothing about Russia or Ukraine or the background to the conflict he is supposed to help solve.

With his abject admiration for Putin, Witkoff will advise Trump to agree to anything Putin puts forward and Ukraine can be coerced to accept. The objective is solely to enable the facile Trump to claim glory as a "peacemaker".

The problem for Trump and Witkoff is that, however hard-pressed, the Ukrainians will not simply roll over and give up their country and sovereignty to become a Russian vassal again. The self appointed Americans, having already confirmed that they will not help Ukraine with arms, have nothing of substance to offer in this "negotiation".

Your article is quite wrong to describe Kellogg as pro-Ukraine. He may be less overtly pro-Putin than Witkoff and Trump but his failure to acknowledge Russia's manifest aggression in Ukraine and Russia's responsibility for the war speaks volumes about which side he is on.

Expand full comment
Ian Gaunt's avatar

Sadly true.

Expand full comment
4 more comments...

No posts