As negotiations between representatives of France, Germany, Ukraine, Russia and Russia’s proxies (aka the “separatists”) get underway in Minsk, the prospects for any fair and lasting peace accord are almost certainly nil.In Vladimir Putin’s “19th century” mentality, which so surprised and dismayed the US Secretary of State, one negotiates in good faith only if one can get more at the table than on the battlefield. This is certainly not the case today: Russia-paid and Russia-armed “separatists”, led by spetsnaz special ops troops and supported by thousands of Russian paratroopers, as well as missiles, tanks and artillery pouring across the border, …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research