It is incontestable that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed at U.S. direction for purposes of aggrandizing U.S. imperialism and marginalizing Soviet influence in Europe. But that was then. Today I see a Europe composed predominantly of democratic nations with social-democratic systems: far from ideal but unambiguously preferable to Russia’s system. NATO survives as a military alliance dominated by the U.S., but its partners, nations such as France and the reunited Germany, are no longer the basket cases they were after World War II. Vladimir Putin’s greatest achievement is helping to elevate to power a politician — Trump — and one of our two major political parties, who want to abandon Ukraine and destroy NATO.
There will be no negotiations because Muscovy is not a modern polity ruled by neoliberal elites. It is a failed colonial empire ruled by oil gangsters, which has decayed into a fascist dictatorship (not the Adolf variant, the Benito variant). That dictatorship is now committing genocidal violence against Ukraine, a struggling but genuine democracy. Muscovy will not stop its murder spree until it is defeated on the battlefield. Ergo, Ukraine deserves the full support of every progressive movement and every democracy on the planet.
Europe's comparatively light contributions to NATO preclude any European foreign policy, and thus strengthen US hegemony. Whether this is good or bad I leave as an exercise to the reader. (And it also seems to be changing.)
There will be no negotiations because Muscovy is not a modern polity ruled by neoliberal elites. It is a failed colonial empire ruled by oil gangsters, which has decayed into a fascist dictatorship (not the Adolf variant, the Benito variant). That dictatorship is now committing genocidal violence against Ukraine, a struggling but genuine democracy. Muscovy will not stop its murder spree until it is defeated on the battlefield. Ergo, Ukraine deserves the full support of every progressive movement and every democracy on the planet.
Europe's comparatively light contributions to NATO preclude any European foreign policy, and thus strengthen US hegemony. Whether this is good or bad I leave as an exercise to the reader. (And it also seems to be changing.)