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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 420002" data-attributes="member: 35">As far as ending the war goes, there&#039;s no such thing as a perfect solution.&nbsp; Trump has threatened Russia with sanctions if they don&#039;t comply, saying &quot;I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia.&nbsp; I don’t want to do that, because I want to get peace.”&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure that&#039;s enough to sway Putin, who&#039;s hoping to gain Ukrainian territory and the guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO.&nbsp; The latter demand seems reasonable to me, but I do agree it would set a bad precedent if Russia got part of Ukraine in the deal.On the other hand, innocent Ukrainians will continue to be killed for the foreseeable future if something isn&#039;t done.&nbsp; I&#039;m not under any delusion that Putin&#039;s a trustworthy person, and he will likely have to be pressured into agreeing to a ceasefire and withdrawing troops.&nbsp; What that pressure looks like exactly remains to be seen.&nbsp; Trump&#039;s envoy, Steve Witkoff<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/witkoff-trump-gaza-hamas-israel-ceasefire-envoy-rcna187954" target="_blank">,</a> arrived in Moscow today to meet with Putin.&nbsp; One thing the US could offer is to stop meddling in the affairs of Ukraine and facilitating a proxy war with Russia.Putin&#039;s word isn&#039;t reliable, but I believe peace is at least worth trying for.&nbsp; At the very least, the US could stop contributing to the war by cutting off funding for weaponry.&nbsp; Or we could just hit the self-destruct button and push Russia into threatening the world with nukes.&nbsp; That seems to be where we&#039;re headed in this polarized, divided world we live in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 420002, member: 35"] As far as ending the war goes, there's no such thing as a perfect solution. Trump has threatened Russia with sanctions if they don't comply, saying "I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. I don’t want to do that, because I want to get peace.” I'm not sure that's enough to sway Putin, who's hoping to gain Ukrainian territory and the guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO. The latter demand seems reasonable to me, but I do agree it would set a bad precedent if Russia got part of Ukraine in the deal. On the other hand, innocent Ukrainians will continue to be killed for the foreseeable future if something isn't done. I'm not under any delusion that Putin's a trustworthy person, and he will likely have to be pressured into agreeing to a ceasefire and withdrawing troops. What that pressure looks like exactly remains to be seen. Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff[URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/witkoff-trump-gaza-hamas-israel-ceasefire-envoy-rcna187954'],[/URL] arrived in Moscow today to meet with Putin. One thing the US could offer is to stop meddling in the affairs of Ukraine and facilitating a proxy war with Russia. Putin's word isn't reliable, but I believe peace is at least worth trying for. At the very least, the US could stop contributing to the war by cutting off funding for weaponry. Or we could just hit the self-destruct button and push Russia into threatening the world with nukes. That seems to be where we're headed in this polarized, divided world we live in. [/QUOTE]

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