I think we SHOULD negotiate with the Russians.

[albacore]

Sit down across the table and calmly explain our "last and final offer".

1) Get out of Ukraine and stop shelling Ukraine cities.

Once that stops... once they are out... we can sit down again and discuss their actions to allow them back into the community of nations.

We don't need to make threats. The sanctions are crippling them, the whole continent is united against them (for now). And we can wait them out... might as well settle sooner rather than later.

[SheltieLover]

1. We don't negotiate with terrorists.

[former9thward]

13. Then why are we negotiating over Brittney Griner?

[SheltieLover]

14. Do you really believe pootin's invasion of Ukraine & Griner's imprisonment

Are in the same league?

She is an American citizen.

[former9thward]

16. It was you who said "we don't negotiate with terrorists"

So is it, we don't negotiate with terrorists except if it is an American citizen?

[SheltieLover]

18. We do not negotiate with terrorists.

[BlackSkimmer]

22. Good question. nt

[PortTack]

2. Never negotiate with terrorists..secondly, putler just said he's willing to commit 10-20 million men

To his goal of taking Ukraine…you really think he wants to negotiate?

[louis-t]

3. You think he will find 10-20 million men willing to

die for his dream of putting the band back together?

[PortTack]

23. No not al all..that was one of my points.

[SheltieLover]

17. He wants Ukraine's neon, critical for chip mfg.

So, no.

[Ilsa]

4. The US has been negotiating with putin over

Whelan, Griner, etc. Putin doesn't want to negotiate over anything.

[WarGamer]

5. This will last for years.

[WheelWalker]

6. Unconditional Retreat or Surrender.

[dutch777]

12. You can call it negotiation if you want, but yeah, pull back to the borders of 2013

I doubt Putin can go that far politically/internally so therein lies the rub, whether it is the Ukraine military that pushes that far on their own or Russians/Putin falling apart on their own, it will be problematic in any case. I really don't see a clean end to this, sadly. Much needless suffering and decades of rebuilding and everyone involved weakened and crippled. Not to mention the collateral damage to many beyond RU and Ukraine.

[Jack the Greater]

21. Or else... what?

[HariSeldon]

7. That is not asking nearly enough of Russia

Ukraine needs territory well within 80km of Moscow and, ideally, of Minsk (though that is not Russian territory). In lieu of Belarusian territory, a 100km wide strip of Russian land along Russia's border with Belarus to reduce Kyiv's vulnerability to Russian forces might be acceptable. Also, enough Russian territory toward Georgia, including all Russian territory around the Sea of Azov (Crimea included, of course) to recompense Ukraine for the damage inflicted by this conflict.

[WarGamer]

8. Don't hold your breath.

[Me.]

9. How Many People Have Been Killed/Brutialized Since THe Start Of His War Of Choice

and before? Why would anyone trust a war criminal ?

I don't understand where this is coming from all of a sudden nor why.

[PJMcK]

10. Nope

[Bev54]

11. Sorry but there is the subject of war crimes, Putin and his military need

to pay for those crimes. Negotiate with their replacements full stop.

[tirebiter]

15. No discussion without Ukraine at the table.

[panader0]

19. This is correct. The war is between Russia and Ukraine, not the US and Russia.

We should not decide what Ukraine wants.
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