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Mme. Defarge

(8,014 posts)
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 01:47 PM Mar 2022

What is it about poisoning peace negotiators

that speaks to the legitimacy of a country’s leader?

My question now about Biden’s unscripted nine word assertion that no doubt caused a run on the market for smelling salts, is what did the President know and when did he know it?

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What is it about poisoning peace negotiators (Original Post) Mme. Defarge Mar 2022 OP
In poker its Gordcanuck Mar 2022 #1
Who? What? Mad_Machine76 Mar 2022 #2
A number of Russian negotiators showed signs of poisoning.... getagrip_already Mar 2022 #4
The Russian team probably intended to poison the Ukrainians. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #5
Yeah Mad_Machine76 Mar 2022 #7
It's a little more subtle than defenestration. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #3
I didn't see it that way I guess. 2naSalit Mar 2022 #6
Reuters link..... getagrip_already Mar 2022 #8

getagrip_already

(14,647 posts)
4. A number of Russian negotiators showed signs of poisoning....
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 02:16 PM
Mar 2022

It is being attributed factions inside Russia, not Ukraine.

Their Reich wing poisoned their own negotiators.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
5. The Russian team probably intended to poison the Ukrainians.
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 02:17 PM
Mar 2022

But they fucked up and poisoned themselves too.

Mad_Machine76

(24,396 posts)
7. Yeah
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:25 PM
Mar 2022

I don't think Ukraine would have done that. Poison is Putin's preferred method for dealing with critics.

2naSalit

(86,335 posts)
6. I didn't see it that way I guess.
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 02:19 PM
Mar 2022

I saw it as an enhancement to Zelenskyy's resolve and strength. I do know that the russians are not acting in good faith in the negotiations so I think that find new ways to meet one's demands is necessary. It's not like most of the world doesn't agree, the quiet part not to spoken aloud, but it came out and perhaps for a good reason we might recognize at a later date.

I do see it as much ado about not much.

ETA: I had not scrolled down far enough to see the post about the envoys being poisoned!!



To that I say, I need to find out more about this. Hadn't seen that info before.

getagrip_already

(14,647 posts)
8. Reuters link.....
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:08 PM
Mar 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-billionaire-abramovich-ukrainian-peace-negotiators-hit-by-suspected-2022-03-28/

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba later took a similar line, saying in an interview on national television that "everyone is thirsty for news and sensations". However, he also added wryly: "I advise anyone going for negotiations with Russia not to eat or drink anything, (and) preferably avoid touching surfaces"
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