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In reply to the discussion: Jeffrey Sachs: A Negotiated End to Fighting in Ukraine Is the Only Real Way to End the Bloodshed [View all]DFW
(54,396 posts)47. THOSE are his "four major issues?"
Putin is in the process of eradicating all Ukrainian access to water, heating, and food at the onset of winter, and Sachs says the four major issues of negotiation should not include ANY of the above?
Sachs is sick (or else, he spends too much time in front of his computer screen), and Amy Goodman has lost her way if she stands behind such an unfeeling position. She never came across to me as someone that heartless. I wonder what brought this on?
What possessed these people to think that poor Putin, sitting in his luxurious digs in the Kremlin, is in need of some consideration from the very people he is trying to bomb back to the Stone Age? Or, maybe more accurately, the Ice Age?
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cbabe
Dec 2022
OP
It dates back to supporting Soviet tanks in Hungary. Now it refers to uncritical support of the USSR
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2022
#19
tankie refers to the Soviet tanks used to defeat the 1956 Hungarian Revolution & the 1968 Prague
Celerity
Dec 2022
#38
The negotiated settlement is: "Russia, get out of our country, or we'll keep kicking your asses!"
Aristus
Dec 2022
#3
Please explain in more depth. Is Sachs another Russian stooge or what? How does he enable Russia? Ed
cbabe
Dec 2022
#14
He's an economist whose neoliberal "shock therapy" economic policy put post-USSR Russia into its
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2022
#16
Because he chimes in on things like the Green New Deal while also flirting with bizarre
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2022
#20
While a negotiated end may be the only real way to end it, Russia's positions preclude it
karynnj
Dec 2022
#18
Considering how well Turkey has treated its minorities, especially, but not just, the Kurds
DFW
Dec 2022
#46
His shock therapy is what led major Russian industries into the hands of the oligarchs.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2022
#35
Fine. There can be talks when Ukraine is ready for it. We'll support them the whole way.
Amishman
Dec 2022
#36