Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown:
whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and
thrive, it must not be either side’s outpost against the other — it should
function as a bridge between them.
Russia must accept that to try to force Ukraine into a
satellite status, and thereby move Russia’s borders again, would doom Moscow to
repeat its history of self-fulfilling cycles of reciprocal pressures with
Europe and the United States (Washington Post).
The foregoing excerpt is from an article by Henry A. Kissinger from March 5, 2014. Published by the Washington Post eight years ago, the article is titled: Henry Kissinger: To settle the Ukraine crisis, start at the end. Obviously, Kissinger knew and understood more about the Ukrainian crisis years ago than many do today. Read more at the link below.
Rest in peace, Henry Kissinger.
ReplyDeleteSomething from two years ago about something Kissinger said ten years ago? Was he right? I say yes! We can learn things the easy way (with diplomacy), or we can learn things the hard way (with war). Sooner or later we will learn that he was right, but sadly the wrong way was seemingly chosen. Well, I suppose many families will be able to visit military graves in the future to remember them and what could have been of their short lives.
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