PEACEMAKER

Is there a person of international influence who can make peace by reconciling Russia with Ukraine? No. Is reconciliation plausible? Achievable? No. The issue is not between Russia and Ukraine. It's Putin vs Ukraine. Makes all the difference. Putin calls his invasionary soldiers, peacekeepers. Euphemism. On War day 29 Putin refuses to have peace-talk with Zelenskyy. Not surprising.

LET’S MAKE A DEAl

A peace deal? No! No deal! Deal with Putin. Ukraine & Russia have talked. Freedom versus capitulation. No deal. Won’t deal. Shelling continues. Obliterating cityscapes & civilians. The Free World Summit options for a deal. Circuitous. Indecisive. What’s the deal? Break Putin’s resolve. Castigate. Punish. That’s the deal. Enough

PUTIN’S WAR

IT IS A WAR. Putin made it a war. It’s Putin’s war. It’s not his to win. Putin will lose more than this war. He’s lost respect. Putin’s armies are dispirited. He’s lost his edge. He’s lost his mind. United democracies condemn him. He’s lost his place. The G12 of industrially advanced countries does not include him and Russia. The G7 included Russia in 1997 and became G8. That will change. He may yet choose chemical weapons. NATO will decisively end Putin’s war. In time he’ll lose veneration of Russians and may garner disgust. He may lose his life. In the wake of Putin, millions of people have lost hope and homes and life.