The Ukraine-Russia war is the only thing keeping a lot of European leaders in power. From Ian Proud at strategic-culture.su:
Going through the same loop each day will never bring peace to Ukraine.
In this week’s news, the coalition of the willing has committed to deploying troops to Ukraine in the event of a future ceasefire. The EU has sent a delegation to Washington DC to encourage the Trump administration to take a unified position on further economic sanctions, against Russia. President Zelensky has said that only pressure will force Russia to the negotiating table. And the Secretary General of NATO has declared that it is not for Russia to decide who can and cannot join the global military alliance.
If that sounds familiar, the headlines could have been written at any time since March of 2025 when the Coalition of the Willing was formed. Remove the Coalition reference, and the headline could have been written at any time since the war started.War
The soundtrack is on repeat. Every day Ursula von der Leyen, Mark Rutte, Friedrich Merz and others wake up to hear ‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny and Cher on their radio alarm clocks and the loop starts over again.
The key difference between real life and the 1993 cult movie classic, is that Bill Murray continually changes his daily routine to get what he wants, to win the affection of Rita, played by Andie McDowell. The only thing that doesn’t change is the ringing of the alarm clock.
In the case of the Coalition of the Willing and President Zelensky, their objective is to force President Putin to back down from his core demand in respect of the Ukraine war, that NATO obtain any sort of foothold in Ukraine. Unfortunately, unlike Bill Murray, they do the same thing day after day in the hope of a different result.
The reason this won’t work, is that Putin has now been talking about NATO enlargement since the 2007 Munich Security Conference, 18 years ago. Let’s take a look back over a shorter, eleven year horizon.
So send them to the meatgrinder what’s the hold up?
Don’t let Putin saying they are legitimate military targets scare you.
This is the WAR you wanted now suck on it.