WSJ: Trump Wants the EU to Do Peacekeeping in the Ukraine

Trump appears to vow that he won’t “abandon” Ukraine, whatever that means exactly. It would be nice to know, for instance, if “not abandoning” Ukraine means continuing to arm and fund Ukraine, but apparently that’s still an intolerable level of specifics to get into pic.twitter.com/6ROAByooRd

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 12, 2024

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There is probably going to have to be some kind of peacekeepers in the Ukraine following the end of the conflict, because Ukrainians themselves are going to be trying to kill Zelensky and everyone else in the government and the whole situation is going to descend into mass chaos.

They still have all of these weapons, and they can’t be allowed to become a terrorist state.

Russia doesn’t want to do this job, and America shouldn’t do it. There is no one other than the EU.

That is, unless the US backs some kind of military dictatorship in the Ukraine, which would be the best option for all parties.

RT:

US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed that EU members send peacekeepers to Ukraine to monitor a ceasefire with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Trump ran for the White House on the promise of negotiating a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but has been reluctant to reveal any specifics of his actual proposal since winning the election.

Speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky last Saturday, Trump argued that “Europe” should play the main role in monitoring a ceasefire and that no US troops would be involved, the Journal reported, citing “officials briefed on the meeting.”

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The hypothetical peacekeeping or monitoring mission in Ukraine would not be under NATO command but would involve troops from member countries of the US-led bloc, according to the unnamed officials, who admitted this was something they were not sure Russia would accept.

There is no such thing as a “US peacekeeping operation.” Whenever the US sends in troops for alleged peacekeeping following a conflict, such as in Syria, they are there to stir up another conflict (as they just did in Syria).

There is no way Russia would tolerate US/NATO peacekeepers, but the EU can probably do this.

The problem is that the US could easily slip in troops among these EU peacekeepers and start trying to turn the country into a terrorist state.

Needless to say, we can’t really take what the Wall Street Journal says very seriously either way. It’s possible Trump isn’t even going to try to end the war at all. Certainly, his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has no interest in that.

Just look at this video where he refers to Putin as “El Diablo Grande Cabron”:

Marco Rubio:

“Maduro no es solamente un dictador, es un narcotraficante, él y Diosdado Cabello, y muchos otros que se han lucrado de la droga (…) estamos lidiando con unos mafiosos que controlan un territorio nacional” 🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/5xf51w0YUg

— emiliano 🇻🇪 (@ElPaisDeLaFe) November 13, 2024

(NOTE: I don’t know that he says that in this video. I don’t understand monkey.)