Windy and partly cloudy this evening. Mostly cloudy with diminishing winds after midnight. Low 52F. WNW winds at 20 to 30 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Higher wind gusts possible..
Tonight
Windy and partly cloudy this evening. Mostly cloudy with diminishing winds after midnight. Low 52F. WNW winds at 20 to 30 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
“Only dialogue and diplomacy can end the devastating war in Ukraine.” This was the pronouncement by a group call The Elders, an international collection of retired state leaders dedicated to peaceful solutions around the world. Former Irish President Mary Robinson heads up the group. Luckily, no one has asked the group to withdraw its statement on the subject, much as the progressive wing of the Democratic Party felt obliged to do. Although many of that group’s signers still thought it was just stating what was merely common sense. However, things now appear to be changing here as well. Perhaps the statement by Henry Kissinger may have finally struck a resonance in the otherwise tone deaf towers of Washington.
“We are at the edge of war with Russia and China on issues which we partly created, without any concept of how this is going to end or what it’s supposed to lead to.”
Maybe at age 99 his words are something we ought to consider more seriously. I doubt he would be willing to retract his statement to please this administration.
Kissinger is not suggesting that we offer the first compromise but rather criticizing how we got here. The war would not have started if NATO had armed sufficiently. Putin is now loosing because he has a WW-II army that can't counter modern missiles technology. Offering him a compromise will only prolong the war and encourage future aggression. We need to support Ukraine with missiles until Putin asks for a compromise or his own country removes him.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(1) comment
Kissinger is not suggesting that we offer the first compromise but rather criticizing how we got here. The war would not have started if NATO had armed sufficiently. Putin is now loosing because he has a WW-II army that can't counter modern missiles technology. Offering him a compromise will only prolong the war and encourage future aggression. We need to support Ukraine with missiles until Putin asks for a compromise or his own country removes him.
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.