America is abandoning the battleground
Donald Trump wants peace, now. Volodymyr Zelensky and his European supporters want victory, later. This is what the very public disagreement in the Oval Office on Friday was all about. Peace through victory — essentially the Second World War model — is the lens through which virtually all European leaders, and most commentators view the Russia-Ukraine conflict. America sees it differently.
The absurdity of the European position was perhaps best captured in its full hubris last year by the historian and writer Anne Applebaum when she won a prestigious German peace prize. During her acceptance speech, she maintained that victory was more important than peace, asserting that the West’s ultimate goal should be regime change in Russia. “We must help Ukrainians achieve victory, and not only for the sake of Ukraine,” she said. “If there is even a small chance that military defeat could help end this horrific cult of violence in Russia, just as military defeat brought an end to the cult of violence in Germany, we should take it.” This is the Second World War model in its purest form.
LMAO! The pro Zelensky protest outside the White House is one of the lowest-energy protests I’ve ever attended
I almost couldn’t find it
Seems to be a direct result of USAID funding drying up. pic.twitter.com/d3hwE8fP7W
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 2, 2025
This is how the tyrant Zelensky “recruits” people into his armed forces. This is what the UK just gave £2.8bn to support. The truth is @JDVance was right in what he said to Zelensky pic.twitter.com/BNYx8pLfPN
— David Vance (@DVATW) March 2, 2025
