From Moon of Alabama blog:

I posted this originally in the last thread, but since this opened up I’ll repost here

I’ve been kicking around that Trump is trying to create a modern version of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In the original Molotov–Ribbentrop pact Germany and the Soviet Union, signed a temporary non-aggression pact and agreed to divide Poland between the two of them. The Soviets wanted parts of Poland to provide strategic depth to delay the invasion from Germany once the war began and it wanted the non-aggression pact to buy time to reorganize its army and economy for the upcoming war. German wanted back the territory it had lost at the end of WW1 (plus some extra as interest) but it also wanted a non-aggression pact so it could focus on trying to convince England and France to join Germany in declaring war on the Soviet Union.

I think the US is attempting something similar here, cut a deal with the Russians to divide Ukraine between them. Russia will get something like 80-90% of what it wants but the US’s real goal is a (temporary) non-aggression pact with Russia so the US can beat the Europeans & Canadians into line and pillage them economically. The US will recapitalize itself with wealth stolen from the Europeans and then confront the Chinese and Russians in another 5-10 yrs. This time using the desperate and impoverished European masses as cannon fodder.

Posted by: Kadath | Feb 26 2025 14:55 utc | 2

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