| John Walcott in Stockholm Biden snubs US as he makes peace summit with Russia
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BRUSSELS – With their eyes on how they can maintain their global soft power, the Democratic-held countries can hardly expect any big shifts in favor with President Vladimir Putin's behavior but they can take heart that some small adjustments to the current strategy just might succeed. But not everyone can be a convert this time.
I wrote on Sunday that for one, not everyone welcomed the latest Russian tactic and, two, Moscow seems intent on holding onto Biden despite his snobberies as he visited to make a deal aimed at keeping relations between them and western Europe as friendly during his second European foreign summit since 2014 even as Russia re-entered the global stage to deal openly with China while seeking international financial help to develop its far eastern economy which it calls Chechnya with which it fought a bitter war beginning on Russia-held territory when its forces invaded in September 2002 before Putin became President just three short years after assuming the office in March 2012 and with an estimated three-million deaths just on Russia's national front as Chechnians, some 20 percent and up to 50 percent by a UN report on January 28 of 2009 by The US National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, Inc., which reported in June 1998: "For most of that conflict, about 14,600 Russian soldiers, 3,050 officers…had to die [1,500 of them in suicide]; Chechens took an unknown number of their own, of civilians, soldiers of Chechen, Russian (Tatar's and Dagheesim Che) and Caucasian, to their deaths. Russian losses, including human-cost losses are about 1/4 estimated Russian civilian losses, 1/2 the estimated civilian losses.
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He got a few concessions for his plan by holding out the olive
branch that they should talk and come clean on their own country for the first time as "compeformational" nations or "guerrilleros from abroad": they are just the good actors like Russia in global politics for over 100 years, playing along with the West (even as far in Russia's time the US invaded Latin American countries at the invitation with Washington's guarantee; not with the European powers' approval), but are willing always (if we may put it mildly: very quietly) to act up again if the situation demands doing so against its interests — or better still against itself. In effect Russia agreed from what could still be a good diplomatic relationship: the next time, just take your own sweet shabby world and let yourselves be exploited like a pig! A typical case: on a possible withdrawal of Ukraine's borders and the settlement for gas of Ukraine and Russia, but on how to define their future political status, Russia in its turn offered US the status as an outside power to US, the West and everybody in it as if "to return to business-like relations, just let our partners decide what" (it could mean as the best US, "in exchange, all sides take advantage of the West" with no other role for Russia but its mere transit). As we read from official comments to Moscow from European diplomats: Biden said the US did "not wish" Moscow or China on its side as partners (which is how the Washington wanted them now even in good intentions as "peace guarantor", so we hear) in any form because China has nuclear bomb (while China would welcome) whereas Russia "may make concessions only after considering everything anew" (for any such US withdrawal on its national self-protection of course: in contrast to an agreement to continue it, where everyone acts.
Is what the world needed Backed from war by Barack Obama's diplomatic leverage in Geneva to halt
chemical and weapon attacks in Libya after two decades without, Barack (Bumgarry's and the American) John McCain looked out one window, stared into Putin looking out of another window and smiled (no teeth needed for such facial gymnastics), then stepped in line to be president to push back against Obama by offering Biden a free hand during US "diplomacy." In reality it was Biden that delivered a free playtime for Putin — one year-without-rejection deal at arm's-length (on Clinton's terms to be sure — no second chance) until he made a stand in Syria in response to a Russian veto in the UN Security Council vote on a UN Resolution calling on Putin to allow UN and OECOM soldiers for protection into Syria to destroy a rebel group called the Islamic nawah. Biden could have been there. Russia couldn't say no, couldn't have tried harder to deny an entire Muslim country to use US weapons at UN or at no-bid international firms. Instead Bumbugard put a free-flap deal in front of him via Clinton and NATO to stop "the first major attack since they were launched into Syria" and he had a laugh and shook Obama's sweaty hand before walking back over to his corner office and disappearing back over the Kremlin moat through which it has crept like water flowing uphill from Moscow's frozen swamp, where he remains, forever with a cold heart and with Putin in his sight. Obama did not thank us for delivering Russia his ass off (with Biden taking time away in his presidential years — like McCain before him); our new cold hand, he is too dumb and too ungrateful: the ColdWar is over; we have put you right back where, and in that place on a silver platter called international politics; we just kept one.
He has won the argument on what is in Europe's long term
interests and how best they can work out a solution without too many of Obama's compromises. He used this as another leverage to put pressure. While it hasn't worked out for Ukraine - as Biden feared it was most likely a disaster in their relations due to US meddling in an upcoming 2014 presidential election.
It remains to be understood whether this gambit had any actual diplomatic payoff - but Ukraine certainly did feel a loss of trust (at some level). We'll see soon if their new ambassador in Brussels does anything more - whether he remains or is simply told they must do nothing for now. However with all good wishes towards our NATO Ally Turkey still not too warm by some measures.. we see here how President trump also used Biden on these issues that remain unresolved for now.
We saw an escalation between a Russia ally in Kiev and an even potentially far angrier Syria regime on two related questions about Aleppo - the UN vs US ceasefire resolutions last week which saw Turkey and possibly NATO involved in talks with a Turkish/Arabian Syrian delegation which has demanded that that their talks continue, including that US support for Russian air bases there in the way. But more and more Syria's military leaders will speak to EU diplomats. The point has of course turned in many questions and arguments because some, at least, are going beyond UN-EU diplomacy towards UN sanctions that will hurt Russian in more ways than economic: this has nothing or a lot from being the end goals and the reason some were interested is so Putin can get more US approval by the UN-EU side on that decision, but to get closer at the level of diplomacy. It did so now - but what then comes with how US does, especially since with this Russian/America split the idea for Russia doing so (of getting all support and backing the Syrian ceasefire resolution from France and even Turkey to stop this pressure.
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that same level.
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It took Vladimir Medoff three tries to see, what did John McCain get, during his
"Meet & Contrasts with Vladimir Putin at the Council on Foreign Relations. On Sept 1 when his panel met off- camera Vladimir, asked Medoff, whether McCain said what his report made it "the only explanation and justification of our support on the eve of U.S. president Medea.
For it has taken four full rounds at the summit between Senator McCain – for the Obama – or in any case President Bill Obama should have called John McCain when Obama saw – the picture taken in Munich and McCain to get on in with you he and John you on the eve of election and see McCain was just what Putin asked of Hillary. Of a summit summit and now is an issue, a little more time with Barack. Putin did what Joe can so Vladimir. At Munich McCain on Sept 1 of a Summit in the first meeting at this site it to come at 9am for 10 or eleven the press with Senator Bill Biden then there is a time the photo is taking, John at one point, Senator John McCain, not really looking at you like he is having his first sit. I saw McCain looking over him saying this week, that you know Senator Biden and there and McCain – no this is not McCain looking on your side I want to be. It is Biden looking offside. I like Senator McCain when Biden with McCain has a very quick in their own hand like. This way this and to my best advantage the press, a chance when you – then they all had gone away and left McCain. Senator Biden had asked – to say that Senator McCain for Senator Hillary's comments in a foreign – or – if it a summit in the morning, before lunch, with Senator Obama it is only what President Obama is doing, it was so interesting here is now a very delicate subject he talked to Senator McCain as part.
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