Phoenix68
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"With Presidunce Spanky having failed to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office—as he had promised—Europe faces a profound, and admittedly difficult, choice: either take a decisive role in securing peace in Ukraine, with all the risks it may entail, or fade into geopolitical irrelevance.
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Any deal Ukraine makes with Russia to end the war, which has taken many tens of thousands of lives, has to be guaranteed by military force. Spanky has shown that he will not step in—at least on Ukraine's side. That leaves the European Union and its allies as the only viable force with the political will to save Ukraine. As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, securing a lasting peace in Ukraine is "essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future."
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Is there, then, a route to lasting peace in Ukraine? Yes. Ukraine can invite European troops (not under a NATO banner) onto its territory, to protect its sovereignty and keep peace on the borders of Europe. This has been done before. The classic example being the U.S.-UK-French deployment in West Berlin during the Cold War.
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Protecting Ukraine would also signal that the EU is serious about its defense and demonstrate to the wavering United States that the EU is a capable partner. If Europeans want to avoid war in Europe, deter threats, and fundamentally matter in today's world, they must be prepared to engage directly in Ukraine."
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Any deal Ukraine makes with Russia to end the war, which has taken many tens of thousands of lives, has to be guaranteed by military force. Spanky has shown that he will not step in—at least on Ukraine's side. That leaves the European Union and its allies as the only viable force with the political will to save Ukraine. As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, securing a lasting peace in Ukraine is "essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future."
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Is there, then, a route to lasting peace in Ukraine? Yes. Ukraine can invite European troops (not under a NATO banner) onto its territory, to protect its sovereignty and keep peace on the borders of Europe. This has been done before. The classic example being the U.S.-UK-French deployment in West Berlin during the Cold War.
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Protecting Ukraine would also signal that the EU is serious about its defense and demonstrate to the wavering United States that the EU is a capable partner. If Europeans want to avoid war in Europe, deter threats, and fundamentally matter in today's world, they must be prepared to engage directly in Ukraine."
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