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Did Zelensky Blow Up The Ukraine Deal?

2025-12-09 News & Politics
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US Policy Critique: Russia, Europe, and Questionable Strategic Neutrality

Analyze why the National Security Strategy risks weakening allies by equivocating between Russian aggression and European democracy, and understand the implications for US security guarantees to Ukraine.

Short Summary

  • The US National Security Strategy (NSS) incorrectly treats European democracies' internal issues as equivalent to Russian authoritarianism, undermining strategic clarity.
  • America must actively counter Russian expansion and provide tangible support (like LNG), rather than adopting a neutral broker role.
  • Critique focuses on how hedging reliability compromises security guarantees, potentially encouraging further Russian predation like historical land concessions.

This segment dissects the perceived failures within the National Security Strategy regarding Russia and Ukraine. The discussion emphasizes providing firm American support to Europe to counter Russian geopolitical aims while cautioning against lecturing allies on democracy amidst severe threats.

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Top Comments (10)

@FirstGenImmigrant 2025-12-10

Ben, reminder - the only reason Ukraine doesn't have nukes - USA promised to guarantee the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

219 53 replies
@rkey870 2025-12-10

its funny how everyone is concerned with Zelensky having elections, meanwhile Putin is a low life dictator who basically ran against himself for his election..

180 25 replies
@evalevy2909 2025-12-10

Not only do our enemies take note, our friebds take note too.

151 19 replies
@anteroruponen 2025-12-10

Only Europeans buying Russian oil and gas are Slovakia and Hungary that openly support Russia and that Trump is so good friends with. Trump himself gave Hungary permission to keep buying Russian oil even after sanctions.

122 29 replies
@Apollothedemonwalker 2025-12-10

No. Russia has blown up the deal. They have rejected every single deal presented to them for nearly 11 months.

92 8 replies
@ChOfDenis 2025-12-10

If Ukraine surrender whole Donetsk region it would be the same as with Czech in 1938.

88 40 replies
@pufisty 2025-12-09

As a ukrainian, i just don't understand one thing. Simple security guarantees. Is this too much to ask for? Like, i don't want my hometown Kharkiv to repeat the horrible fate of Mariupol in 5 years or so. But there's nothing we can do about it, i guess.

73 58 replies
@IRStat1c 2025-12-10

as a republican I think Trumps handling of Ukraine is infuriating and shameful, he’s making the same mistake Biden did with the Afghanistan retreat.

49 9 replies
@BigG99 2025-12-11

Trumps weak stance on Ukraine is making Russia bolder. As a conservative I am not ashamed to say that Trumps handling of Ukraine is a complete failure of foreign affairs.

22 2 replies
@andrewlasvegas88 2025-12-10

That flying off the 4th story balcony line was the best I heard all day, awesome

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