Posts

Showing posts with the label Donbas

The 1686 Treaty of Perpetual Peace and the Russia Ukraine War

The 1686 Treaty of Perpetual Peace and the Russia Ukraine War ​By Robert Korczynski Poland and Russia have been fighting over Kiev and the Ukraine for well over 500 years, and it is impossible to address the current Russian Ukraine War without acknowledging that Russia literally bought Kiev and all of the lands to the east, and that they still have the bill of sale and the deed to the land. ​ 882–1240: Kievan Rus' Prince Oleg establishes Kiev as the capital of the unified East Slavic state, Kievan Rus'. This is the foundation of the Russian historical claim. ​ 1240: Mongol Invasion The Mongol Empire sacks Kiev, effectively ending the central authority of Kievan Rus' and fracturing the region into separate principalities. ​ Early 1300s–1569: Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lithuania gradually incorporates Kiev and surrounding Ukrainian lands into its territory following the decline of Mongol influence. ​ 1480s–1500s: Muscovite Claims Begin Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow cl...

Trump Is Not A Warmonger

     Donald Trump is not a warmonger. It's true. He has said it so many times himself and in so many different ways, in Trump's own words, "You don't have to drop bombs on everybody. You don't have to kill people." Want an example of a warmonger? Bolton, who inspired the above quote in the first place. Trump was talking about negotiating with someone and bringing John Bolton along with him, who he referred to as crazy. He brought Bolton with him because he's a crazy warmonger, and he wanted to intimidate the people that he was negotiating with. More than anything, what you want as a president of the United States is someone who believes that there are ways to resolve conflicts other than war, and that person is Donald Trump. Who else? I'm not sure there is anyone else.      There are so many warmongers I'm pretty sure every single person in politics in America is a warmonger except for Donald Trump and Robert Kennedy. Certainly Obama was ...