Re: Henry Kissinger tells Ukraine it should give Russia territory to try to find a peace deal

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On 5/24/22 10:56 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> Henry Kissinger tells Ukraine it should give Russia territory to try
> to find a peace deal - as Zelensky insists Putin has 'no interest in
> talking'
>
> Former US secretary of state told conference that Ukraine should
> accept terms
>
> The 98-year-old added if they don't begin negotiations there will be
> 'upheavals'
>
> He said it would be 'fatal' for the West to get swept up in 'mood of
> the moment'
>
> President Zelensky gave speech opening four-day Davos summit in
> Switzerland
>
> Summits will become pointless because 'brute force does not talk it
> kills,' he said
>
> Russia has been banned from the conference, in latest sign of Putin's
> isolation
>
> By LIZZIE MAY and CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR MAILONLINE and AFP
> PUBLISHED: 02:14 BST, 24 May 2022 | UPDATED: 07:08 BST, 24 May 2022
>
> Henry Kissinger has said that the West should stop trying to inflict a
> crushing defeat on Russia and suggested that Ukraine should give up
> territory.
>
> Former US secretary of state Mr Kissinger, 98, told the World Economic
> Forum held in Davos, Switzerland that Ukraine must begin negotiations
> 'before it creates upheavals and tensions that will not be easily
> overcome'.
>
> 'Ideally, the dividing line should be a return to the status quo ante.
> Pursuing the war beyond that point would not be about the freedom of
> Ukraine, but a new war against Russia itself,' he told the conference
> on Monday.
>
> It came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a powerful
> speech to open this week's Davos summit in Switzerland that brute
> force will once again rule the world if Russia's invasion of Ukraine
> is allowed to go unanswered.
>
> He told delegates that their summit will become pointless if Putin is
> allowed to win the war because he is 'not interested in our thoughts'
> and 'brute force... does not talk, it kills.'
>
> But Mr Kissinger said it would be 'fatal' for the West to get swept up
> in the 'mood of the moment' and forget Russia's position of power
> within Europe.
>
> According to The Telegraph, he explained that Russia was an 'essential
> part of Europe' for over four centuries, noting that European leaders
> must 'not lose sight of the longer term relationship' or otherwise
> risk putting Russia in a permanent alliance with China.
>
> He also said: 'I hope the Ukrainians will match the heroism they have
> shown with wisdom.'
>
> Volodymyr Zelensky told the meeting that brute force will once again
> rule the world if Russia's invasion of Ukraine is allowed to go
> unanswered in a powerful speech to open this week's Davos summit in
> Switzerland.
>
> The Ukrainian President told delegates that their summit will become
> pointless if Putin is allowed to win the war because he is 'not
> interested in our thoughts' and 'brute force... does not talk, it
> kills.'
>
> Zelensky's speech came at the start of four days of talks during which
> Ukraine is expected to launch a global charm offensive in order to
> secure economic and military backing to ensure its survival.
>
> Russia will not be at the Davos meeting this year after organisers
> banned Moscow from sending a delegation in just the latest signal of
> how isolated Putin has become on the world stage.
>
> 'The main theme for this year's Davos {summit} is: 'History at a
> Turning Point'', Zelensky told a packed auditorium on Monday morning.
>
> 'This year, the words 'turning point' are more than a rhetorical
> talking point. This year is really the year when it is decided whether
> brute force will rule the world.
>
> 'If so, the powerful are not interested in our thoughts and there is
> no further use for meeting in Davos.
>
> 'Brute force seeks nothing but the subjugation of those who it seeks
> to subdue and it does not talk, it kills, as Russia does in Ukraine
> just as we speak today.
>
> Recalling the horrors of Russia's invasion to date, Zelesnky added:
> 'Instead of peaceful cities there are only black ruins, instead of
> normal trade [there are] seas full of mines and blocked ports, instead
> of tourists [there are] closed skies and the sound of Russian bombs
> and cruise missiles.
>
> 'This is what the world would look like if that turning moment does
> not have a proper response from humanity, it would resemble a large
> set of war crimes.'
>
>
> President Zelensky tells global elite gathered in Davos...
>
> Zelensky's speech came at the start of four days of talks during which
> Ukraine is expected to launch a global charm offensive in order to
> secure economic and military backing to ensure its survival
>
> Zelensky also pointed to Russia House - a conference venue in the city
> which typically hosts the delegation - which this year has been turned
> into 'Russian war crimes house.'
>
> He said this is an example of 'what Russia brings to the world', while
> urging leaders to condemn the atrocities.
>
> German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck had an angry outburst at the
> summit while accusing Hungary and various other uncooperative
> countries of stopping attempts of an oil embargo by the EU. 'We are
> seeing the worst of Europe,' he said.
>
> Russia has faced serious economic sanctions since their invasion of
> Ukraine on 24 February, with the nation now facing a food and energy
> crisis.
>
> Mr Habeck said: 'I expect everyone to work to find a solution, and not
> to sit back and work on building their partnership with Putin.'
>
> The vice-chancellor who is also the country's economy minister, added
> that Germany is 'ready to endure the shock' of a Russian oil imports
> cut-off.
>
> Energy minister for India Shri Hardeep Pury, when suggestions were
> made that his country should stop in its business with buying Russian
> oil, said: 'The Europeans buy more Russian energy in an afternoon than
> we do in a quarter.'
>
>
> WEF founder Klaus Schwab said last week that Davos would do what it
> can to support Ukraine and its recovery.
>
> 'Russia's aggression on the country will be seen in future history
> books as the breakdown of the post-World War II and post-Cold War
> order,' he said.
>
> More than 50 heads of state or government will be among the 2,500
> delegates, ranging from business leaders to academics and civil
> society figures.
>
> Some of the biggest names include Germany's new chancellor, Olaf
> Scholz, European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen, NATO head Jens
> Stoltenberg and US climate envoy John Kerry.
>
> While the summit is back, it lacks its usual snowy backdrop as the
> Omicron variant forced this year's January meeting to be postponed
> until now. Instead, rain is forecast all week.
>
> Climate change and concerns about the economic recovery from the
> pandemic are also at the forefront of the Davos talks.
>
> Inflation has become a major concern as energy and food prices have
> soared further since Russia invaded Ukraine, raising fears of hunger
> in countries dependent on wheat from the region.
>
> Global charity Oxfam warned Monday that 263 million people could sink
> into extreme poverty this year, at a rate of one million every 33
> hours.
>
> By contrast, 573 new billionaires have emerged during the pandemic, or
> one every 30 hours, Oxfam said as it called for taxes on the rich.
>
> 'Billionaires are arriving in Davos to celebrate an incredible surge
> in their fortunes,' Oxfam executive director Gabriela Bucher said in a
> statement.
>
> 'The pandemic and now the steep increases in food and energy prices
> have, simply put, been a bonanza for them,' Bucher said.
>
> 'Meanwhile, decades of progress on extreme poverty are now in reverse
> and millions of people are facing impossible rises in the cost of
> simply staying alive,' she said.
>
> Source:
> <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10847579/Henry-Kissinger-tells-global-elite-gathered-Davos-Ukraine-Russia-territory.html>
> or
> https://t.co/mxXJjjkHAD

Kissinger is still alive ???

In any case, Ukraine DID "give" Russia territory some
years ago - Crimea, chunks of northeastern Ukraine.
Just served as a launching pad for the NEW invasion.

Putin is NOT going to be appeased - he thinks he has
a Mission From God (or Stalin). He's gotten old and
sick and WANTS a "legacy" no matter what the cost.