what would you have done differently?
I don’t know. Ask wokeandbroke.
what would you have done differently?
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the press. I am delighted to join you after meeting my Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. This time, we have not bothered to discuss treaties he won’t respect and promises he won’t keep. We have told him, instead, that an invasion of Ukraine will carry very, very high costs—higher than he has ever imagined. We are now planning to cut off Russian gas exports completely—Europe will find its energy supplies somewhere else. We are now preparing to assist the Ukrainian resistance, for a decade if need be. We are quadrupling our support for the Russian opposition, and for Russian media too. We want to make sure that Russians will start hearing the truth about this invasion, and as loudly as possible. And if you want to do regime change in Ukraine, we’ll get to work on regime change in Russia."
Here's a start: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/lavrov-russia-diplomacy-ukraine/622075/
i guess we won, then
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the press. I am delighted to join you after meeting my Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. This time, we have not bothered to discuss treaties he won’t respect and promises he won’t keep. We have told him, instead, that an invasion of Ukraine will carry very, very high costs—higher than he has ever imagined. We are now planning to cut off Russian gas exports completely—Europe will find its energy supplies somewhere else. We are now preparing to assist the Ukrainian resistance, for a decade if need be. We are quadrupling our support for the Russian opposition, and for Russian media too. We want to make sure that Russians will start hearing the truth about this invasion, and as loudly as possible. And if you want to do regime change in Ukraine, we’ll get to work on regime change in Russia."
Here's a start: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/lavrov-russia-diplomacy-ukraine/622075/
that was a suggested quote for the British envoy, not American
It’s just a suggested quote. It was never really said
I understand it’s hypothetical. The problem is that the article just paints a one sided narrative that Putin has been acting in a vacuum in regards to Ukraine, without providing any greater context as to what’s happening there and why. It’s a constant problem with Western/American media that all of our foreign policy is dishonestly portrayed as defensive/reactionary. That’s where the whole “America-World Police” bullshit comes from, pretending that we are just neutral actors trying to keep the peace, rather than involved actors with our own agenda.
I will never understand the need that people have to interpret every situation or concept as a binary choice - good/bad, Democrat/Republican, fascism/democracy, capitalism/socialism. It’s incredibly lazy. I’m just trying to imagine the child’s mindset that considers the situation of Russia invading Ukraine and believes the solution could have been a tougher more threatening speech. That’s baby brain shit.