We speak often of justice, but rarely of consequences.
Yet consequences —not slogans —shape the world. we should not ask what we wish to be true, but what must be done to prevent greater harm. Sometimes the moral choice is the one that refuses to sacrifice the living for the sake of the impossible.

A noble idea — but it assumes:
• Russia can be defeated militarily
• Crimea can be retaken
• Western support will remain unified
• Ukraine has inexhaustible manpower
• Russia will collapse under pressure

But none of these assumptions hold, and not Sanna Marin but others pay the price in blood.

We speak often of justice, but rarely of consequences.
Yet consequences — not slogans — shape the world. A negotiated end may be bitter. But endless war leads to outcomes far worse than a bitter peace

10+ years of assessment in the ivory tower in Bruxelles has not brought us much closer, to the contrary. But like so often EU optimism and fantasy substitutes for strategy.

Like you I have no illusions about Trump and his peace plans. They are likely not worth the paper they are written on. The Kurds, the Afghans and now the Ukrainians experience this. But Europe is clinging to illusions risks a far greater catastrophe. wjjh.blog/2025/11/22/u...

MAD=DJT! Everyone insists on morality in war — so long as someone else pays the price for it. But for all of Europe, the war must end — not through illusions of total victory, but through recognition of geopolitical and human limits. A negotiated end will be bitter. The alternatives will be worse.

The war enters its fifth year, the human cost becomes the strongest argument: Ukraine’s demographic loss is catastrophic: Russia has escalation dominance & can mobilize longer and deeper: Europe is fatigued and internally divided: a nuclear power cannot be pushed into humiliation without danger

Post WWII American power ended at the start of the new Millennium. But there is a uncomfortable truth which we avoid:

-Not all wars can be won.
-Not all borders can be restored.
-Not all tragedies can be undone.

Understanding this, is the first step toward avoiding an even larger catastrophe.

Although nobody wants to say this out loud, the reality is: This conflict must end — not because justice has prevailed, but because prolonging the war risks a far greater catastrophe.
Wisdom does not lie in clinging to impossibilities, but in preventing tragedy from becoming irreparable.

This is not designed as diplomacy but as ultimatums meant to shift responsibility. They place the burden on Ukraine to accept concessions and on Europe to concede that the war cannot be won militarily. His message: “End this war on my terms, or I will end Western support and let Russia decide.”

Don't hold you breath, Europe has bone spurs, a weak spine and weak knees.

It will be presented to his masters voice, but to continue this insanity makes also no sense. A good time for the financiers of this conflict to ask some questions about the end game.

The Trump administration needs diversions, war is one of the most suitable diversions. Its called the Round the flag effect, to create more sympathy and solidarity, and this administration certainly could use some of that.

One either has class, or one doesn’t..

No argument there. But war crimes and crime against humanity must be prosecuted, and it makes no difference who won or lost. They mmust be prosecuted, for this we have the ICC in The Hague.