Spengler today:
“The desire of a few hundred thousand Abkhazians and South Ossetians to remain in the Russian Federation rather than Georgia may seem trivial, but Moscow is setting a precedent that will apply to tens of millions of prospective citizens of the Federation – most controversially in Ukraine.”
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“Russia has an existential interest in absorbing Belarus and the Western Ukraine.”
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“…for the moment, I will offer the assertion that partition is the destiny of Ukraine.
Spengler even suggests that we should let it happen, as long as there is an adequate quid pro quo:
“My proposal is simple: Russia’s help in containing nuclear proliferation and terrorism in the Middle East is of infinitely greater import to the West than the dubious self-determination of Ukraine. The West should do its best to pretend that the “Orange” revolution of 2004 and 2005 never happened, and secure Russia’s assistance in the Iranian nuclear issue as well as energy security in return for an understanding of Russia’s existential requirements in the near abroad.”
