Še kakšen dan se bodo analitiki spraševali, kaj je bilo Zelenskemu, da je šel v napad na ameriškega podpredsednika, ko ga je ta pozval k diplomatski rešitvi vojne. Zgolj jezni izbruh zaradi akumuliranih frustracij po treh letih vojne ali evropsko sponzoriran izbruh, da bi zminirali sporazum z ZDA? Če je šlo za prvo, bo Zelenski še dolgo časa obžaloval svoj karakter. Če pa je šlo za slednje, bo kmalu obžaloval, da umik ameriškega sponzorja vojne vsled njegovega izbruha evropski sponzorji nimajo nadomestiti z ničemer razen z odločno retoriko. Odločnih besed podpore in odločnih govorov se ne da streljati.
___________
The first 40 or so minutes of yesterday’s oval office press talk (vid) went quite normal. Questions were asked and replies were given in general form, addressing the public. There was some mild banter. But then a breakdown (vid) occurred:
It was all destroyed when JD Vance, the US vice-president entered the conversation to declare: “The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy.
“We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending the Potus’s words counted more than Potus’s actions,” he declared.
To anyone who has spent time in or around the Ukraine war, such airy talk of “diplomacy” – as if it means anything without hard force to back it up – is exasperatingly naive.
Mr Zelensky should probably have let it slide. But he was not taking it.
“Can I ask you?” he asked, leaning towards Mr Vance.
“Sure,” replied Mr Vance.
…
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?”It was a mistake.
There followed a barrage of invective about Ukrainian ungratefulness – in front of the world’s media.
For anyone who remembers how the whole Ukraine conflict was initiated by the U.S., the hypocrisy played out here is overwhelming.
How can one, as Trump and Vance do, lament that the war has destroyed Ukraine and led to countless people dying for no good cause and, at the same time, demand that Ukraine be thankful for all the ‘advice’, weapons and money the U.S. has given in first place to drag Ukraine into a war and to wage it.
But Zelenski wasn’t upset about U.S. hypocrisy. He was upset that he was told to make peace.


You must be logged in to post a comment.