Russia calls for return to 'peaceful co-existence' with U.S. like during Cold War -Interfax

[Swede]

Boy, things must be going worse than we thought for Putin.

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-calls-return-peaceful-co-existence-with-us-like-during-cold-war-interfax-2022-03-08/?utm_source=reddit.com

[dalton99a]

1. "Let's pretend like nothing happened"

[Irish_Dem]

2. Typical of abusers. Beats up his wife, then demands an immediate return to normal.

She is supposed to cook dinner and clean the house with a broken arm and head injures.

Sometimes a guy beats up his wife then goes out and buys her gifts. Maybe Putin will try that tactic too.

[Phoenix61]

8. Exactly this. So that would be a big fat HELL NO! nt

[SheltieLover]

24. Precisely!

[Sherman A1]

3. My vote would be NO.

Putin and his playmates need to suffer some serious pain for their actions.

[lagomorph777]

4. Wow, that sounds desperate.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Start with "peaceful coexistence" with your neighbor Ukraine...

as in Get The Fuck Out of Ukraine and we'll start talking.

[Historic NY]

6. Fuck no, that's not going to happen

Get rid of #Putin maybe a reconsideration. Meanwhile, enjoy the sanctions. до свидания

[Happy Hoosier]

7. As I've discussed since 2014... this is ALWAYS the strategy.

Russia will take what it can get and then Russia will attempt to stabilize relations and sanctions were fade.

It worked in Georgia. It worked in Crimea. Will it work here? Honestly, it he halted now and consolidated control of the territory he holds, I bet it would work. If he overplays his hand? Hard to say. But honestly, we already see resistance to Russian economic isolation.

[Phoenix61]

12. I think he overplayed his hand when he started

bombing civilians. Unlike Crimea this invasion is being broadcast in real time everywhere. This isn’t being seen as a one off but as a world wide slide into fascism. I think this will fall under the 3 strikes you’re out rule. Bipartisan support for blocking Russian oil and gas shows strong support for Russian economic isolation.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. How long do you think resolve holds?

Maybe this time is different, but again, economic sanctions have NEVER been effective in this kind of situation.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. Economic sanctions of this scale have never been levied against another country

by practically the whole world so, we'll know soon enough as Russia's economy implodes.

[Happy Hoosier]

16. I hope they work, don't get me wrong...

But I have a feeling we are just condemning thousands of Ukrainians to die.

It's a tough situation.

Europe needs to ban Russian Energy imports. It'll be painful, but energy is Russia's primary income source.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

17. While my heart bleeds for the Ukrainian people,

and you are correct, many thousands of Ukrainians will die, direct combat with Russian forces will result, IMO, in many more millions of deaths.

Europe needs to ban Russian Energy imports. It'll be painful, but energy is Russia's primary income source.

I couldn't agree with you more.

[Happy Hoosier]

18. I doubt the WWIII scenario.

Russia has nothing to gain from such a scenario. But we're pursuing this course, and I ardently hope for its success.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. ...

I doubt the WWIII scenario.
Russia has nothing to gain from such a scenario.

I really, really, really pray and hope you're right.

But we're pursuing this course, and I ardently hope for its success.

100% agree.

[Phoenix61]

15. Economic sanctions like this have never been tried before.

When has a country closed it’s stock market in response to them? Countries, even Russia, are much more interdependent than they were decades ago. If the sanctions weren’t working there wouldn’t be any talk out of Moscow about negotiations.

[Happy Hoosier]

19. I hope you are correct.

If you are, Biden will hailed as a genius. If not...

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Reparations Muthaprucker. Reparations!

[Dirty Socialist]

10. Nuts

[BlueIdaho]

22. Exactly!

[ProfessorGAC]

11. What Is Notable...

...is that they are going back 30+ years as a reference.
Not back 3 or 4 years.

[ananda]

20. To Putin: You step down first to be arrested for war crimes.

Period.

[Biophilic]

23. Too friggin' late, Vlad. You changed the rules, now you have to live with the consequences. nt

[Gore1FL]

25. Totally cool with that as soon as they withdraw their troops from Georgia and Ukraine.

This includes, Crimea, and other contested areas, of course.

[moondust]

26. When Putin is dead we can talk.

And we will need verifiable proof of his demise.