Price controls are part of why healthcare is not as outrageous in Switzerland as in the US. So are subsidies. Even though thee is no universal option.

Putin’s strategy is to just throw bodies into the grinder and wait for the rest of the world to get tired of supporting Ukraine and cut them off, so he makes unreasonable demands he knows will be rejected so he can at least claim “Hey I’m open to dialogue but that mean old Zelensky won’t cooperate.” Sadly this strategy has an all too real chance of working.

It’s not meant to be accepted.

Putin wasn’t really voted into office

Without Russia withdrawing, “peace talks” amount to surrender.

Every proposal for “peace” thus far amounts to just giving Putin what he wants. There is no mention of guarantees against future aggression, or of any kind of compensation to the Ukrainians.

So when does Russia withdraw? That’s kind of necessary for a settlement.

He did do it almost thirty years ago when he authorized the first settlements. The intent is to effectively colonize large parts of the west bank to the point that once any formal negotiation over border lines happens the Palestinians and the rest of the world won’t have any real choice but to just accept a redrawn boundary.

Building illegal settlements they had promised to not build in international treaties

Nethanyahu was the one who first authorized settlements in the 90’s

Subsequent Israeli governments have declared they regard annexing all of the West Bank as undesirable, a hassle and expense. Nethanyahu wants to effectively annex up to half of it and leave the rest to rot.

You think nethanyahu cares? He’s been pretty transparent in his intentions. Hell, he’s the one who violated Oslo by allowing settlements to start being built.

I doubt nethanyahu takes the idea all that seriously. He just wants to keep up appearances while he greenlights more settlements.

A non-aggression treaty dues not Allies make

The buzz is nethanyshu is planning to revive the Hashemite Kingdom proposal, of simply handing off the West Bank to Jordan (more like forcing them to take it at gunpoint). This is the response.

The CSTO’s days are numbered, another casualty of Putin’s folly in Ukraine

Funny how “away” didn’t have a thing to say when those graves were unearthed. But save us from Tom Hanks!

Where’s the “save the children” wankers now?