Ukraine's peace trap
Talks on ending the war are following troubling historical patterns
When I watched President Zelensky walk out of the White House last Friday, flashing that defiant thumbs-up to reporters, he wasn't surrendering. He was signaling resistance to a troubling historical pattern. We've been here before - not just once, but repeatedly. And the ending is rarely kind to those who placed their faith in American promises.
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