Zelensky wants the US to define Russia as a “terrorist state”. Long live diplomacy
Reuters
On Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led a congressional delegation to visit the Ukrainian capital. The unannounced trip included Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas, Susan Collins of Maine, and John Barrasso of Wyoming.
McConnell unveiled the trip after "just leaving" Ukraine, calling it an "honor" to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky. McConnell's statement stressed that the group of US officials “reaffirmed” to Zelensky “that the United States strongly supports Ukraine and will hold our support until Ukraine wins this war. It is also essential that America does not stand alone ”. Basically, Zelensky took the opportunity to argue that the US should designate Russia as a "terrorist state". Zelensky made a similar request to British MPs.
McConnell's statement continued: "It is absolutely in our national interest to help Ukraine win victory in this war and to help Ukraine and other countries discourage more wars of aggression before they begin."
The Republican delegation's "victory" speech echoes statements by House of Democrats Nancy Pelosi when she met Zelensky in Kiev earlier this month. At the time he had declared from neighboring Poland immediately after his trip that Washington would support the Ukrainians " until the victories are obtained " against Russia.
The visiting US politicians all stride in with the exact same choreographed entrance and photo-op https://t.co/pjpsNk5qjF
– Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 14, 2022
Such a position can only make Europeans nervous, starting with Macron who would like an exit from the Russian-Ukrainian crisis by means of an agreed negotiation, not on the basis of a hypothetical, and unlikely, absolute victory over Russia. How can one weigh in an absolute victory or the dissolution of the Russian state? Thought alone is fantasy, and a dangerous fantasy.
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