CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 19, 2025
A MEETING YESTERDAY IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA THAT INCLUDED SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND SAUDI AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS WAS PROMOTED AS THE FIRST STEP IN ENDING THE WAR BETWEEN UKRAINE AND MOSCOW.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS THE MEETING – THE FIRST OF ITS KIND SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE — AS AN EFFORT TO DRAW RUSSIA AWAY FROM CHINA AND MEND TIES WITH MOSCOW.
RUSSIA HAS ALREADY DECLARED IT WILL NOT RELINQUISH ANY TERRITORY IT HAS GRABBED. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH MORE THAN ONE MILLION CASULATIES OVERALL.
PEACE IS A WORTHY GOAL, BUT VICTORY IS A BETTER ONE THAT CAN BRING REAL PEACE. IF RUSSIA GETS TO KEEP ITS ILL-GOTTEN LAND GAINS, VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL ONLY BE ENCOURAGED TO GRAB MORE TERRITORY. HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FEROM MUNICH IN 1938, WHEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN TOLD HITLER HE COULD KEEP THE SUDENTENLAND AND CAME HOME TO DECLARE PEACE IN OUR TIME.”?
ANY PEACE DEAL WITH RUSSIA MUST CONTAIN SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE AND A RETURN OF STOLEN TERRITORY. IF IT DOESN’T THERE WILL BE NO REAL PEACE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
