CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 19, 2025
WHEN ONE IS IN A WAR THERE ARE JUST TWO OPTIONS – VICTORY OR DEFEAT. A STALEMATE ONLY DELAYS ONE OF THOSE OUTCOMES.
RUSSIA’S VLADIMIR PUTIN IS TRYING TO WIN A WAR HE STARTED BY PRESSURING UKRAINE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO GIVE UP TERRITORY, EVEN TERRITORY PUTIN HAS NOT YET OCCUPIED.
IF REPORTS ARE TO BE BELIEVED, PUTIN WILL PROMISE NOT TO TAKE ANY MORE TERRITORY, OR ATTEMPT TO TAKE BACK THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS.
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES PUTIN IS A FOOL. HE HAS BROKEN EVERY PROMISE AND VIOLATED EVERY TREATY HE HAS SIGNED. HE IS A MURDERER WHO IS WANTED FOR WAR CRIMES. HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HANDLES FOREIGN POLICY AS HE HANDLES SO MUCH ELSE – BY PERSONALITY AND IMAGERY – INITIALLY THREATENED TO HAVE NATO BUY WEAPONS FROM US TO HELP UKRAINE, PUT SECONDARY SANCTIONS ON COUNTRIES THAT BUY RUSSIAN OIL AND DO OTHER THINGS THAT COULD WRECK THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY AND FORCE PUTIN TO GIVE IN.
IT APPEARS HE HAS ABANDFONED THAT PLAN. HE MET YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON WITH ZELENSKYY AND EUROPEAN LEADERS WHO APPEAR TO BE ON ZELENSKY’S SIDE. WE’LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT, BUT TRUSTING PUTIN IS LIKE PLACING ONE’S FAITH IN SATAN. I’M CAL THOMAS.
