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**Realpolitik vs Political Theatre**

Why do people not understand realpolitik?

This minerals deal was a backdoor scheme to pull Ukraine under the US's security umbrella almost immediately. To get around the fact that Ukraine has ZERO legal path to NATO membership before 2040, at the earliest?

NATO has rules. Its an organization with a charter, bylaws, etc. UKRAINE CANNOT JOIN. Not until it is no longer in a military conflict, and all of its border disputes are settled with treaties. And then a ten year waiting period.

NATO countries are NOT ALLOWED to have troops in Ukraine, simply by virtue of being members of NATO, while Ukraine is in a military conflict with disputed borders.

Ergo, there is ZERO possibility of any troops from NATO countries being stationed there before 2040, IF EVER.

So how could the US find a way around all of these limitations that we can actually protect Ukraine from future Russian invasion?

Diplomatic-legal chicanery: have US-domiciled companies running businesses that are considered vital to the national security interests of the US operating inside Ukrainian borders.

That way, if Russia considers future invasions, the USA can pre-empt the Russkies and say "our national security interests are at stake, so we would consider any such action on Russia's part an act of war against the US".

So this deal would have given Ukraine an IMPLICIT security guarantee from the USA itself. Not even weak-willed NATO, but the USA. And from day 1; not 10 years after all military conflicts are ended and all border conflicts have come to a legal conclusion.

Because Ukraine CANNOT have an EXPLICIT security guarantee.

Yet Trump figured out a way around all of this. Found a way to get Ukraine under its security umbrella. Almost immediately, in fact, if Ukraine wanted it:
- declare a ceasefire;
- get the US mineral deal signed;
- make a peace with Russia; and
- US companies with national security goals go in

**WE SEE YOU, JEW.**

pomf link for faggots who can't figure out alternate DNS: https://pomf2.lain.la/f/lwtq0se.mp4

In case anyone gives two shits about my opinion as a random fucker on the internet (and if you do, you have problems).

Whoops!

Is this a woman?

As I'm sure a bunch of users have pointed out, the main page doesn't stay logged in. However, I've noticed that if I click on a comment section for a post, once *that* page loads, I'm logged in, and then when I go back to the main page, I'm logged in as well.

Dunno if it has anything to do with the redirects, but I do visit from voat.xyz and not upgoat.net (although I'm pretty sure the issue happens no matter what URL you visit from).

Which means every comment/post he makes is nothing but impotent projection.

He will never be a woman. He will never be allowed anywhere *near* a child. At best he will die alone in a pile of his own filth.

@system needs to shoah this degenerate.

[Member for 46 minutes,](https://archive.is/gXHrE) already can't remember to switch alts when replying: https://files.catbox.moe/vevo85.JPG

[Archive Link](https://archive.is/9XNq9) so he can't scream "muh fake screenshot."