Zelensky Says Send Western Troops to 'Force Russia to Peace' in Last-Ditch Appeal Before Trump Inauguration

Zelensky Says Send Western Troops to 'Force Russia to Peace' in Last-Ditch Appeal Before Trump Inauguration During a meeting of Ukraine's defense allies held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to once again get his backers to escalate their entry into the war with Russia. We can perhaps expect such desperate, harebrained appeals to be floated each day until Trump takes office on January 20. Zelensky wants as much commitment to the war from the West as possible ahead of a Trump administration which has repeatedly vowed to negotiate a swift end to the nearly three-year long conflict. Zelensky's newest pitch issued Thursday is for the deployment of Western troops in large numbers to Ukrainian soil. He called this one of the "best instruments" to "force Russia to peace." "Our goal is to find as many instruments as possible to force Russia into peace," he told the meeting of defense representatives. "I believe that such deployment of partners' contingents is one of the best instruments," he emphasized. "Let's be more practical in making it possible." – ZeroHedge Our Take: While it’s difficult for me to view Zelenskyy as anything other than an actor throwing a temper tantrum, he's poking Putin in the eye then demanding America’s sons and daughters be sent to deal with the fallout. I don’t ever just believe war propaganda, I attempt to figure out its intention. As a mom of military-aged males, I have a pretty good idea of this propaganda’s intention. My base reaction is inappropriate to put in print. It is anger and every mama bear instinct to rage against the machine. Zelenskyy killed off his own military aged males so now he wants ours?! No! That’s the point. US troops in Zelenskyy’s suicide mission makes the whole thing much more real than it’s been since its inception. Mamas waving blue and yellow flags may think twice when their sons are sent to die in the next wave. We should not be sending Americans to fight Russians, and we won’t. But getting to that outcome may require getting American sentiment to “hell no.” We certainly aren’t there yet. “Austin on Thursday announced a $500 million in additional weapons and equipment for Kyiv, which officials say will be the final military aid package before Biden leaves office.” I’ve yet to see a single pitchfork. I have no doubt that Trump will end this war. It can’t happen quickly enough. – Ashe in America