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The Revolution Continues

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@Diator84 @zigerists @Afristotle @DaveKeating It's just a negotiation tactic with Russia probing to see what it can squeeze out. It's nothing that hasn't been done before

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Diator84 @Afristotle @DaveKeating Russia is a big country that can wage war for a long time, there's very little you can hold over there head. It's why I said Kaja Kallas has spent very little time creating leverage or goodwill that he can us on the Russians to slow down. The Germans did it before with Minsk.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Diator84 @Afristotle @DaveKeating Peace talks rarely work that fast. They take years. Sudan, Phillipines, Vietnam, Colombia, Ireland.... The bigger issue here is the EU has no leverage over Russia either, except for funding Ukraine which they already do. Kallas has done little to create leverage or goodwill.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Diator84 @Afristotle @DaveKeating They're still ongoing. If the Europeans don't think the talks are meaningful, they wouldn't be trying to jostle for positions on the table. As someone who comes from EAC, I'd love the EU to do well as we try to replicate it. They really haven't.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@kinjeketile Wanaitwa Bora Afya or something like that. Very feared people those ones.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Diator84 @Afristotle @DaveKeating They're not diplomats but they actually opened peace talks with Russia while the actual diplomat in EU was sitting on her hands and saying no to peace talks. Now the EU is playing catch-up and not even guaranteed the seat at the table.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@Diator84 @zigerists @Afristotle @DaveKeating Never said anything of the sort. My point is if you're going to talk to the Russians, then practice some actual diplomacy.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@Diator84 @zigerists @Afristotle @DaveKeating I'm not sure what the vitriol is all about but we're talking about Kaja Kallas here. If you're a diplomat, you do diplomatic things. She didn't do that. Ideally, she should have been the first to arrange the peace talks and not the Americans who've upstaged her.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@breea_____ Her being married to Curry opens alot more doors for her too. If she'd just stop looking in the past and try to utilize the advantages she has now, she'll achieve alot more and faster.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Afristotle @DaveKeating No one has been louder in demanding breaking up of Russia or insisting no oeace talks than her. That's how the US beat her to the negotiating table and taking control of the agenda. She's simply not smart enough.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@Johanarg262 @Fidias0 The European foreign policy chief was saying that Russia should be broken into smaller states, was front and centre in dwmanding and expanding sanctions on Russia and as recent as April, she was saying no talks. She bound herself. I doubt she's ever tried to talk to Lavrov

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@martin1envsion @DaveKeating She's just not a very good foreign policy chief unfortunately. She also let the US beat her to opening negotiations with Russia and now Europe is playing catch up. I'm willing to bet she's never even spoken to Lavrov

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Afristotle @DaveKeating As late as April this year, she was insisting that there should be no talks with Russia. She's also been very vocal in pushing for sanctions and hard measures against Russia. It's really no surprise she's being left out

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@martin1envsion @DaveKeating Diplomacy unfortunately needs cool heads, she simply doesn't have that. She made herself the chief of anti-Russian campaigns. She can't turn around and try to talk to them now.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@zigerists @Afristotle @DaveKeating She sort of tied her hands with being the face of anti-Russian sentiment. You can't be the foreign policy chief and you spend more time campaigning for war than trying to create channels for diplomacy. If she shows up, the Russians will just say no or ignore her altogether

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@PezeshkiCharles There's really nothing to see there. It's all guesswork and circumstancial evidence. I'll bet neither Melissa nor the USG will provide evidence of her being a spy. The woman was a smuggler trying to beat the sanctions.

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@amarieadhis Then you'll have to lose both your daughter and your mum? There's really no upside in this situation

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@MsMelChen This is even more speculation. It'd be more helpful if people would give more specific instances of espionage. She seems more like a smuggler/crook than some spy working for the Chinese government

[031 @Frosty_Sandman]

@petergyang I'm curious though, what evidence is there that the first woman is actually a spy?