Trump's Ukraine Plan: How Losing Still Means Winning for Arms Dealers
CBS outlines a 28-point plan where Ukraine surrenders land and NATO aspirations to appease Russia. This isn't peace; it's a blueprint for incentivizing future invasions. The framing ignores that previous ‘peace’ deals, like the 2014 Minsk agreements, were never honored by Russia, which continued its destabilization efforts. One might wonder if the real 'peace' being brokered is between defense
contractors and their quarterly earnings reports, ensuring a perpetual need for 'defense' spending regardless of who 'wins' a border dispute. The plan essentially formalizes Russian annexation, a position that echoes appeasement logic. While the West deliberates, arms manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon continue to see record profits from prolonged conflict and subsequent 'rebuilding'
efforts. When is a peace plan just a thinly veiled purchase agreement for tomorrow's weapons?