Russia's Wars: Why Concessions Could Fuel More Conflict

In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries.

I'm not counting those in Africa. Um, so 19 countries, some as many as three or four times.

None of these countries has ever attacked Russia.

So, um, in order to stop this cycle of wars, we really need to see what Russia is willing to concede.

Um, they have a very good negotiation tactics, which they have been very clear about.

First, you demand something that has never been yours, and you demand, you require, then you present ultimatums, use force, and then there will always be people in the West who will offer you something you didn't have before.

And this is exactly the trap, uh, that we are walking into if we are considering what we are offering to Russia.

In this war, there is one aggressor and one victim.

If we offer something to Russia, actually, we are appeasing the dictator, and the apte-- uh, appetite just grows, and we will have more wars.

We have done that before. We have seen the Minsk agreements doing exactly that, and that's why, if we want to break this cycle of wars, we have to do it differently this time.

Uh, there was one historian who said that in order for a country to become better, it has to lose its last colonial war, and Russia is conducting its, uh, colonial war right now.

Let's make sure that it's its last. Thank you.