A Joke About Money in a Nightstand and Europe's Stance on Ukraine

You know, we have a very old joke about that.

And we've got an ancient joke in this respect.

It has no spatial, I mean, no geographical connection.

Well, it is not related to any territory.

But given the realities of today, I'll put it this way: Let's say some crook who built some cottages near Kyiv is invited to the investigative authorities, to NABU itself.

Like, for example, just imagine, um, there's a, a, a con artist, a swindler who illegitimately built some, some houses, cottages in the Kyiv region, and all of a sudden he's summoned to, well, to the investigative bodies like the Ukrainian, uh, Security Agency.

They ask him, "Where did you get the money?"

And he's inquired, "Where have you obtained the money for that?"

He replies, "In the nightstand." Well, and he respa—he responds, “Well, in, in, uh, in my bedroom in a case.”

Yes, OK. Who put the money in the nightstand?

And who put, uh, and who put the money in, in that, in that case?

My wife. My, my wife. Where did she get it?

And where does she have the money from? I gave it to her.

I gave it to her. And where did you get it from?

And where have you got it from? From the nightstand.

Out of that, uh, out of that case or closet in the bedroom.

The circle is complete. So it's the vicious circle once again.

It's the same with the Europeans. And kinda, uh, well, the same, same applies to that European approach.

An unusual way of putting the question, but we would very much like you, gentlemen, and the American administration as a whole to work with your European allies, so that they finally make up their minds on the question, What do they want: peace or war in Ukraine?