Billionaire Bill Ackman: Munich 2.0
Recently, Elon Musk foolishly tried to engage in global diplomacy, and quickly exposed his thinking is simplistic, uninformed, and thus: dangerous.
Apparently however, there is a chorus of stupid requiring reprise.
Another billionaire, a gentleman named Bill Ackman likewise thinks a negotiated peace is possible and desirable.
1. No, a negotiated peace isn't possible. Mass murder, mass rape, war crimes like bombing prohibited targets like hospitals and schools, and invading another country to annex part or all of it explain why. If all that were not enough: you cannot "negotiate" with compulsive liars, who repeatedly break their word. There is no "off ramp" no "negotiated solution".
2. Furthermore, a negotiated peace isn't desirable. But I am not telling you Why ) Do your own homework. Brevis: if Putin isn't stopped in Ukraine, Estonia is next, then Lithuania and Latvia, then Poland. Putin is trying to return the world to 19th century great power politics: that world was rife with constant war and poverty. So... if you like your stock options and prices you better take a "long" view.
Suppose a serial killer breaks into your house, kills your kids, and rapes your wife. Would You "negotiate"? Of course not! Neither will Ukraine, nor should it.
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