I’m not sure what this question is supposed to mean since Russia, Iran and North Korea are fighting against Ukraine and not against American presidents, be they who they are. I do know that the Russia appeasement strategy that has dominated the foreign policy of the US since 1991 has not worked. We can all agree it has been a complete failure, I’m sure. I’m eager to see the US try something different because only an absolute idiot keeps hitting his head against the wall for 30 years, expecting a different result.
As for Putin, he can sell absolutely anything to his people as a huge win. The narrative that the US needs to help Putin “save face” that has dominated US foreign policy is flawed because it doesn’t recognize the extent to which in Russia words have substituted reality. If Putin decides to end the war (and that’s a decision nobody else can make), he’ll easily be able to present it to his electorate as a win.
However, now that North Korean troops are fighting in Ukraine, this has become much harder. We don’t know what it is that Putin promised Kim Jong Un and how possible it is to just go back on it. From what I understand, the North Korean leader was promised extensive combat training and experience in the most modern weaponry and warfare for his troops. Iran was also promised a long conflict. This is no longer the situation of “let’s convince Putin.” Now it’s necessary to convince all those other dudes, too. Just in the past few weeks since North Korea joined the fighting, it’s become much harder to solve the situation fast.
We need completely new thinking, a new strategy, and for all the morons who shaped the foreign policy of the US since 1991 to be fired. I don’t know how possible this is but I’m definitely glad that the weak, hassled, confused Kamala won’t be supervising it during a very complicated international situation.
What we’ve been doing for the past 3 decades has been disastrous. We need to change course and do something else. I don’t know how anybody can reasonably disagree with this.
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