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16 Dec, 2022 16:51
Kissinger gerir grein fyrir friđartillögu Úkraínu
Brýnt vćri ađ semja um ađ binda enda á átök í Úkraínu til ađ koma í veg fyrir ađra heimsstyrjöld, sagđi Henry Kissinger, fyrrverandi utanríkisráđherra Bandaríkjanna, í ritgerđ sem birt var á föstudaginn.
Hinn 99 ára gamli stjórnmálamađur benti á ađ áriđ 1916 hefđi Bandaríkjastjórn tćkifćri til ađ binda enda á fyrri heimsstyrjöldina međ diplómatískum hćtti, en missti af henni vegna innanlandsstjórnmála.
Kissinger setti fram rökstuđning sinn í 17. desember tölublađi The Spectator og lýsti núverandi átökum sem "stríđi ţar sem tvö kjarnorkuveldi keppa um hefđbundiđ vopnađ land", sem er skýr tilvísun í ađ Úkraína sé stađgengilsstríđ milli Bandaríkjanna og Rússlands.
"Friđarferliđ" sem Kissinger leggur til myndi "tengja Úkraínu viđ NATO, hvernig sem ţađ er tjáđ," ţar sem hann telur ađ hlutleysi fyrir Kćnugarđ sé ekki lengur valkostur. Hann vill einnig ađ Rússar dragi sig í hlé fyrir 24. febrúar, á međan hin landsvćđin sem Úkraína heldur fram Donetsk, Lugansk og Krímskagi "gćtu veriđ til samningaviđrćđna eftir vopnahlé."
Auk ţess ađ "stađfesta frelsi Úkraínu" myndi fyrirkomulagiđ leitast viđ ađ "skilgreina nýtt alţjóđlegt skipulag, sérstaklega fyrir Miđ- og Austur-Evrópu," ţar sem Rússland ćtti "ađ lokum" ađ finna stađ, útskýrđi hann.
Ţó ađ sumir kjósi frekar "Rússland sem stríđiđ hefur gert getulaust" er Kissinger ósammála og heldur ţví fram ađ ekki eigi ađ brjóta niđur "sögulegt hlutverk Moskvu".(Ađ vera stuđpúđi á milli Asíu og Evrópu. jg) Niđurrif Rússlands gćti breytt víđfeđmu landsvćđi ţess í "umdeilt tómarúm" ţar sem "samkeppnissamfélög gćtu ákveđiđ ađ leysa deilumál sín međ ofbeldi" og nágrannar gćtu reynt ađ gera tilkall til landsvćđis međ valdi, allt í viđurvist "ţúsunda kjarnorkuvopna".
Efnislega er ţetta sama tillagan og Kissinger hafđi fyrst sett á flot í maí, en fyrir hana var hann merktur óvinur Úkraínu og bćtt á hinn alrćmda "Peacemaker" drápslista. Í viđtali fyrr í ţessum mánuđi hafnađi Vladimir Zelensky, forseti Úkraínu, afdráttarlaust hvers kyns vopnahléi sem ekki tók landamćri Kćnugarđs 1991 sem upphafspunkt.
Einnig var óljóst hvort stjórnvöld í Moskvu myndu yfirhöfuđ samţykkja vopnahlé sem vesturveldin höfđu milligöngu um, eftir ađ Angela Merkel, fyrrverandi kanslari Ţýskalands, viđurkenndi ađ vopnahléinu í Minsk áriđ 2014 vćri ćtlađ ađ "gefa Úkraínu tíma" til ađ búa sig undir stríđ.
Ţađ sem er ferskt í Áhorfendaritgerđ Kissingers er rökstuđningur hans. Hann bendir á ágúst 1916, ţegar fyrri heimsstyrjöldin stóđ sem hćst, ţegar stríđandi öfl leituđu milligöngu Bandaríkjamanna til ađ binda enda á fordćmalausar blóđsúthellingar. Ţrátt fyrir ađ "friđur byggđur á breyttri óbreyttri stöđu quo ante vćri innan seilingar," frestađi Woodrow Wilson forseti viđrćđunum ţar til eftir ađ hann gat náđ endurkjöri í nóvember. Ţá var ţađ orđiđ um seinan, og stríđiđ stóđ yfir í tvö ár í viđbót, "sem skađađi jafnvćgi Evrópu á óafturkrćfan hátt".
Ađspurđur um tillögu Kissingers sagđi Dmitry Peskov, talsmađur Kreml, ađ Vladimir Pútín Rússlandsforseti vćri "ákafur í ađ lesa greinina ítarlega" en "hafi ekki haft tćkifćri til ţess ennţá, ţví miđur".
Rússar sendu herliđ til Úkraínu 24. febrúar og vísuđu til ţess ađ Kćnugarđur hefđi ekki hrint Minsk-samningunum í framkvćmd, sem ćtlađ var ađ veita héruđunum Donetsk og Lugansk sérstöđu innan úkraínska ríkisins. Stjórnvöld í Kreml kröfđust ţess ađ Úkraína lýsti sig opinberlega hlutlaust ríki sem myndi aldrei ganga til liđs viđ neina vestrćna hersveit. Kiev heldur ţví fram ađ sókn Rússa hafi veriđ algjörlega tilefnislaus.
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Kissinger outlines Ukraine peace proposal
Urgently negotiating an end to hostilities in Ukraine would prevent another world war, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger argued in an essay published on Friday. The 99-year-old statesman noted that, in 1916, the US government had the chance to end the First World War through diplomacy, but missed it for reasons of domestic politics.
Kissinger laid out his reasoning in the December 17 issue of The Spectator, describing the current conflict as a war in which two nuclear powers contest a conventionally armed country, a clear reference to Ukraine being a proxy war between the US and Russia.
The peace process Kissinger proposes would link Ukraine to NATO, however expressed, as he believes neutrality for Kiev is no longer an option. He also wants Russia to withdraw to the lines before February 24, while the other territories Ukraine claims Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea could be the subject of a negotiation after a ceasefire.
In addition to confirming the freedom of Ukraine, the arrangement would strive to define a new international structure, especially for Central and Eastern Europe, in which Russia should eventually find a place, he explained.
While some would prefer a Russia rendered impotent by the war, Kissinger disagrees, arguing that Moscows historical role should not be degraded. Dismantling Russia could turn its vast territory into a contested vacuum, where competing societies might decide to settle their disputes by violence and neighbors could seek to claim territory by force, all in the presence of thousands of nuclear weapons.
In substance, this is the same proposal Kissinger had first floated in May, for which he was labeled an enemy of Ukraine and added to the notorious Peacemaker kill list. In an interview earlier this month, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky categorically rejected any sort of ceasefire that did not take Kievs claimed 1991 borders as the starting point.
It was also unclear whether Moscow would accept any Western-mediated ceasefire at all, after former German Chancellor Angela Merkels admission that the 2014 Minsk armistice was intended to give Ukraine time to prepare for war.
Whats fresh in Kissingers Spectator essay is his reasoning. He points to August 1916, at the height of the First World War, when the warring powers sought US mediation to end the unprecedented bloodshed. Though a peace based on the modified status quo ante was within reach, President Woodrow Wilson delayed the talks until after he could get re-elected in November. By then it was too late, and the war would go on for two more years, irretrievably damaging Europes established equilibrium.
Asked about Kissingers proposal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin was eager to give the article a thorough reading, but hasnt had a chance to do so yet, unfortunately.
Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kievs failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The Kremlin demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that would never join any Western military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked.
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