Yeah apparently these dems like to think not having conversations with Putin is still the way to go as if somehow in their minds that was working so well. Clearly they just dont want to see Trump fix another problem their policies couldn't.
That's not correct. That's just not realistic.
Talking with Putin
is necessary (of course Lavrov is the only one talking so far) and Biden was a fool not to try to keep some type of communication with Russia regarding the war. However, it must be said that Putin, at the beginning, was certainly not interested in any discussions either.
However......
Having totally one-sided talks with Ukraine and having Ukraine negotiate with itself- without knowing what Russia will do or is willing to do is also wrong. in Saudi Arabia, Russia made ZERO concessions and MADE zero assurances of anything. They offered nothing in return for a peace deal. Ukraine wasn't even invited.
If you were leading a negotiation between Carolina and Clemson to settle some major, life threatening dispute if Clemson had attacked our campus, it would be pretty damn stupid to expect South Carolina to make concessions - while excluding South Carolina reps in the discussions with Clemson- and getting NO guarantees at all from Clemson. if that happened, you'd be going absolutely ballistic.
That's what people are expecting Zelenskyy and Ukraine to do - stop fighting, and give up without any assurances 1)Russia would stop or abide by anything, 2) Give up anything at all to bring a peace. Why would you expect Ukraine to do that?
Even Brit Hume on Fox pointed out that Zelenskyy has zero reason to trust Russia - and that no matter what Russia says to Trump- they could very easily agree to a deal and immediately violate it knowing the Trump administration would not do anything to punish Russia for it. Even Brit pointed out that was a very real and legit concern on the part of Ukraine.