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Oh wow, what a masterpiece of geopolitical strategy!<\/a> So, let me get this straight\u2014first, the U.S. brilliantly<\/em> convinced the EU and Ukraine to jump headfirst into a war with Russia, all in the name of democracy, freedom, or whatever the buzzword of the day was. And now, in a plot twist that would make even Hollywood jealous, they\u2019re apparently cutting a deal with Russia to slice up Ukraine like a birthday cake? Without Ukraine being included in the talks! Classic. Nothing screams “ally” quite like leading your friends into a disaster and then shaking hands with the enemy over the wreckage. Bravo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh wow, what a masterpiece of geopolitical strategy! So, let me get this straight\u2014first, the U.S. brilliantly convinced the EU and Ukraine to jump headfirst into a war with Russia, all in the name of democracy, freedom, or whatever the buzzword of the day was. And now, in a plot twist that would make even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[481,1062,1071,755,1379],"class_list":["post-145654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","category-images","tag-comics","tag-comix","tag-eu","tag-politics","tag-us"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145895,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145895","url_meta":{"origin":145654,"position":0},"title":"The World on the Edge: Why 2025 Feels Like a Turning Point","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"04\/03\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The world feels like it\u2019s spinning out of control. 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