Day 996

A gigantic ancient olive tree

The last graph from an op-ed by Rose Gottemoeller, titled Trump needs concessions from Putin — they may be forthcoming. The Russian president wants to save face on Ukraine but this doesn’t mean he won’t give anything away, caught my eye. It appeared in The Financial Times yesterday.

It should be impossible “to save face” if you are responsible for killing and wounding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and innocent civilians, displacing millions and making life miserable for tens of millions more.

Should we have offered Adolf Hitler an escape? Pol Pot? Slobodan Milošević?

So, we ask ourselves: Who is Rose? What the fuck is wrong with her?

Ohio, Georgetown, RAND, Carnegie Endowment, State Department, Stanford University. Never served in the military. And no, she doesn’t speak fluent Russian. Looking on the supernatural side, she is prayerful.