By: Peter Agba Kalu
I have taken time to listen and study arguments over the on going drama between between President Zelensky and President Trump over the diplomatic failure of their first meeting. Most people you see taking sides, throwing blame and projecting pure ignorance as knowledge, are to say the least, not students of history.
To start with, Europe is perfectly right in throwing their weight behind Ukarine and trying to wage the expansionist agenda of Putin at Ukarine. This was exactly how Hitler started and Europe made the mistake of not waking up early to challenge Hitler. When Hitler first invaded Austria (Anschluss) in March 1938, and then Czechoslovakia (Sudeten Crisis) in October 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier adopted a policy of appeasement.
Chamberlain, in particular, believed that giving in to Hitler’s demands would avoid war and maintain peace in Europe. He famously said, “Peace for our time,” after signing the Munich Agreement on September 30, 1938, which allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland.
Chamberlain’s advice was to allow Hitler’s aggression to stand, hoping that it would satisfy his territorial ambitions and prevent further conflict. However, this policy of appeasement ultimately emboldened Hitler, and he continued his aggressive expansion, leading to the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the start of World War II.
In what started with to just leave a little portion of Europe for Hitler, for the interest of peace. Germany defeated and occupied Poland (attacked in September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941). It was when Germany invaded Britain and Russia that the world realized that they needed to wake up, come together and fight this monster.
After annexing Austria (Anschluss) – March 12, 1938: Hitler citing the need for “protection” and “reunification” of the German-speaking population. The same protection that PUTIN uses when it fits into his diplomacy
Hitler invaded then Czechoslovakia (Sudeten Crisis) on October 1, 1938: Germany occupied Sudetenland, a region with a majority German-speaking population, under the pretext of protecting ethnic Germans. The same excuse Hitler used to invade Crimea.
On September 1, 1939 : Hitler invaded Poland, claiming it was necessary to reclaim the Polish Corridor, a region separated from Germany after World War I, and to protect ethnic Germans living in Poland.
It was these aggressive actions that led to the declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom on September 3, 1939, marking the beginning of World War II. You see why Europe is rightly alarmed and doing everything possible to stop Russia at Ukraine?
The first part of Ukraine invaded by Russian forces under Vladimir Putin’s leadership was Crimea, which was annexed in February-March 2014. Putin’s excuse for the invasion was: Protection of ethnic Russians. Putin claimed that the Russian-speaking population in Crimea was under threat from Ukrainian nationalists. Again, Restoring historical ties. Putin argued that Crimea had historically been part of Russia and was unfairly transferred to Ukraine in 1954. Again, he insisted that he wants to maintain strategic interests as Crimea is home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and that he sought to maintain Russia’s strategic military presence in the region.
You see, l was just imagining the level of twisted historical facts by authors and commentator dancing around with the facts that Ukraine was the aggressor, once Trump made comment, which he later admitted that Russia was indeed the aggressor. Twisting facts around Ukraine attracting Russian invasion because of its’ drive for NATO membership was far from the excuses Putin gave when he invaded Crimea. His reason was exactly the same reason Hitler gave when he invaded Austria.
FIFA banned Russia from the 2022 World Cup and all international competitions until further notice. UEFA banned Russian teams from participating in all international competitions, including the Champions League and Europa League. The IOC banned Russian athletes from competing under the Russian flag in international competitions. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) also banned Russian athletes from competing in international competitions. Because Russia was the aggressor, yet, someone is writing that it was Ukarine was at fault.
It was after Vladimir Putin’s second invasion of Ukraine that his excuse for invading Ukraine again after Crimea was allegedly to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. He claimed that Ukraine’s deepening ties with NATO forced him to launch the full-scale invasion in February 2022. However, this reasoning has been widely disputed, and many believe that Putin’s true intentions were to expand Russia’s territory and assert its dominance over Ukraine.
To show you that it was just a cheap excuse, Putin has also framed his invasion as a necessary measure to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine, and has sought to justify his actions by claiming that Ukraine is not a legitimate state . Additionally, Putin has attempted to draw parallels between his invasion of Ukraine and the historical conquests of Peter the Great, suggesting that he sees himself as a champion of Russian greatness. It’s worth noting that Putin’s excuses for invading Ukraine have been inconsistent and often contradictory, in reality, what Putin actually wanted is to rebuild the old USSR empire and like Hitler, he wants to do it block by block.
I know some of you started hearing about Ukarine’s rare earth resources when President Trump started talking about it. It has been there for centuries, that was part of Putin’s main interest for invading Ukarine, not anything NATO expansion. There are some of RUSSIAN’s neighbors who joined EUROPEAN UNION, Putin didn’t feel disturbed.
Look at the areas of Ukarine that PUTIN targeted and are taken: Crimea: Annexed in 2014, Crimea is home to significant coal deposits, natural gas fields, and critical minerals.Donbas region: Specifically, the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, which are rich in coal, iron ore, and rare earth minerals.
Kherson: A region with significant hydrocarbon reserves and critical minerals like lithium and uranium. Zaporizhzhia: A province with substantial coal deposits, natural gas fields, and critical minerals.
These areas are also abundant in various mineral resources, including: Coal: The Donbas region alone accounts for over 50% of Ukraine’s coal reserves. Natural Gas: Ukraine’s Black Sea reserves contain up to 2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. Rare Earth Minerals: Ukraine has significant deposits of rare earth minerals like lithium, tantalum, and cesium. Uranium: Ukraine holds Europe’s largest deposits of uranium, essential for nuclear power.
Iron Ore: The Donbas region is rich in iron ore, a crucial component for steel production.
Control over these resources is the critical aspect of the conflict, with significant implications for Ukraine’s sovereignty, Europe’s energy security, and Russia’s regional influence. NATO excuse is an a tale being told to poor students of history, when l read people who don’t understand what is happening reading NATO MOU l laugh, the war propaganda of Putin, like that of Hitler, got you pinned exactly where they want you focused.
President Trump understands the game perfectly, he wants America to have a cut from this rare earth resources deposits all across Ukraine. There’re over $10 trillion worth of rare earth resources deposits in Ukarine and in time to time the global war making machine and cheaper industrial production is going to shift to Ukarine. They going to be so rich and powerful and taking control of it now that the world is asleep is better than depending on them in the nearest future. This is an invasion to steal and occupy Ukarine’s rare earth resources deposits.
If Trump abandoned Europe and left them naked as he is threatening, the coming Arm Race won’t be good to the world. If Japan and Germany are freed to go back into sophisticated arms building in order to protect themselves. After their world war 2 defeat the America reached an agreement that both nations, including Europe shouldn’t go into arms building as America will protect them. If they left to go back into building of war machines more taxes will be imposed, production cost will increase and the solution will be to destabilize African economies to force them to down grade their currencies more, so that raw materials will be cheap. Then introduce terrorism activities in certain areas in order to harvest their natural resources very cheaply to help sustain lower production in Europe and the Western world.
At first, the news was that the Ukraine president Zelensky was coming to the White House to sign agreement. I was alarmed when the Ukarine president mentioned about being ignorant about the details of the agreement, a day before he arrived. That’s why the televised drama between two actors who love opera didn’t surprise me. The drama wasn’t necessary at all. Both countries have experts, the negotiations ought to have happened in close doors and every detail ironed out before coming to the open to sign agreement. To toil with the lives of millions of people at war is a joke taken too far.
President Trump carried his business minded negotiating attitude into the entire drama. This is not how to run a nation. With good intentions focused on securing a deal for America, Trump placed a call to Putin and started praising him, it was all planned towards making Zelensky get frightened and caved in. Trump urgently needs a trillion dollar worth of Ukarine resources for America. The real truth is that once America moves in to dig, they’re never going to stop even after a trillion dollars worth.
Zelensky wanted to know exactly what Ukarine stands to benefit. Will invaded and occupied Ukarine lands be given back? There was no clear answer for that from Trump. He rather blamed Democrats for standing there and watching Russia make such an incursion into Ukarine. Since Russia is already there, Trump wanted to intimidate Zelensky into surrendering some parts for America.
Zelensky understands that they want to partition Ukarine into two and still abandon them naked. Europe understands that once Russia conquered Ukarine, of course, the next door neighbor will be a NATO member and it will be another justifiable excuse to invade.
Historians are reading comments and ignorant write ups rampaging as wisdom and they will giggle. History always comes back to repeat itself. There’s another Hitler in the making and stopping him at Ukarine will be the best for humanity. Only America has the capacity to do that. Trump is saying, enough is enough. No more on a platter of gold. What’s there for America?
Peter Agba Kalu
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