To understand the absurdity of “exchanging Ukrainian territories for Ukrainian territories,” imagine this:
You live in your house — born & raised there. All documents prove it’s yours, legally registered in your name.
1/n
You live in your house — born & raised there. All documents prove it’s yours, legally registered in your name.
1/n
2/ One day your neighbor knocks for salt — and knocks you out with a baseball bat.
When you regain consciousness, covered in blood, you find him drinking in your kitchen with his buddies.
When you regain consciousness, covered in blood, you find him drinking in your kitchen with his buddies.
3/ You try to throw him out, but he barricades himself in the kitchen and refuses to leave.
Then the neighbors — Uncle Alex, Aunt Olya, childhood friend Dima — look away and say:
“We’re with you! But he’s stronger… Just let him have it. The fights are keeping us up.”
Then the neighbors — Uncle Alex, Aunt Olya, childhood friend Dima — look away and say:
“We’re with you! But he’s stronger… Just let him have it. The fights are keeping us up.”
4/ Shocked, you call the police.
The officer arrives, walks right past you, and hugs your thug neighbor.
They lock themselves in your kitchen for a friendly chat.
The officer arrives, walks right past you, and hugs your thug neighbor.
They lock themselves in your kitchen for a friendly chat.
5/ The policeman emerges: “Good news! You give him the kitchen, he lets you use your own bathroom.”
You explain you don’t need his permission — the bathroom is yours by law.
You explain you don’t need his permission — the bathroom is yours by law.
6/ The cop rolls his eyes: “Forget the law. Reality is—he’s also occupied your bathroom.
Be grateful you’re only losing the kitchen & bathroom. If you behave, you’ll be allowed to use it.”
Be grateful you’re only losing the kitchen & bathroom. If you behave, you’ll be allowed to use it.”
7/ Sounds absurd?
Yes. Because it is absurd — a scenario that should be impossible in the real world.
Yes. Because it is absurd — a scenario that should be impossible in the real world.
8/ But we live in the real world.
And right now, the US President is negotiating behind our backs with war criminal Putin over how much of our land & people to hand him in exchange for a “promise” to leave us alone.
And right now, the US President is negotiating behind our backs with war criminal Putin over how much of our land & people to hand him in exchange for a “promise” to leave us alone.
9/ A promise he already made:
– Minsk Agreements
– 1997 Treaty on Friendship with Ukraine
– 1994 Budapest Memorandum as a “security guarantor”
Every time, he broke it.
– Minsk Agreements
– 1997 Treaty on Friendship with Ukraine
– 1994 Budapest Memorandum as a “security guarantor”
Every time, he broke it.
10/ Absurdity isn’t just possible — it’s happening right before our eyes.
Adapted from Serhii Marchenko
Adapted from Serhii Marchenko
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