Ukraine Light

 

“If you’re not on the table you’re in the menu” was the pronunciamento by a recent CNN guest described as a veteran negotiator. It’s the world of Kissinger, realpolitik which ultimately goes back to Machiavelli and before that Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. One has to smile about the strange bedfellows which derive from a cross-pollination of transactional and humanistic aims. Here’s one. Trump proposed that the United States take over Ukraine’s electrical grid and nuclear power plants. Ha! No need for a standing army to afford protection. The Russians Are Coming was the name of a 60s anti-war satire. While anything is possible, it’s highly unlikely Putin is going to take aim at a Connecticut Light and Power. "Value free politics" is the name of the game. Yet the transaction yields the right result—if you’re interested in preserving  autonomy and democracy both.

Question of the Day: Do people still eat each other?