Eu leaders plan, Peacekeepers, NATO with another name.

 IT IS CLEAR WHY EUROPE IS NOT AT THE TABLE

EVERY PLAN CONTINGENT ON U.S. BACKUP

Yesterday the European leaders had a meeting in Paris to talk about Ukraine. It is clear that they are not ready to face the reality, that they cannot prevail in Ukraine. That NATO expansion into Ukraine is not going to happen, that Ukraine is not going to recover its lost territory, that Russia is not going to accept 150,000 European military personnel in Ukraine, even if they are labeled peacekeepers.  The fact is that it is unlikely that Europe could muster and maintain 150,000 personnel to act as peacekeepers for the next several decades.

Consider that the U.S. is spending 15% of its budget on defense spending, and has created an economic crisis of it own for doing so,when most of European NATO has been spending less than 2%. Some are contemplating upping it to 3 %, it would probably take them a decade to do so. The EU has been proud of their 30 hr work weeks, and months of paid leave, something that most Americans do not have. When Trump states that they have been taking advantage of the United States, it is indeed true. This is enough reason why they are not present in the peace negotiations, that and the fact that they really don't want peace without victory, victory that they cannot achieve without U.S. military power. 

Every proposed plan by them in Paris was contingent on U.S. back up. They keep voicing the narrative that Putin, or Russia, the fact is, it is all one and the same, wants to invade all of Europe, a weak narrative at best. Why would Russia want to spend resources to rule over a failing Europe that has commited economic and political suicide and has adopted many of the socialist policies that led to the end of the Soviet Union. The reality is that Russia and its standard of living has improved greatly under the administration of Putin, he is genuinely highly regarded by the majority of Russia's citizens. I expect he has higher approval rating than any of the EU leadership.

Russia has no need of anything that western Europe has, it has vast territory, massive resources, and has prospered and has a bright future. Controlling European territory would be a drain and a pain to the future of Russia. What it wants is to control its own future and preserve it resources for the benefit of Russia. 

While they deny it, the expansion of NATO to the borders of Russia and the constant attempts to cause internal division and regime change in Russia by foreign powers is the root of this crisis, not the hope of Russia ruling Europe. Decades of the narrative of a Russia threat by the combined West has created the present crisis and made Russia into the enemy they hoped for, and now they see no way out of the predicament they created.