It’s being reported this morning that, as part of negotiations, Biden has offered Putin access to key NATO bases so he can verify the US isn’t deploying Tomahawk missiles in Poland and Romania:
NY POST – The White House has reportedly floated an offer to Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow Kremlin access to key NATO bases in exchange for Moscow de-escalating tensions over its military buildup on Ukraine’s border.
The proposal would also involve discussions about Russia verifying that the US has not deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to bases in Romania and Poland, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.
The reported offer would be contingent on agreement from US allies, including Romania and Poland, while Russia would also have to provide similar information about bases with ground-launched weapon systems.
The overture reportedly is intended to ease Putin’s fears that the US could target Russia with the missiles.
The Russian leader has demanded a number of security guarantees from the US and its Western allies, including barring Ukraine and other former Soviet states from becoming NATO members and rolling back forces from Eastern Europe.
The US has rejected Moscow’s NATO demand as a nonstarter but has suggested the other issues could be part of ongoing diplomatic talks in its written response delivered last week.
I’ve made this point a million times, so I’ll let someone else do it this time:
If Trump pulled this shit Democrats would be pushing to impeach him. https://t.co/JULSbbcQNG
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 2, 2022
Seriously. Biden has been more pro-Russia than Trump ever has and yet the garbage media never says a word.
The NY Post also reports something else that was revealed by a newspaper in Spain:
Meanwhile, a report in the Spanish newspaper El Pais indicated that Washington is willing to discuss promising not to install ground-based missile systems or deploy combat forces in Ukraine if Russia agrees to do the same.
The newspaper purportedly obtained documents that were part of the US and NATO’s written replies to Russia over the security demands.
“The United States is willing to discuss conditions-based reciprocal transparency measures and reciprocal commitments by both the United States and Russia to refrain from deploying offensive ground-launched missile systems and permanent forces with a combat mission in the territory of Ukraine,” read a copy of one document on the newspaper’s website.
Another document confirmed the reporting by Bloomberg.
Ok first of all, Biden has already publicly said he would not send troops to Ukraine and Putin knows this. As far as the ground-based missile systems, the US should never agree to this. It’s just another way for Putin to ensure the success of his invasion, and he’ll undoubtedly not keep his end of this ‘bargain’.