This year’s Halifax International Security Forum yesterday was the scene for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to show the world that they can appear in public, pretending that the Nov. 15 performance by Zelenskyy—lying about its missile attack upon Poland was from Russia and recklessly agitating for an emergency NATO engagement—wasn’t what you saw.
Zelenskyy’s version was, “Nothing to see here, folks. Full speed ahead.” Or, as he put it: “Russia is now looking for a short truce—a respite to regain strength. Someone may call this the war’s end. But such a respite will only worsen the situation. Any voiced ideas of our land’s concessions or of our sovereignty cannot be called peace. Immoral compromises will lead to new blood. A truly real, long-lasting and honest peace can only be the result of the complete demolition of Russian aggression.”
