I am posting this so many who do not understand of chose to not believe, may read and think about this.
When Jared Kushner declares that any Ukraine peace settlement must include the "broader European security architecture", we do not have to guess what the US envoy means.
Vladimir Putin spelt it out for us almost five years ago.
That phrase is diplomatic code for Putin's demand, made public in December 2021, for the entire system of European security to be overturned to cripple Nato and restore Russia's overlordship of its old empire.
Back then, Russia's leader released a full draft treaty with nine articles, Article 4 of which would have banned Nato from deploying "military forces and weaponry" in any of the 16 countries that joined the alliance after May 27, 1997.
The consequence would have been that every ally east of Germany, including Poland, the Czech Republic and the Baltic states, would have seen their Nato membership rendered meaningless at a stroke. After all, if allies cannot send troops to defend one another's territory, they are no longer allies in any real sense.
That particular demand from Putin came with the sort of fake concession for which Russian diplomacy is famed. Yes, military deployments could be allowed in Nato's post-1997 members in "exceptional cases", perhaps if such a country had to "eliminate a threat to security", but only "with the consent of all the parties", which would include Russia.
So Nato could only send forces to repel a Russian invasion of Latvia, for example, if Russia would first agree to its own invasion being repelled. If, by some extraordinary chance, the invader did not agree, then Nato would have to abandon Latvia to Russia's mercy.
That is what Putin means – and has always meant – when he talks of a new European security architecture. He means a system that clears Nato out of the way and leaves him free to invade any neighbour.
Every previous US administration understood that perfectly well, which is why Europe and the then president, Joe Biden, united to reject Russia's proposal in December 2021, whereupon Putin showed exactly why he wanted the ability to attack his neighbors by launching an onslaught against Ukraine two months later.
The Staff: Everyone must remember, NATO has never invaded a country and is in place to keep the old KGB officer in place until the day comes when he is gone and the people of Russia may see peace and prosperity for all not just Putin. Putin thinks he is a King and yet the Russian King was murdered many years ago. Ukraine was not the first as we all remember Georgia and part of that country was also invaded by this KGB Officer.