What do they mean? Starmer and the rest of the western leaders who are not actually involved in the negotiations over peace between the US, Russia and Ukraine, and obviously sore about this, say they want security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure the peace deal with Russia, which has not happened yet, and which is currently winning on the battlefield. One supposes that they must look as if they are having something to do with it. Yet it is the security guarantee that would be provided by Ukraine joining Nato which has been a big factor in sparking this war. Zelensky constantly demands this membership from the west, ignoring the fact that this would, if Nato worked as it should, automatically spark WWIII. Like it or not, the Russians regard being encircled by a military alliance of western powers as aggressive, and particularly Ukraine, which has the history of being an avenue for the invasion of Russia/Soviet Union and has a legacy of fascism amongst a proportion of its leadership. So how could these leader’s demand for security guarantees ever be a factor that could help bring about peace? In fact, they cannot be, they are really a demand for more of the same war, if they are not just waffle, hot air, bluster, which they are.
It has become at least
obvious with US president Trump, who needs some recognition for trying to save
lives with a peace deal, that there are two imperialist ambitions at work on
this battleground, fighting over resources and security positions, and Ukraine
does not have much say in this, only those of its leaders who seek to sell out
entirely to the US, that is, if it can be cajoled into entirely destroying Russia.
On both sides working class people are being killed just to achieve certain
objectives of their respective ruling classes.