So, here we go again. The big shots are meeting in Abu Dhabi. It is a city built on sand and oil. It is the perfect place for a bunch of people who have no souls. We have the Americans, the Russians, and the Ukrainians. They are all sitting in a fancy room. They say they are talking about peace. I say they are just checking each other’s pockets for loose change. It is a room full of suits and fake smiles. It is a room where the air smells like money and lies. And we are all supposed to watch and clap like happy seals.

This is the first time the new Trump crew has sat down with both sides. The fans of the orange guy are cheering. They think he is a wizard. They think he can just snap his fingers and make the world stop being a dumpster fire. Then you have the people who hate him. They are screaming. They think he is selling the world to the devil. News flash: the world was already sold. It has been on the clearance rack for years. Both sides are acting like this is a big deal. It is not. It is just another day of rich people playing with maps.

Let’s look at the Russians. They walked into Ukraine four years ago. They broke things. They killed people. Now they are sitting at a table acting like they are the reasonable ones. It is like a guy who burns down your house and then asks you for a glass of water. It is a joke. But in the world of big politics, this is called “diplomacy.” In the real world, it is called being a jerk. They want to keep what they stole. They want to act like the big bosses of the neighborhood. And they know that everyone else is just as greedy as they are.

Then we have the Ukrainians. They have been fighting in the cold and the mud for a long time. They have lost friends. They have lost cities. Now they have to sit across from the people who did it. They have to smile and nod. Why? Because the money is drying up. They know the US is tired of sending checks. They know the world is bored of their war. It is not about right or wrong anymore. It is about survival. It is about trying to get the best deal before the lights go out. It is sad, but that is how the game works. If you do not have the money, you do not have a choice.

And the Americans. Oh, the Americans. We love to pretend we are the heroes. We show up in our nice suits. We talk about “key moments.” Everything is always a “key moment” in the news. You know what a key moment really is? It is just the moment before things get worse. The new guys in Washington want a win. They want to say they stopped the war. They do not care if the peace is real. They do not care if it lasts for more than a week. They just want the headline. They want to look like the big bosses who fixed everything. They are sales guys. They are selling a dream to a world that keeps having nightmares.

It is all a performance. It is theater for people who still believe what they see on TV. The Left will tell you this is a disaster. They will say we are giving up on democracy. Please. Like they ever cared about democracy more than their own jobs. The Right will tell you this is peace through strength. It is not. It is peace through being tired. Everyone is just tired of the war because it is getting expensive. If it were cheap, they would keep doing it forever. War is a business, and right now, the business is failing. So, they go to the desert to close the shop.

Think about the setting. Abu Dhabi. Why there? Because it is neutral? No. Because it is rich. It is fancy. These people are not meeting in a tent in the woods. They are not meeting where the bombs are falling. They are meeting in a place where the toilets are made of gold. They will eat fancy food. They will drink expensive coffee. They will talk about borders and lines. To them, a border is just a line on a piece of paper. To a kid in a trench, a border is a place where you die. The gap between those two things is why I hate everyone. These people do not feel the heat or the cold. They only feel the power.

The media is eating it up. They are calling it a “push to end the invasion.” That sounds so nice, doesn't it? Like they are just pushing a heavy door shut. But the door is made of bodies. The reality is that these three groups are just trying to see who can get the best deal. It is a trade. Ukraine wants to keep their land. Russia wants to keep the land they took. The US wants to stop spending money. Nobody is there for the “good of humanity.” There is no good of humanity in that room. There is just the interest of the guys at the top. They will shake hands, they will sign a paper, and they will tell us we should be grateful.

I have seen this movie before. We all have. They will talk for a few days. They will release a statement that says nothing. “Progress was made.” “Conversations were productive.” That is code for “we did not agree on anything but the lunch was great.” Then they will go back to their hotels. The war will keep going for a while. People will keep dying. But the politicians will get to say they tried. They will get their photo op. They will get their ego boost. And the rest of us will still be stuck in a world run by idiots. So, keep watching the news. Keep believing that a meeting in the desert is going to fix the world. I will be over here, watching the sand blow around. At least the sand does not pretend to be something it is not.