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CasualtiesOfTheDay

Jan 17 • 15 tweets • 6 min read

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German government sources tell @handelsblatt that the US and Europe are not contemplating cutting Russia off from #SWIFT, making explicit what the US has been implicitly telegraphing for several weeks. finance.yahoo.com/news/west-no-l…

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1481916804503343112?s=20

Senior US officials have been openly saying their number one priority is German interests, not deterring or punishing Russia.

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1481916804503343112?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1480023508377747464?s=20

e.g.

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1480023508377747464?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1480026108078673920?s=20

As I said before, there was never any hope of anything being done as long as the US prioritizes German interests over its own, as the Obama-Biden administration has always done

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1480026108078673920?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1479291745884016640?s=20

What's amazing is that the US went out of its way to ensure Nord Stream 2 was completed and then protected so as to bring the Germans on board with crippling sanctions. See thread 👇

But the Germans get to have their cake and eat it, too.

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1479291745884016640?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471027771543490560?s=20

This administration is the ultimate farce. I feel like I'm being punk'd.

I mocked the idea of these invertebrate freaks cutting Russia off from SWIFT while doing nothing else.

But they won't even do that 🤡

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471027771543490560?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1468117401594175488?s=20

The US has been not so subtly giving Russia the green light for an invasion since early December.

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1468117401594175488?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1469910015171383296?s=20

#pt This includes withholding arms packages

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1469910015171383296?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1472728292205621248?s=20

#pt

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1472728292205621248?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1446046526594109442?s=20

This administration's brain disease applies to all adversaries and situations, not just China:

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1446046526594109442?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1429989439451799585?s=20

And Afghanistan was emblematic of how this administration would handle all foreign policy problems, however much everyone wanted to pretend it was a sui generis one-off and couldn't apply to Taiwan or anywhere else.

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1429989439451799585?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471088888697352200?s=20

I'm just going to keep hammering this point home👇👇👇

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471088888697352200?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471706044497739777?s=20

We've already seen this movie before. There is no need to pretend we don't know how it ends:

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471706044497739777?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1468869721533542400?s=20

#pt

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1468869721533542400?s=20

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471088410961977347?s=20

In closing:

https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1471088410961977347?s=20

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