Thread by @MollyMcKew

Will try to post videos later, but takeaways from today’s panels:
-N. Europeans (incl Balts) have most clarity on what is at stake, what to do
- 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 still hoping the voyage has a different destination
-Both sides want to see more US leadership
-We need to pick the right side /1

https://twitter.com/mollymckew/status/1483752482417356800

To me, it’s clear the right side is w/ the frontline allies, who everyday ask their citizens to prepare to sacrifice for nat’l defense

Everything else is a hat-tip to the Kremlin’s “sphere of influence” argument, and I refuse to condemn any peoples to a repeat of that history /2

It hurts my head that German officials can reference “burdens of history” as a reason for non-action against Russia when non-action can also be this condemnation to darkness.

The burden of all our histories is to defend the values that have given us our prosperous, safe lives /3

The US should take a cue from how “old Europeans” talk about us — which is as a partner of the frontline states, the necessary partner force for all defense of Europe.

If this is how they see us, then fine, we should lead from the front, not from misguided hopes… /4

… of what Russia *might* be if only xyz. The XYZ is not something we can provide; it must come from within Russia.

Just as we must muster our will and resources to confront the two-front challenges we face from Russia and China in multiple domains. /5