Thread by @althecat

The problem is that @secblinken thinks his playing to his choir is clever. It’s not. It just looks daft.

Of course Russia will give this commitment to the UNSC. It has done so repeatedly already,

Most of world, especially the Govt. of Ukraine is getting tired of this circus.

https://twitter.com/abcpolitics/status/1494354595480547335

This meeting to discuss a letter from Moscow r.e. Ukraine has been on the UNSC agenda since end of Jan. Russia is the current UNSC president.

This is one of the main reasons that all the talk from the US about “imminent invasion” has been so dumb. Russia signaled its willingness to take a diplomatic path in scheduling this meeting. Announcing it the Russian PR made clear Russia did not intend to invade.

The reason that Russian TV shows are laughing at the US and suggesting it’s leading figures might be mentally challenged is because they are making it so easy.

Apparently we are supposed to believe today that Russia has shown its intentions to invade Ukraine by “building a bridge” and a road. And believe that the US has an accurate head count of deployed soldiers along frontiers that are over 1000kms long.

The strategy to look tough to keep Europe on side and claim credit when Russia doesn’t invade might have made sense if better executed,

But right now most of us are just sick of this nonsense. Putin’s and Biden’s.

Just come to an agreement. Both leave Ukraine alone, and stop scaring us with talk about nuclear weapons and WWIII.

Enough already.

The UKs James Cleverly Minister of State for Europe and North America also turned up in NYC to speak at this meeting. Here is his post speaking standup with reporters >> media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k…

Maintaining and strengthening the "special relationship" with the US is now the UK's primary diplomatic objective, it being the UK's main path to remaining internationally relevant.

The UNSC meeting on Ukraine has ended. The last speaker - from Ukraine - said that many people had written to him urging him to say that "no-one in Ukraine" thinks that Ukraine is about to be invaded.

Video of the full meeting can be watched here >> media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k…

This entire Russian charade was an info op with 3 objectives.

1. Get Europe to seriously discuss alternatives to "Just NATO" to provide strategic security on its Eastern Borders.
2. Intimidate Ukraine into resuming Minsk talks.
3. Put some cracks in NATO.

All 3 achieved.

The three protagonists in this drama - the UK Govt, US Govt and Putin's Kremlin - have all been playing to their domestic audiences.

And its ironic the language all three nuclear powers appear most comfortable with are different dialects of jingoism.

But its tragic that the UK and US Govt's appear to be completely blind to the fact that they have been played. Like a violin.

A couple of days ago a former UK Spy chief was on the Today Show saying that it was obvious that there was never going to be a war, as there was so much for Russia to lose.

This followed the UK Defence Sec. refering to the Crisis as having a "whiff (smell) of Munich".