‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes - POLITICO
This is so good (in a scary way)
“We are already, she said, in the middle of a third World War, whether we’ve fully grasped it or not.”
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This is so good (in a scary way)
“We are already, she said, in the middle of a third World War, whether we’ve fully grasped it or not.”
politico.com/news/magazine/…
“Sadly, we are treading back through old historical patterns that we said that we would never permit to happen again,” Hill said
Those old historical patterns inc Western businesses who fail to see how they help build a tyrant’s war chest, admirers enamored of an autocrat’s “strength” & politicians’ tendency to point fingers inward for political gain instead of working together for their nation’s security.
She says it’s not too late to turn Putin back and it is a job for Ukraine, NATO, and Western Companies too.
And not being in the slightest complacent about the threats.
And not being in the slightest complacent about the threats.
“There’s lots of danger ahead, she warned. Putin is increasingly operating emotionally and likely to use all the weapons at his disposal, including nuclear ones. It’s important not to have any illusions — but equally important not to lose hope.“
“Every time you think, ’No, he wouldn’t, would he?’
Well, yes, he would,” Hill said. “And he wants us to know that, of course.”
Well, yes, he would,” Hill said. “And he wants us to know that, of course.”
“It’s not that we should be intimidated and scared…. We have to prepare for those contingencies and figure out what is it that we’re going to do to head them off.”
She thinks Putin HAS changed.
Is more emotional.
“The pretext (for the invasion) is completely flimsy and almost nonsensical for anybody who’s not in the echo chamber or the bubble of propaganda in Russia itself.”
Is more emotional.
“The pretext (for the invasion) is completely flimsy and almost nonsensical for anybody who’s not in the echo chamber or the bubble of propaganda in Russia itself.”
“ I mean, demanding to the Ukrainian military that they essentially overthrow their own government or lay down their arms and surrender because they are being commanded by a bunch of drug-addled Nazi fascists? There’s just no sense to that. It beggars the imagination.”
Dangerous
Dangerous
It seems that the prospect of Russia striking at all of Ukraine and Georgia was seen as a real risk many years ago.
Putin wishes to establish Russian dominance….Russian “Imperium”, the old Russian Empire, which stretches beyond the old Soviet Union.
Putin wishes to establish Russian dominance….Russian “Imperium”, the old Russian Empire, which stretches beyond the old Soviet Union.
She wonders if he has spent the Pandemic pouring over old maps because of the shape of his more recent statements and speeches.
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