Thread by @carolecadwalla

Interviewer: ‘There are people who are saying we’re on the brink of a World War III.’

Hill: ‘We’re already in it. We have been for some time.’

Superb but terrifying piece by pre-eminent Russia expert, Fiona Hill

Also: yes, he will use nukes

politico.com/news/magazine/…

Why wouldn’t he use nukes, she argues. He’s already used polonium. He’s already used novichok. Why wouldn’t he reach back into his arsenal of extreme weird inhumane banned weaponry?

Hill is such a sober, rational, careful figure. Anyone who saw her evidence to Congress knows how impressive she is. She’s saying the world has to get its shit together & act collectively now because this is 1939. He is Hitler. And he’s not going to stop at Ukraine

Sanctions are not enough. That’s her clear message. There has to be a global response. Anyone who is currently doing any sort of business is complicit, she says. All business activity must be halted immediately

‘In the UK, there was a whole host of British politicians who admired Hitler’s strength & power…

‘Unfortunately we have politicians & public figures in US & Europe who have embraced idea Putin was wronged by NATO’

Trump, Carlson, Banks, Farage, Lord Haw Haws all.