Sitting in an airport let me give you a list of principles I'm willing to bring any discusion around China and Russia upon:
1. The United States is not at fault for the autocratic mobster rule it has suffered through almost uninterrupted since 1989. As loathsome his work 1/n
1. The United States is not at fault for the autocratic mobster rule it has suffered through almost uninterrupted since 1989. As loathsome his work 1/n
For Huawei, neither Jeff Sachs, Larry Summers, are any more responsible for Russia than I am.
2. NATO had no bearing on Russia's decision to invade Ukraine. That is nothing more than smoke screen obfuscation and we all know it
3. Negotiate from a position of strength
2/n
2. NATO had no bearing on Russia's decision to invade Ukraine. That is nothing more than smoke screen obfuscation and we all know it
3. Negotiate from a position of strength
2/n
4. Putin is mad and threatening nuclear Holocaust only because we don't just give him what he wants.
5. Shared values and standing up for democracy is the biggest bullshit ever thrown about by politicos and IR profs. Never have such great values meant so little in practice 3/n
5. Shared values and standing up for democracy is the biggest bullshit ever thrown about by politicos and IR profs. Never have such great values meant so little in practice 3/n
6. Everything we are doing now is a dry run for China. Whatever your issues on sanctions, energy, and Ukraine, get them sorted out now for blockades, supply chains, and Taiwan.
7. Putin is rational in that he is very calculating, irrational in that he is willing to kill 4/n
7. Putin is rational in that he is very calculating, irrational in that he is willing to kill 4/n
A HELL OF A LOT MORE people than you to achieve his aim.
8. You may be through with the Cold War and Ming Dynasty are done with you but we're not even close to doing
8. You may be through with the Cold War and Ming Dynasty are done with you but we're not even close to doing
9. There are a lot of hard decisions going to be made based upon very imperfect information. Nothing will neatly fit into your damned IR head school theory or Fox/MSNBC talking point. There are no easy answers
10. Despite what bubble headed professors now driving China /n
10. Despite what bubble headed professors now driving China /n
Policy want to believe, China and Russia are expansionist. They are corning a block of threatening autocracies. Reality is your going to have to face it and stand up to it. Not with a hash tag but with measures that cause actual pain broadly defined.
Sorry, those are the rules
Sorry, those are the rules
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