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Apr 3 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
The latest horrors out of Putin's war on Ukraine put the remaining Western holdouts against stronger action in an unbearable position. Excuses are now complicity, not prudence, not just cowardice.
Stop hiding behind "escalation" like it's a moral get out of jail free card. Mass executions of civilians, war crimes directed to industrial scale, there is your escalation.
Economic price for action, for total isolation of Putin's murderous regime? Yes, you waited too long and the price went up. Now you pay for your complacency, your complicity. You will pay in gas while Ukrainians pay in blood. You are lucky.

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Apr 3
“Biden’s age may be a negative for some, but he remembers the Cold War. Gaffe or not, his remark reflected accurate instincts: Mr. Putin must go.” My new @WSJ op-ed on an unfashionable topic: real evil, and confronting it. wsj.com/articles/biden…
“Putin’s Russia is a bankrupt gas station run by a mafia that prefers to spend its time and money in London and New York. Offering any carrots to these war criminals would set the stage for a return to the appeasement and corruption that brought us to this deadly phase.”
“It would also shake the foundation of collective defense in the region. As Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks told me this week, “We are afraid not of Russian tanks, but of Western weakness.”
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Apr 2
The American food company Mars is still operating in Russia, thereby collaborating with Putin's dictatorship and his invasion and war crimes in Ukraine. Is this to be expected for a company after for the god of war?
Unrest in Russia from foreign companies leaving is a vital tool of pressure. Mars says their candy & dog food are "essential", but Putin uses this to say that *he* is essential, that things are under control or will be soon.
I warned years ago that not only was it immoral for multinationals to stay or set up shop in Russia as Putin turned it into a dictatorship, that they were colluding, but that it would also turn out to be bad business. Leave or be complicit.
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Mar 29
Putin’s actions vs Putin’s words... Repeating Kremlin statements about withdrawals and ceasefires is malpractice and propaganda. And if pressure and battlefield success are working, press the advantage.
Putin's tactic has always been to take territory by force and then sue for peace while he consolidates and rearms. His victims are pressured by the West to accept anything so they can get back to business as usual. Not again.
Eight years of human rights abuses including torture, ethnic cleansing and deportations in occupied Ukraine. Now Putin wants to expand that program & West will take it as an achievement since it "could have been worse." Aim higher.
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Mar 28
Concern about Biden's statement about Putin not remaining in power is overblown. The real worry is his admin is not clear on what it hopes to achieve in supporting Ukraine. Without US leadership, the EU, NATO, and the rest will lose their nerve at the first opportunity. 1/13
Ambiguity is tactically useful, strategically disastrous. If a dictator is uncertain of your commitment and your goals, the chance of catastrophe rises. If you backtrack on simple statements, what else might you backtrack on? Sanctions? Treaty obligations? 2/13
Supporting Ukraine 100%, as Biden says he does, means giving them what they need and doing what needs to be done to enable Ukraine to win this war, not simply survive until Putin consolidates his occupation grip, commits more war crimes, & reloads for next time. 3/13
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Mar 26
No free world leader should hesitate to state plainly that the world would be a far better place if Putin were no longer in power in Russia. A good way to make that come about is to say exactly that. Russia will be pariah until Putin is gone.
Putin has stayed in power for over 20 years because despite leading Russia to economic, demographic, and political ruin, he is still treated like the big boss who can do business and get things back on track. Shatter that belief.
Dictators crush even the smallest hint of opposition so they can say "if not me, who else?" After 20 years, it is effective. But we must all imagine Russia after Putin for it to happen. No normalization, no deals, nothing. He is illegitimate and a war criminal.
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Mar 26
Defense is not escalation. Putin does not own Ukraine. Ukraine is a sovereign nation, sacrificing all to defend Europe and the rest of the free world. Help them win. My op-ed: nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
Some possible help for those in EU who cannot access: facebook.com/GKKasparov/pos… | news.google.com/articles/CAIiE…
"The media has documented the unfolding horror in real time, with no doubt who the villain was. The exception being Tucker Carlson and some of his Fox News colleagues, who are so adept at parroting Kremlin propaganda that they should be paid in crackers."
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