1/5
Not really convinced by #Krastev here.
War changes the trajectories of both states and nations.
This is hard to accept but it is true.
Not really convinced by #Krastev here.
War changes the trajectories of both states and nations.
This is hard to accept but it is true.
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1517915482258563074
2/5
We have a dangerous, aggressive, criminal state to contend with.
We must take steps to minimize the capability and the intent of that state to do us harm.
Krastev implies it shouldn't be done and wouldn't succeed anyway.
I say: should be done, can be done, must be done.
We have a dangerous, aggressive, criminal state to contend with.
We must take steps to minimize the capability and the intent of that state to do us harm.
Krastev implies it shouldn't be done and wouldn't succeed anyway.
I say: should be done, can be done, must be done.
3/5
The issue is not whether the RUS economy will survive. It will. RUS has enormous domestic resources. It also has alternative partners. But Western containment will make RUS: militarily less dangerous, and less capable of political subversion against us, other things equal.
The issue is not whether the RUS economy will survive. It will. RUS has enormous domestic resources. It also has alternative partners. But Western containment will make RUS: militarily less dangerous, and less capable of political subversion against us, other things equal.
4/5
Dealing with Russia, we need a strong containment policy - very low levels of trade and other forms of contact - and a strong military posture to deter the Kremlin from aggression.
The rest is Russia's problem, not ours.
Dealing with Russia, we need a strong containment policy - very low levels of trade and other forms of contact - and a strong military posture to deter the Kremlin from aggression.
The rest is Russia's problem, not ours.
5/5
We should not be induced into giving concessions due to some clever rhetoric about Russia's internal dynamics that we may somehow be able to save or that may somehow threaten us.
Enough.
Close the markets. Rearm. Stand guard.
We should not be induced into giving concessions due to some clever rhetoric about Russia's internal dynamics that we may somehow be able to save or that may somehow threaten us.
Enough.
Close the markets. Rearm. Stand guard.
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