“Lithuania’s foreign minister says Munich Security Conference #MSC2023 reinforced some of his worries about the thinking of Western countries.” politico.eu/article/west-m…
2/ #MSC2023 “reinforced rather than eased some of his anxieties—as well as those of his Baltic compatriots—re the staying power of all 🇺🇦’s Western partners…bc ever since Putin launched his invasion—despite [support]— allies haven’t really agreed on any clear war aims.”
3/“🇺🇦…has been consistent about theirs—the restoration of all sovereign territory including Crimea, 🇷🇺war reparations & security guarantees. But in April and May, Macron & Scholz & then Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi all floated ceasefire balloons.”
4/“Macron & Scholz have since hardened their talk…
Yet peace balloons still continue to be floated, even more surreptitiously than China’s spy blimps.”
Yet peace balloons still continue to be floated, even more surreptitiously than China’s spy blimps.”
5/ “during a similarly fateful Feb in 1941, Churchill gave a take-stock speech…noting that ‘In wartime, there is a lot to be said for the motto: ‘Deeds, not words.’
🇬🇧had been receiving some military aid from🇺🇸 at the time, & much like 🇺🇦today, it was on a just-in-time basis…”
🇬🇧had been receiving some military aid from🇺🇸 at the time, & much like 🇺🇦today, it was on a just-in-time basis…”
6/“When USSR broke up, there were leaders in the West urging the Baltics & 🇺🇦 not to declare independence…“People were so afraid, they couldn’t imagine a world without the USSR”
And likewise, some now worry about the repercussions of the war leading to turbulence inside 🇷🇺…
And likewise, some now worry about the repercussions of the war leading to turbulence inside 🇷🇺…
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