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Garry Kasparov Profile picture
@Kasparov63
Sep 8, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
I called out Musk’s moral idiocy and ignorance of Russia in his calling for a pro-Kremlin "peace" before he bought Twitter last year. Even my thread from yesterday needs an update, as he has now proudly confessed to sabotage on behalf of the Russian military. 1/4
If Musk could sabotage Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea during an attack, how did he know about it? How many other Ukrainian actions have been sabotaged, or their presence shared with Musk’s "Russian officials" friends? Were Ukr personnel cut off, possibly inside Russia? 2/4
The Russian warships Musk personally saved have continued to murder Ukrainian civilians. They have bombarded ports and grain stores full of food, much destined for the world’s poor. Their real blood is on Musk's hands. 3/4
For what? The fallacy that Putin can be negotiated with in good faith? That at the same time he’s a madman who will nuke the world at any setback? For the same "peace" myth exploited by generations of Soviet spies in the West? All naive & propaganda, all refuted over & over. 4/4

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Dec 10
This post provokes strong reactions, least of which is the difference between the Russian and English, with content for the respective audiences. Lamenting RU expenditures & casualties in Syria in the Russian version plays politics when there are no politics in Russia today. 1/7 Image
Russians dying in Syria isn’t the problem, Russians killing Syrians is. We should not express regret over Russia showering Assad’s regime with money, but over Russia showering the Syrian people with bombs. For generations they will curse the Russians who murdered so many. 2/7
As in Ukraine, it's demeaning to say only Putin is responsible. Putin never pulled a trigger. It was Russian soldiers, pilots, bombs & bullets. I didn’t hear of Russian mass desertions or protests. They targeted civilian infrastructure, schools & hospitals, razing cities. 3/7
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Dec 7
Had Obama had the courage of his convictions, or any courage or convictions other than US power is bad, Assad would have been gone in 2013. Countless lives saved, refugee waves limited, and likely Putin never attempts to take Crimea. Inaction can be a deadly choice.
This isn’t just hindsight, of course. It was obvious to me at the time that letting Russia help keep Assad in power would have a disastrous legacy. ideas.time.com/2013/09/18/put…Image
The price of inaction is compounding even today, as the US and NATO nations make similar mistakes in Ukraine. Putin learned, Western leaders did not. 10 needless years of slaughter. Godspeed to the Syrian people today. kasparov.com/putin-toys-wit…Image
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Dec 3
Biden should have stepped down and let Harris pardon Hunter. This would also 1) deliver the first black woman president and 2) ruin all of Trump's made-in-China "45th-47th President" merchandise!
More seriously, the pardon undercuts partisan debate re politicizing the justice system. Trump isn't going to do anything differently, but it is vital to keep principled arguments against it front and center. "Everybody does it" is a streetlight on the road to Hell.
Coincidentally, as I was not thinking at all about a potential Hunter pardon, I talked about the risks of presidential abuse of power in my interview with the @HuffPost that ran the day before. huffpost.com/entry/trump-mu…
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Nov 28
America, this is your next four years, or longer. Oligarchs protected by Trump accusing former public officials of the gravest crimes without evidence or even pretense to provide any. Trial by social media, which of course is owned by said oligarch. Russia in the Wild West 90s.
Naturally, this is the sort of garbage produced by the Kremlin–and in fact was solicited by Trump emissary Giuliani & Co against Biden ("I would like you to do us a favor though"), leading indirectly to Trump's impeachment. Vindman blew the whistle & now the payback escalates.
This also seems like a good time to repeat my longstanding question to Musk that was unanswered—were any funds from Russian oligarchs used to purchase Twitter?
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Nov 21
This disgraceful ICC decision is the last nail in the coffin of the international order based on Yalta-Potsdam arrangements. Politicizing & criminalizing self-defense against terrorism also discredits previous judgments against real war criminals like Putin.
I'm no Netanyahu supporter, but like any sovereign nation, Israel has the right to defend itself from existential threats. The ICC, like the UN, would like Israel to just disappear, which is exactly what would happen if it stopped fighting for its survival.
Many replies fall into the same accusation of Israeli "genocide" in Gaza, which would count as the most poorly executed in history were it true. Israel could flatten the entire region in a week. Meanwhile, Hamas still refuses to release the hostages.
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Nov 18
Exactly. Escalation has come from Russia for over 10 years because the West has not provided Ukraine with the weapons to deter, to halt, and to win. We have the benefit of hindsight now but still pretend to be blind.
If you think the nuclear threat is greater now than 5 months or 5 years ago, your case against Western arms has been refuted. Russia has escalated, bombing Ukrainian civilians daily. Iranian weapons, NK troops, Chinese supplies. Due not to Western arms, but the lack of them.
Putin is a KGB thug & the world's richest man. He is very cautious because the consequences for losing power are fatal. He attacked Ukraine because he needs constant conflict to distract from Russia's collapse. He thought it would be easy. Ukrainians proved him wrong.
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