Ten theses.
A thread.
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1 We're at war with Russia, not because we've declared it, but because it's waging war on us.
#OurWar
A thread.
🧵
1 We're at war with Russia, not because we've declared it, but because it's waging war on us.
#OurWar
2 Russia is waging a war of extermination. That's just a fact.
It's a war without limits, neither in time nor in space.
It's a war without limits, neither in time nor in space.
3 With a radical enemy, there can be no negotiation. Any negotiation means both more crime — in fact, it's a license to kill given to Putin, especially in the Russian-ruled areas of Ukraine — and more insecurity.
4 Any compromise would mean that tomorrow the Russian war against us would be even more bloody, total and dangerous.
Russia would also be better armed.
The very legitimacy of democracies would not survive it. Our enemies would know only too well how to take advantage of this.
Russia would also be better armed.
The very legitimacy of democracies would not survive it. Our enemies would know only too well how to take advantage of this.
5 If Russia wins, or even doesn't lose completely, all the other powers it is courting will continue to support it. Democracies will receive less support, because they will be less credible.
If Russia loses, ambiguous countries will more easily return to the democratic camp.
If Russia loses, ambiguous countries will more easily return to the democratic camp.
6 Diplomatic chancelleries must learn to act simultaneously on several fronts — Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, Syria, Africa, the Middle East...
Russia is better armed in its horizontal wars.
We urgently need to reverse this trend.
Russia is better armed in its horizontal wars.
We urgently need to reverse this trend.
7 The fight against internal enemies must be intensified by all means consistent with democratic norms.
The reality is that we are becoming more competent when it comes to understanding threats, but not when it comes to repression.
The reality is that we are becoming more competent when it comes to understanding threats, but not when it comes to repression.
8 We must stop saying that we must “help Ukraine”. The reality is that we have to get involved ourselves. I've been saying this since February 24, 2022.
No one in history has ever won a war by leading from behind and acting by proxy.
It's #OurWar
No one in history has ever won a war by leading from behind and acting by proxy.
It's #OurWar
9 All the talk, even sincere, about the risk of WWIII, nuclear apocalypse, a NATO-Russia war, the danger of Russia collapsing, is only the result of the influence of Kremlin narratives.
Propaganda's more dangerous when it invades the souls of leaders than the minds of the people.
Propaganda's more dangerous when it invades the souls of leaders than the minds of the people.
10 It's a zero-sum game. Either we win the war completely, or we also lose it completely.
There is no middle way.
Winning the war is the only realistic strategy.
#OurWar
There is no middle way.
Winning the war is the only realistic strategy.
#OurWar
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