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Nov 22, 2024 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
(1/3) “Give up your nuclear weapons (to us) and in return, we will guarantee to respect your sovereignty, your independence, and your borders.” So said #Russia to #Ukraine in 1994. virg.in/3AJ5HOt
(2/3) “That is a great idea,” said the #US and the #UK. “The fewer countries that have nuclear weapons, the smaller is the chance of another world war. We, too, will guarantee your sovereignty, your independence, and make sure your borders are respected and protected.”
(3/3) This is not fiction: virg.in/3AJ5HOt

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Apr 25
(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
(2/4) But, despite that, when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 “not a shot was fired” by either of these countries in defence of Ukraine. This only emboldened Putin to move further and attempt to take the whole of Ukraine.
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(1/4) The ongoing market response to last week’s US tariff announcement was both predictable and preventable. Even if you agree with the premise of these tariffs, every reasonable effort should be made to give US companies sufficient time to adapt.
(2/4) The opposite has happened, and now financial markets everywhere are in free fall, with catastrophic results for ordinary Americans and for the rest of the world. Retirement savings will be wiped out at enormous scale.
(3/4) As the dollar is weakening, US consumer prices will rise. And countless small and medium-size enterprises will go, and already are going, bankrupt as a result. This is not a winning long-term strategy. The US government can still turn things around, but it must act in the next few hours.
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(1/4) Strong leadership means taking risks and trying things - but when it doesn’t work, realising your mistake and correcting it. Quickly.
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(1/7) Alarmed by news reports that anywhere between 3,000 and 12,000 North Korean troops are currently being prepared to serve as cannon fodder in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: news.sky.com/story/north-ko…
(2/7) Ukraine’s allies should help Ukraine counter this escalation in every possible way.
(3/7) For starters, the US and others must now allow use of already delivered weapons systems much deeper in Russian territory. Technical restrictions on such deployments must be lifted.
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Feb 19, 2022
Here’s my thoughts on why the world must support Ukraine virg.in/4uuo
Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons in return for Russia “respecting the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine”. It is now on the verge of being invaded by the very country that persuaded it to do so virg.in/4uuo
Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine and violation of the Budapest Memorandum is a threat to the rule of law that humanity hasn't seen since the dark days that led to World War II virg.in/4uuo
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