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untangler of knots - MIT Ph.D. NYC MTK BOS MIA TN IL CT RI Ireland Egypt. Learned to swim at US Naval War College. Democracy & Ukraine. Gregory Of Manhattan
Jul 1, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
🇺🇦 Ukraine United Can Never Be Defeated 🇺🇦

92-94% of Ukrainians support full 1991 borders of Ukraine including Donbas and Crimea

Survey by @NDI @ndieurasia Katie Fox 🇺🇦 NATO Now

↗️🆙 Ukrainian expecting to be in NATO increases from 65% to 85%

🇺🇦 in EU 🇪🇺 stays strong near 90%
May 26, 2022 8 tweets 7 min read
Backroom NATO Deal Blocks Weapons for #Ukraine

German press reports SPD party saying there is such an agreement. This in addition to the “active waiting” from PM #Scholz

Since 11 March reversal of 🇵🇱 MIGs for 🇺🇦, the 🇩🇪 leaders have slowed #ArmUkraineNow "Either a scandalous incompetence… Or the German Bundestag and the public are fooled with new pseudo-justifications in order to camouflage a SYSTEMATIC DELAY STRATEGY," CDU @JoWadephul told the Focus Online portal referring to SPD @SiemtjeMdB statements.

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May 26, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Who in NATO does not have their mind right on #Ukraine?
@Bundeskanzler says 🇩🇪
I’m not as stupid as Kaiser Wilhelm II and would not let Germany slip into a big war. It remains on its cautious course, weapons for Ukraine, yes, but with a sense of proportion.

@mathieuvonrohr #Ukraine️ & NATO can’t wait for next election in 2023,
Other parties and the 🇩🇪 citizens must pressure #Scholz and the SPD.
May 17, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
#HIMARS trending
What is HIMARS?
It lets #Ukraine shoot back at 🇷🇺 slaughtering cities from long range.
HIgh Mobility Artillery Rocket System US M142
Launch vehicle can shoot 6 missiles
Hit 🇷🇺 targets 300km range (e.g. #Ukraine can hit targets in Sevastopol from Odessa) ImageImageImageImage Some 🧵s today about HIMARS



Apr 20, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
Broken Borders Deterrence
For a few $s and the hope of engagement, 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺 "forgot" how the Cold War was won.
Now that we are moving in the right direction, we must see it through to send RU back to it's 1991 borders AND to leave our democracies alone. The slow speed and lack of an ongoing commitment to support #Ukraine is not what myself and many others want. Politics is moving slower than the situation demands. @POTUS @vonderleyen @Bundeskanzler please move faster.