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Mar 7, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
@MollyMcKew is absolutely correct here. I've tried to articulate some similar ideas in threads over the past few days, but she says it far better than I did.
🧵1/ I was in the process of writing something very similar to this thead, but @wellerstein beat me to it, so now I don't have to (he has a much larger platform than I do so his thread will get a lot more reach anyway). I agree with basically everything in his thread,
2/ although there are a few things I want to add to it. I agree with @wellerstein that #Putin won't attack #NATO directly. If he resorts to a nuke at all, it would likely be against #Ukraine.
Mar 4, 2022 • 19 tweets • 14 min read
🧵1/ There's something weird about #NoFlyZones. Opponents to setting one up over Ukraine say that #NATO would have to implement it, which would mean shooting down Russian planes, which means #WW3.
2/ But here's the thing: In effect #NATO *already has* a #NoFlyZone--over NATO countries. If #Russian military aircraft violate it, we would see it as a hostile act, and shoot the aircraft down. (Or at best, give them a military escort out of NATO airspace--more on that later)
Mar 1, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
🧵1/ Trying to think outside the box here: the #NATO treaty Article 5 states that an armed attack against one member state to be an armed attack against them all. It does not mean that individuals member states may not initiate hostilities unilaterally, or come to the aid of
2/ a non-member ally unilaterally. What this means is if #Poland, for example, were to aid #Ukraine directly, acting not as a member of #NATO but unilaterally, then Article 5 is not invoked should Polish forces in Ukraine come under attack.
Sep 16, 2020 • 13 tweets • 16 min read
1/ @SethAbramson's PROOF trilogy lays it all out. His sources are major media: @nytimes@latimes@washingtonpost@politico@TheAtlantic@thedailybeast@axios etc. Practically every single sentence ends with "as reported in [major media outlet]." #ProofOfCorruption2/ He doesn't make stuff up. He avoids making unwarranted conclusions. He admits what he doesn't know: after "as reported by" and "as stated in an article by" the most common phrase is "the implications of [X] is unclear." His books are not conspiracy theory. #ProofOfCorruption
Jan 14, 2020 • 29 tweets • 12 min read
@NatashaBertrand First pages are Parnas' to-do list:
*Get Zalensky to Announce that the Biden case will be investigated
*Start communication with Zalensky without (Pinchut or Kolanolski) 1) Put together Package 2) Go to D.C. with package 3) do my "magic" and cut deal
@NatashaBertrand 4) Victoria/Joe [Toensing] Retained
100,000 - month with succession
Begin media campaign
Joe/Victoria
*firtash toxic*
*get deal done 1-3 months
*cut deal or get dismissed*
Lenny Davis
*get rid of Lenny davis (nicely)
*get all info from case
*Rlochefks [?]
*Ukrain ledgers
