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Hugo Stiglitz

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    These people will not be conquered.
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    How about not take shit off the table because “Putin is scary.” The administration looks weak right now. When you publicly say you don’t want to escalate Putin reads that as a green light to keep escalating.
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    She’s more along the John McCain side of the “resistance”.
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    I would have us cheat. Cheat like hell. Give the Ukrainians the best real time intel. Sneak in the jets or have them mysteriously “stolen.” Convince some of our billionaires to “hire” mercenaries. Anything we can do with the thinnest veil of plausible deniability. Assuming Ukraine would approve, which of course they would.
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    From Molly McKew:
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    I’m only advocating for whatever it takes to humiliate the Russian army out of Ukraine as fast as possible without overt U.S. military intervention. I hope we’re doing as much as possible behind the scenes to make it happen but I have my doubts based on how previous administration have approached this guy. Putin isn’t going to nuke us for the same reason North Korea isn’t. MAD actually works. I don’t believe he’s looking to take on NATO right now, because it would be suicidal with the military he has BUT he will keep pushing the envelope until NATO responds, he’s betting they won’t and so far he’s been right. Letting Putin hang around in Ukraine to bomb maternity hospitals and nuclear facilities ain’t a good strategy either.
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    We’re not and it’s infuriating. People talking about off ramps and how we shouldn’t do this or that. I’m like “this dude is finally on life support, now is the time to drop the anvil, do not resuscitate.” I hope I’m wrong but I suspect the powers that be have some interest in keeping Putin around or prolonging the war in Ukraine in hopes that it’s enough to contain him. Again, I hope I’m wrong.
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    I consider China communist in name only. It’s not an egalitarian society or even trying to be. They love their slave labor and blood money like everyone else.
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    Putin hasn’t lost it. He might have miscalculated a little but this gambit in Ukraine is exactly what anyone paying attention should have seen coming. Years of the West failing to stand up to this guy gave him the permission structure to attempt this. Georgia, Crimea, Donbas, Brexit, 2016 election. Putin got away with all of it with nominal wrist slaps. He’s not going to stop either.
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    I feel like I’m watching the run up to the 2016 election again except this time there’s a body count and mass graves.
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    So much this. It’s driving me crazy
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    Arguably the government lying all the time and ZERO accountability contributed to our susceptibility to online disinformation. You look at other western democracies where people have a higher trust in government and they can handle things like a pandemic much better.
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    Somehow giving Ukraine a few dozen jets is MORE provocative than collapsing the entire Russian economy. Make it make sense.
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    Both those moves seem like bad ideas for Russia.
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    So I was listening the General Honore’ last night and he was saying we should not be publicizing our moves with Ukraine with regards to assistance. He was like, “Putin doesn’t play by the rules and neither should we. Just get the Ukrainians what they need to win. Putin uses little green men and cheats at every opportunity. The Ukrainians can’t lose simply because we are hamstringing ourselves. Politicians need to stop worrying about taking credit.” Makes me look at the reports about the Poland Migs with some skepticism.
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    The theory presumed the countries were democracies, which Russia clearly is not. Regardless, it was always a dumb theory.
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