Hi All, Just sent out a piece about the very strange justifications that the Pentagon is putting out to try and defend the US position that Ukraine should not attack Russian oil facilities (a legitimate target of war).

It's been a minute, but we have a new thread from 'Karl,' the Estonian military analyst, on the war in Ukraine. With Holger Roonemaa:

It’s quite something to see the French shaming the US for cowardice these days. Quite something—and more than deserved.

In this case that’s wrong. It’s ultimately Trump operating through Speaker Mike Johnson who is allowing this to happen. You can’t support Trump and Ukraine…it should be obvious to all by now

The US House is enabling this

Europe has to let go of the idea of Russia included in an all-European security architecture. The focus must be to make #EU and #NATO as strong and resilient as possible, and from that position, deal w Russia, I argued in a panel on World Order at DEF #DelphiForum …

Congress must let Ukraine Win. Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing.
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The Russians are continuing their campaign to eradicate the city of Kharkiv, which had almost 1.5 million people before the war

Each member of congress has a hand grenade. MTG is willing to pull the pin on it, and becomes the most powerful, until others are willing to do the same.

Only 2 republicans must “pull the pin” and shut down the house by opposing all rule votes, unless and until Johnson puts…

The months-long delay in U.S. military assistance to Ukraine will become a case study in U.S. strategic self-destruct:

“The commander of US European Command told lawmakers that the Russians are currently firing 5 times as many artillery shells as the Ukrainians, and that number…

The debate on who will win the war in Ukraine continues. Meanwhile, maybe those who’ve been confidently predicting UKR’s rapid defeat from the very first day of the war might explain why that hasn’t happen, even though more than two years have elapsed.

And -
Patton Oswalt
Phillips P. OBrien
Serhii Plokhy
Eric Schmidt
Terrell Jermaine Starr 🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸✊🏾
Peter Wehner
Katheryn Winnick
Hilary Swank

More than 35 luminaries appeal to Congress to fund Ukraine.

'If Ukraine is defeated, we will find ourselves in a far more dangerous world' -

Timothy Snyder
Imagine Dragons
Barbra Streisand
Liev Schreiber
Brad Paisley
Alyssa Milano
Scott Kelly

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