Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That someone centrally involved in the planning and implementation of one of the worst and most unjustified naked acts of aggression in decades -- US invading Iraq on the other side of the world -- can now credibly posture as a defender of international rules and laws is amazing. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@GregMitch How weird that Chomsky, CIA Director Burns and so many other people pinpoint the developments in 2008 and everything that followed as signaling to Moscow that NATO was moving toward membership for Ukraine when you say it never happened. https://t.co/RVlywfL6bU — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@dan2d27 Quero publicar isso, os vídeos de Chomsky e o aviso de 2008 do diretor da CIA Burns em português. Apenas trabalhando hoje para colocar os comentários de Lula sobre a Ucrânia em inglês para o público americano. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@greg_elmer In 1962, Cuba requested that the USSR place nuclear weapons in their country as a deterrent against future US invasions, and Moscow agreed. Was Washington wrong for not just seeing this as an agreement that sovereign countries have a right to make if they wish? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Here, in two videos, is Noam Chomsky saying the same thing, which happened to be Obama's view as well. Threatened expansion of NATO to Ukraine is legitimately dangerous for Russia, for which Ukraine is of vital interest (but not to the US). Please watch: https://t.co/QJo747n1uM — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This, from 2015, is also worth hearing. As I said last night, what is now taboo to say - NATO expansion has been legitimately threatening to Russia and Ukraine is of vital interest to Russia but not the US - was long recognized by US officials/scholars: https://t.co/xbfUgwjC90 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

If you say now that constant NATO expansion eastward toward Russia was viewed as highly threatening not just by Putin but most Russians, people will say you're inventing Kremlin apologia. Read what current CIA Director William Burns warned in 2008: 👇 https://t.co/VszouvmEAq https://t.co/GuiRL1wkna — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Sala70 E relatei o conflito entre Bolsonaro e Mourão tb. https://t.co/GMhbCkDrHn — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Sala70 Você acha que os jornalistas deveriam ignorar Lula, não reportar o que ele diz, e não deixar o mundo entender o que ele está pensando e argumentando? Meu palpite é que você reclamaria se fizéssemos isso também. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Here's the compilation of how the warmongering and neocon factions on the Right even attacked Reagan as an "appeaser" of Russia and compared him to Neville Chamberlain because he was making concessions to the Kremlin to attain peace: https://t.co/YOrDHeLfOy — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

It's easy to scorn the idea that the US should engage with Russia or make concessions, to malign that as "appeasement." Reagan was accused of "appeasement" for negotiating. But this war is horrific and dangerous. Everything should be done to stop it. https://t.co/0KpxH8l4h7 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Trump spent years trying to sabotage Nord Stream 2, and screaming at Germany/EU for buying so much Russian oil and gas. He also flooded Ukraine with lethal arms. That should have immediately destroyed the conspiracy theory that he was controlled by Putin. Listen for yourself: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MargemSultejano @AlexandreCruz Não fui eu que postei isso: https://t.co/tvB4lN5FsN — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The media -- and both parties -- love to find ways to pretend the two parties can't agree on anything. You can find differences of opinion if you look at media figures. But the major elected officials of both parties have the same view: condemning Putin and standing with Ukraine. https://t.co/KDNHkuyER2 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The Dem claim that the GOP is "on the side of Putin" is just as frivolous as the GOP attack that Dems are "weak on Russia." While there are certainly heterodox voices in media, there is very little divergence among elected officials in both parties regarding Russia/Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I post this not to agree with it all (though I agree with much) but to highlight how much wider the range of opinion is internationally. Both US parties want to pretend they are wildly at odds but from Bernie/AOC to Rubio/Graham, the bipartisan consensus is virtually unanimous. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In Brazil, Lula's party (PT) posted condemnation of US "aggression toward Russia" and imperialistic expansion of NATO, then deleted it. But Lula yesterday equated Russia's invasion with the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan and NATO bombing of Libya: https://t.co/IzitybjlSw — PolitiTweet.org

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And here's Varoufakis saying the invasion of Ukraine is solely on Putin, but it was NATO that provoked it with reckless expansion and threatening behavior, and that the only way out isn't righteous, angry tweets about Putin's evil - that does nothing - but diplomatic concessions. https://t.co/euObmRb3Te — PolitiTweet.org

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And here's Varoufakis arguing that the "rules-based international order" wasn't destroyed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine (which he condemns) but by the US attack on Iraq and NATO/Clinton's bombing of Yugoslavia with no UN permission, among many other prior lawless Western acts: https://t.co/FHf3tQnmEf — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's Varoufakis -- the leftist former Finance Minister of Greece and current member of Parliament -- elaborating on his view that the US should provide Russia its vow never to put Ukraine in NATO or militarily defend Ukraine in exchange for Russia withdrawing its troops: https://t.co/VpZOGxTGZW — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In the US, "the left" means Bernie/AOC. But so often, they're far from the left internationally -- as we see with Corbyn & Mélenchon's opposition to vaccine mandates, or you'll see if you ask Bolivia/Cuba/Venezuela/Ecuador/Lula what they think of Russia, and now with Ukraine: — PolitiTweet.org

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@claudiabarrella https://t.co/KST9p4gR2r — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Meanwhile, the Bolsonaro Govt first aligned itself with Russia. Bolsonaro visited Putin shortly before the invasion. He has avoided condemnation, arguing the complexities of the conflict prohibit definitive positions early on. His Vice President, a General, did condemn Russia. https://t.co/dct4nWahOQ — PolitiTweet.org

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The original PT statement also condemned Russia's invasion as a violation of international law, but said it's because "the US won't accept a strong Russia." After the backlash, PT replaced it with a far more neutral statement urging a peaceful solution to the conflict. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In Brazil, Lula's Workers Party posted a statement: they "long condemned US aggression toward Russia" and "continued NATO expansion to Russian borders," adding "this imperialist policy produced the current conflict." After an uproar, they deleted it, said it was posted in error. https://t.co/plBm3h0QTW — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @richimedhurst: The amount of Americans who start screaming "traitor!!" at anyone who even slightly calls out NATO expansion is honestly… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @lrjwtravel: I hope many of you got to hear this. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@InfosecMorons Why do you love Putin? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Tonight at 8 pm, top of the show, I'll be on Tucker Carlson Tonight, one of the few programs where American traitors and Kremlin agents can be heard. I'll be discussing the war in Ukraine, what role the US should play, if any, and the lockstep narrative that instantly emerged. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The War in Ukraine https://t.co/ZejXTz53UA — PolitiTweet.org