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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Fourth, the decision what terms to accept in a democratic polity is made in an iterative conversation between the people, an elected government, and a military. The US role in that decision is not zero; as the principal supplier of weapons and capacity, the USGOV gets to — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

point the costs of continuing the fight exceed the costs of losing how much territory. I will insist, however, that the Ukrainians *are entitled* both as a matter of international law and as a matter of basic justice to keep fighting until every inch of their territory is free. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Third, I am not so ideological about this that I would presume to tell the Ukrainians that they should fight until every inch of Ukrainian territory is free of Russians. It is a Ukrainian decision—not mine, not Chris Caldwell's, not the New York Times editorial page's—at what — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

of risk shifts. Right now, the risk of escalation seems well under control. The US has shipped large amounts of weaponry to Ukraine, sanctions abound, Finland and Sweden are joining NATO, and Ukraine is inflicting huge damage on Russian forces. Yet Putin is not escalating. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

letting Putin win a war of aggression against Ukraine. Second, nuclear escalation is not a binary—a light switch that either gets thrown or does not get thrown. It is more like a rheostat. It is also not a hair trigger. There is friction. We get to re-calibrate as the balance — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

First, the structure of nuclear deterrence in the US-Russia relationship is very clear. It has been very stable over a long time. And its parameters are well understood. While the risks of escalation are real, I think people are overestimating those risks relative to the risks of — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

The conversation forced me to articulate to myself my own views of the limits of the US role in supporting Ukraine. Having done so, let me lay them out. I have seven points. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

I had an interesting, if brief, conversation yesterday with an international relations scholar more sympathetic than I am to the notion that the United States should be pressuring Ukraine to accept territorial losses and not poking the nuclear bear by giving Ukraine a blank check — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@AKoalaInUS Yes — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

This is the #BeastOfTheDay — PolitiTweet.org

Wolf Conservation Center @nywolforg

Oh, hello there 🐺 https://t.co/on6drsksEn

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Bringing in the Content Moderation Auditors https://t.co/rWPo0P1Yeg — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@JRubinBlogger @lawfareblog @charlie_savage @emptywheel @joshgerstein @johnson_carrie As the piece, I hope, makes clear… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Sounds like a great American — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Friedmann @mathteacherjedi

Just saw a man wearing a gorilla shirt (sort of like a @benjaminwittes dog shirt), with an oversized grey tuxedo ja… https://t.co/bNzyN0eEcy

Posted June 2, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Loki, nominated by @eve_gaumond, is today’s #BeastOfTheDay: https://t.co/i5XJc4QT47 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Loki, nominated by @eve_gaumond, is today’s #BeastOfTheDay: https://t.co/Lz9jQzvD8k — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022 Deleted after a minute Just a Typo
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@ProfMJCleveland Not quite sure what you are asking: if it is whether I am the “acquaintance” in the graf you quote, the answer is no. Nor do I have any idea who it is. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

That’s true. It also dealt with the evidence. — PolitiTweet.org

Mickey Hines @mickhines

@benjaminwittes @charlie_savage @emptywheel @joshgerstein @johnson_carrie Your thoughts tended to stay in the singl… https://t.co/2l4CDUJB1Q

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

The “Washington Meltdown” Edition https://t.co/YmI2M35cEC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@ProfMJCleveland Danchenko, of course, once worked at Brookings, so it's possible that I might have met him in that context years ago. If so, I don't remember him at all. His name was not known to me when it arose in this context. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@ProfMJCleveland I have never, to my knowledge, met either Igor Danchenko or Chris Steele. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Thoughts on the Michael Sussmann verdict, with thanks to @charlie_savage and @emptywheel and @joshgerstein and @johnson_carrie for challenging and interesting commentary and coverage throughout the trial: https://t.co/EMvDMX1Uyv — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

China’s NFT Plans for Digital Control https://t.co/cGp1OLEVkF — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

RT @PetraGuasti: Do you love Casablanca the movie? Are you a WW2 history buff? (Still) Missing A French Village Podcast with @benjaminwitte… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 1, 2022 Retweet
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

These baby rhinos, nominated by @Klonick, are today’s #BeastOfTheDay! — PolitiTweet.org

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3

The unexpected sound of a baby rhino https://t.co/4YnPHHS4Jt

Posted June 1, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

I knew about the lizard people thing, but I didn’t know that lizard peeps had house slaves… Learn something new every day, huh @petestrzok? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 31, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Hahahahahah — PolitiTweet.org

Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd

Q informed me that Sussman must he acquitted now in order to be found super mega guilty later. Trust the plan. https://t.co/bIjmEt8iiJ

Posted May 31, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

I will have extended thoughts on this case on @lawfareblog later today. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 31, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

https://t.co/b6GXBP8TEA — PolitiTweet.org

Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes

Predicting jury behavior is always tricky, because juries have to operate unanimously—and one holdout in either dir… https://t.co/JxddQOHzxf

Posted May 31, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

https://t.co/nwr1j09htm — PolitiTweet.org

Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes

It’s interesting how many people who clearly have not spent a minute at the Sussmann trial or read a word of the tr… https://t.co/70eXq5AIAH

Posted May 31, 2022
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Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

I did tell y’all Friday to expect a quick acquittal. — PolitiTweet.org

Charlie Savage @charlie_savage

Michael Sussmann is acquitted. /11

Posted May 31, 2022