David Frum

David Frum @davidfrum

@thetimes So up the ladder of escalation we climb: a nuclear attack on Ukrainian civilians, maybe upon a central heating station in a city, to join nuclear mass death with freezing hardship afterward. This terrifies indeed - but it still does not answer the what next question. EG .. — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetimes Does Ukraine say, "Oh this is one atrocity too many for us, we surrender now?" I don't think so. More likely, Western allies now open all military and financial spigots - and maybe enter the war themselves. Option 3 outrages and mobilizes. It does not end the war on Putin terms. — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetimes Options 1 and 2 combine odium with uselessness. So, what about Option 3: target some Ukrainian military assets? Russians are not good at hitting mobile assets, so likely something fixed: a military hospital, say. Now Putin has started a nuclear war against Ukraine. What next? — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetimes Option 1 is not a smart move. It incurs horrific moral odium for Putin while also communicating weakness and fear. So, Option 2: detonate on sparsely inhabited Ukrainian land? That option offers the same negatives as 1, but with even MORE odium - and fiercer Ukrainian resolve — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetimes Option 1 Detonate in the upper air or in Black Sea Option 1 reminds us that Russia has weapons. But we knew that. It also communicates that a) Russia is losing and needs rescue by Western diplomacy from its loss; b) that Putin still feels inhibitions about outright nuclear use — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetimes Upon reading and talking with people more expert than myself, however, it really does seem that a nuclear weapon is more politically powerful BEFORE it is used than afterward. The thought of it is very scary. But if ever fired, what has Putin accomplished for himself? — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetimes ... that speculation seems secondary to thinking about the issues raised by the report itself. Putin regime has a long and bad habit of making nuclear threats. The latest threat has been issued via Elon Musk, either out of his own brain or - more likely -after talks w Russians. — PolitiTweet.org

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A lot of discussion about the report in @TheTimes about reports of Russia moving nuclear weapons toward Ukraine. We can speculate about source of the story - doesn't seem to be British MOD - and motives, but ... https://t.co/Yf4IReaXIT — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IAPonomarenko: Good lord, Russian front is apparently collapsing in the south. I just can’t keep up with reports on newly-liberated tow… — PolitiTweet.org

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If you haven't yet, I hope you will read my colleague @helenlewis on the scapegoating at the Guggenheim. It's a close-up lesson on what is going wrong at cultural institutions, and not only in the US https://t.co/Xwy4vzqaVO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @acoyne: Trudeau to take stand at inquiry into Freedom Convoy | CTV News https://t.co/wW7YF69c8U — PolitiTweet.org

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It never happened, and also everybody knew it and was cool with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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The outrageous defamatory lie is also old news that should surprise nobody — PolitiTweet.org

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The most interesting thing about that Elon Musk trial balloon is the reveal that Russian sources of the proposal feel in danger of losing Crimea on the battlefield — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KyivIndependent: ⚡️AP: Russia stole at least $530 million worth of Ukrainian grain. The AP and PBS used satellite imagery and marine… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Ram_Guha: I’ll be giving a series of public lectures at Yale University between 6th and 13th October. Details below. https://t.co/kaM8C… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NAChristakis: “How did a simple offer, over a single painting, lead to such a spectacular destruction of someone’s life and career? The… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @peterlattman: Having an unproductive morning because I couldn’t stop reading this @helenlewis story on the imbroglio at the Guggenheim… — PolitiTweet.org

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Goodbye, beloved friend https://t.co/edXi8b8s6i — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @axios: Ukraine's first lady says war has left "hundreds of children" dead and 900 schools damaged https://t.co/ATxl0ZMKVT — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamilSmith: “He has given up on any delusions that what he says or does will change people’s minds. What he hasn’t given up on is his a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidCornDC Trump also didn't like kids much, but in fairness, kids instinctively disliked him first https://t.co/Qkmt2E25O6 https://t.co/JJp7c185jk — PolitiTweet.org