Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@XPipetka He was joking when he didn't know mic was on. Cmon man. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

MAD is supposed to deter war between nuclear powers. "We" did not invade Ukraine. Putin did. "We" did not start the first major conventional war in Europe since WWII. Putin did. "We" did not annex territory in Europe for the first time since WWII. Putin. #FactsMatter. — PolitiTweet.org

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Medvedev is reaffirming what an irresponsible, rogue state Putins Russia has become. Even during Cold War, leaders never made such outrageous threats. — PolitiTweet.org

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WWII is the only conventional war became a nuclear war. Nuclear powers have lost wars. USSR and US did in Afghanistan. US in Vietnam. — PolitiTweet.org

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Very odd tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PeterBlairHenry: "Investors do not listen." This piece, pub'd w @anusha_chari in @ForeignAffairs this AM, tells you what Wall Street do… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TobiasThyberg: Today: Sweden will (1) Deliver ARCHER, the world’s most advanced artillery system; (2) Send 10th arms package: combat ve… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @oleksiireznikov: We welcome the decision of 🇬🇧 to transfer the Challenger 2.And we appeal to 🇬🇷🇩🇰🇪🇸🇨🇦🇳🇱🇩🇪🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇹🇷🇫🇮🇸🇪 the states that h… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sanctions are working. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLastWord: TONIGHT: Amb. Michael @McFaul returns to The #LastWord with @Lawrence at 10pm ET. — PolitiTweet.org

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@F4Speedmaster These are very elastic terms. — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course, everyone else beat up on Yusin. So maybe that was his role -- a punching bag. But he sounded convincing to me. I wonder how he sounded to Russian audiences? — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow. When you are losing, everyone runs away from you. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mr. Putin seems to have forgotten that @ZelenskyyUa became president after free and fair elections, not a coup, in 2019 and won in a landslide, including in regions Putin claims to be Russian. Is Wikipedia blocked in Russia? https://t.co/zWMCypjXw3 — PolitiTweet.org

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High chance? What data support that hypothesis? When the USSR collapsed, there were (1) strong independence movements in republics and (2) deep divisions within the metropole. Neither of these conditions is present today. But maybe Im missing something? Eager to learn more. — PolitiTweet.org

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I remember the days when people scolded me as the U.S. ambassador to Russia for not being as diplomatic and professional as Lavrov. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @general_ben: GLSDB (ground launched small diameter bombs) will reduce sanctuary for Russians. Life is about to start getting very uncom… — PolitiTweet.org

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Fair point. But to clarify (Twitter is not a great platform for nuance) I was not suggesting that Ukraine march to Moscow (ala 1945). I meant to suggest that defeat in Ukraine might create the conditions internally in Russia for political change (with no involvement from us) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SobolLubov: Познер в США, не в Челябинске или Твери. КМБУ. Там же Ярмольник, который поддерживал аннексию Крыма и говорил, что восточна… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: For those urging peace talks, please focus your ideas on how to change this: — PolitiTweet.org

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@anirvanghosh Or in 2017. Or in 2014. Or in 2008. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JwMeyn Foreign policy is about tough choices. Not aiding Ukraine is also risky and reckless. You want to go back to a world where great powers just annex their neighbors whenever they please? You think that kind of world won't produce more conflicts for the US? #Taiwan. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DietHeartNews @tribelaw Alan, this sentence is a blatant lie-- "Russia does not target apartment buildings..." I do not allow my feed to be used for disinformation. Your opinions are welcome, Blatant disinformation is not. Thank you. — PolitiTweet.org

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Have sanctions stopped Putin's invasion of Ukraine? No. But that is a reason for increasing sanctions, not doing less. Have HIMARS stopped Putin's invasion of Ukraine? No. But that is a reason for providing more military assistance, not less. — PolitiTweet.org

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On the pluses and minuses of declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, we go into the details in this paper: — PolitiTweet.org

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"Enabling Putin to kill more Ukrainian soldiers and civilians as a strategy to end this war is immoral." https://t.co/YuzQESL8tq — PolitiTweet.org

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"Ending military support would ultimately produce more war, not less. Calling for the end of U.S. military aid to Ukraine as a way to pressure Zelenskyy to negotiate is also inhumane. Ukrainians have a right to self-defense. " 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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"would Putin end his invasion if NATO stopped arming Ukraine? Of course not. Just the opposite. Such a move by the West would send the signal that his objectives – denazification, demilitarization, and territorial annexation of Ukraine – are obtainable." 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kennaninstitute: [OUT NOW] "Sanctions cannot stop the war, but they are making it harder to fund." For the #RussiaFile, Boris Grozovski… — PolitiTweet.org

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For those urging peace talks, please focus your ideas on how to change this: — PolitiTweet.org