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Had another great opportunity this morning to talk about our latest @TheHillOpinion op-Ed with @MCTothSTL on CNN’s Michael Smerconish Show.
Jon Sweet
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Jon Sweet
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Retired Army Military Intelligence Officer. Frequent contributor to The Hill, New York Post, Kyiv Post, TVP World and Fox News on topics of National Security.
- Replying to @splendid_peteYou don’t negotiate with individual countries for membership into NATO. Orban has tried to hold EU hostage, now NATO.
- Replying to @DAlperovitchSo, invade Ukraine, lose, and it's the end of Russian statehood? For Putin, it will be the end, and unfortunately for many more Russian soldiers it will mean their end too. Change needs to come from within.
- Replying to @KyivIndependentEscalate the war? They delivered cruise missiles to Ukrainian cities - killing and wounding thousands of civilians. Since when does fighting back equal escalation?
- Replying to @ukraine_mapImage looks more like a propped-up body. Something out of "weekend at Bernie's."
- Replying to @AmbJohnBoltonGetting Zelensky to stop resisting isn't a strategy. They need to get Putin to stop attacking - and that means actually doing something. A forcing function - pull the trigger on the sanctions bill and get Ukraine the weapon systems they need to win.
- Replying to @KyivIndependentWhat Trump fails to understand is there is nothing to negotiate. The only acceptable solution to this problem is Russia out of Ukraine. Ukraine needs leverage to 'encourage' Putin to depart - that leverage is precision deep strike capability.
- Replying to @Maks_NAFO_FELLANo - it's not unrealistic. Not sure where Rubio has been these past three years, but holding Ukraine back has created this situation. Interdiction wins this war. If Russia can't sustain its forces in Ukraine - Ukraine can drive them out. Stop the flow.
- Replying to @Gerashchenko_enPrecision deep strike capability enables this. Interdiction is the key to Ukraine winning the war. Why is that so hard for the White House and Brussels to understand? This is how you prevent civilians from being targeted with ballistic missiles!
- Replying to @NOELreportsHas Lavrov been to Ukraine since the 'special military operation' started? They won't have to abandon their tasks, they'll get thrown out of the country. Get Ukraine the ATACMS they need to win!
- Replying to @jurgen_naudittHow about the 'just leave Ukraine' scenario?
- Replying to @yasminalombaertEU and NATO need to make a decision on Hungary.
- Replying to @Gerashchenko_enI see a bunch of old men making threats their 18-year-old conscripts can't - and don't want to - back up.
