Former US Ambassador Distinguished Fellow, CEPA Sr. International Advisor, BGR Group Views entirely my own

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If we want to end Putin's war on Ukraine, we need more pressure on Russia, not less. Simple as that. This on @CNN. Thanks @wolfblitzer. @cepa
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#Iran is leveraging to gain control of Strait. #POTUS is determined to end the war and keep oil and gas prices down. This will go on for a long time... @newsmax @cepa youtube.com/watch?v=_uVjgmiJ…
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Now that we started, we have got to finish it... @cepa @newsmax @studiogo
"It doesn’t look like winning right now. You have Iran calling the shots in the Persian Gulf right now." Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO @kvolker speaking with @NEWSMAX about the war in Iran. via #StudiGo
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The #TrumpAdministration, the Gulf States and #Ukraine need to talk: #Iran is attacking the Gulf with the same drones #Russia has used for years. Ukraine knows how to take them out cheaply.
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Like clockwork... #Trump and #Zelenskyy make progress, and #Putin steps in to try to disrupt it -- this time by telling Trump the Ukrainians tried to bomb one of his houses... @newsmax @cepa
“Every time President Trump and President Zelenskyy get together and start making progress on what peace should look like, Putin does something to disrupt it.” Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO @kvolker speaking with @RobAstorino on @NEWSMAX via #StudiGo
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The Ukrainian Bell Carol was written in the early 1900s by...a Ukrainian! So when #Putin says Ukrainians are Russians, believe your own ears instead... This was recorded by a Ukrainian choir at a Ukrainian power plant that Russia recently destroyed... m.youtube.com/watch?v=TIaAz3…
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So about this so-called "Peace Plan" for Ukraine... It is one-sided, ill-informed, self-contradictory, amateurish and naïve. It calls on Ukraine to withdraw from Ukrainian territory, instead of calling on Russia to do so... @NEWSMAX @cepa
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The 28-point plan imposes restrictions on Ukraine, but none on Russia - as if Ukraine is the threat to Russia, rather than the other way around. Yet it is Russia that has invaded Ukraine twice!
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Zelensky is right to respond and seek to negotiate. Trump has said little, so maybe that is the plan: propose something designed to fail, in order to pick up the pieces later. Otherwise, it is hard to understand why Trump would back a policy that embarrasses the USA.
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Correction: The United States wants Russia’s answer on an unconditional withdrawal of Ukraine by Thursday. This Russian-drafted propaganda must be rejected and disregarded for the unserious nonsense that it is. This moment requires Peace Through Strength, not appeasement. Today, we have officially notified both the Clerk of the House and House leadership of our discharge petition to force a vote on crushing Russian sanctions immediately upon our return. #PeaceThroughStrength
Breaking: President Trump wants Ukraine to accept a sweeping U.S. peace deal by Thursday, giving Kyiv less than a week to decide on.wsj.com/4pmUFlg
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State of play on Russia-Ukraine as of Oct 24: #Putin is trying to take advantage of #Trump and Trump is tired of it. Solution: Provide long-range weapons to Kyiv and seize the frozen Russian assets asap to support energy sector in Ukraine this winter ... @cnni @CNN
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Perfectly said by @RepBrianFitz !
Any absurd attempt at drawing a moral equivalency between Russia and Ukraine defies all logic and common sense, and it must stop. If someone invades your home, murders your family, kidnaps your children, and burns down your house, no one should expect the homeowner to “get along” with the home invader and “make a deal.” There is only one “deal.” Good, honorable, and decent neighbors come to the aid of the homeowner, the home invader is removed, isolated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Not just to achieve justice in that individual instance, but also to send a message to all other would-be home invaders that they will never, ever be rewarded for their bad behavior. Not now. Not ever. This is basic Patriotic Common Sense. This is basic law enforcement. This is basic Peace Through Strength. There is no moral equivalency between good and evil. We need moral clarity, both at home and abroad, now more than ever. #PatrioticCommonSense 🇺🇸 #PeaceThroughStrength 🇺🇸
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