toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu

They will do the usual saying the worst won't happen, as in "Russia wouldn't invade Ukraine".
Now, "Oh he won't win"
Everything is easier than hard decisions and leadership on the part of those who act like they are leaders in Europe.
They're not ostriches, they're westriches
<p>
https://nitter.cz/HenryJFoy/status/1756625665808375834#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756632469279818097#m

[2024-02-11 10:53 UTC]

If Russia wins in Ukraine, Europe will have 35 million refugees -- people who don't want to suffer the genocide we all know takes place in Russian occupied areas.
Europe is not ready for that. Its leaders worry instead about sending Tauruses and the cost of producing shells. 1/n

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756634440967622990#m

[2024-02-11 11:01 UTC]

I would ask though, who are the leaders in Europe today to respond to these challenges?
In terms of real security Europe face its greatest challenges in at least two if not more generations.
Scholtz? Macron? Sunak?
Tusk could do it. Kallas perhaps. Stubb, if he wins.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/RobertPszczel/status/1756589078437371958#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756591262398919055#m

[2024-02-11 08:09 UTC]

The 🇩🇪 Chancellor announces that
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Ukraine
is lost without US help - what catastrophic defeatism. He doesn't even try to bring Europe together in defense of freedom &amp; security. It's our Europe! It's up to us to defend it!
<p>
https://nitter.cz/n_roettgen/status/1756402466369773573#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756442279739326849#m

[2024-02-10 22:17 UTC]

I urge people to read this. Soovitan väga inimestel seda lugeda.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/minna_alander/status/1756251993193021816#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756398154105110656#m

[2024-02-10 19:22 UTC]

One reason why for my entire public career I have pushed for tight relations between Estonia and Poland.
It's the only large country in the EU and NATO that understand what mass deportations mean.
The rest stare back blankly.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/DarthPutinKGB/status/1756242801111577026#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756402245116018896#m

[2024-02-10 19:38 UTC]

This, by Tom Nichols
https://nitter.cz/RadioFreeTom
is brutally spot on.
No punches pulled. Just the way it is.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/02/if-russia-wins/677398/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756403996552520139#m

[2024-02-10 19:45 UTC]

"What is missing from the Chancellor is the insight that it is not about handouts, but about German security interests: the better Ukraine is in a position to hit back Russia, the lower the threat to NATO, which directly means German security."
<p>
https://nitter.cz/ulrichspeck/status/1756239231612080213#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756240542780866606#m

[2024-02-10 08:55 UTC]

Conversely, a Russian victory -- the de facto end of Ukraine as an independent nation and state and the de facto incorporation into the Russian sphere of dominance like Belarus -- would significantly increase Putin's further desire to conquer.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/ulrichspeck/status/1756239532200989085#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756240699236798843#m

[2024-02-10 08:56 UTC]

I'd cut it to:
Russia is to Rus' as Romania is to Rome.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/uamemesforces/status/1756223276815122494#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756241758281764927#m

[2024-02-10 09:00 UTC]

How Tucker Carlson became Putin’s useful idiot
https://www.ft.com/content/8fb346c0-6d6c-4f2d-a2cc-8758d5728446
via
https://nitter.cz/FT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756040506197389365#m

[2024-02-09 19:40 UTC]

Verstehers gonna stay Verstehinin'
"Ramping up military pressure on Russia in Europe after the war could pose more risks than benefits"
Could, but would probably be the best post-war deterrent after self-deterring since 2014.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2510-2.html
via
https://nitter.cz/RANDCorporation

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756044323404001294#m

[2024-02-09 19:56 UTC]

I'm stuck with an earworm, except it's not the original but a remake of the BeeGees "Stayin' Alive" ...called "Verstehen Alive"
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2510-2.html
via
https://nitter.cz/RANDCorporation

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756045237737148607#m

[2024-02-09 19:59 UTC]

🤣😂🤡
<p>
https://nitter.cz/JuliaDavisNews/status/1756051693358191055#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756072809695007184#m

[2024-02-09 21:49 UTC]

Russia could attack a Nato country within 3 to 5 years, Denmark warns
https://www.ft.com/content/b3101099-9516-4b0b-92c6-179997d7e4cf
via
https://nitter.cz/FT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1756076386148639165#m

[2024-02-09 22:03 UTC]

I see America gets more normal by the day.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/ValentinaForSOS/status/1754964444776443937#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755699095946117287#m

[2024-02-08 21:04 UTC]

Ida Euroopast järgneb Split 25., Ljublana 36. ja siis Vilnius 42. kohal.
Aga vingume edasi oi kui halb, kui halb on siin elada, eks.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/StewartEestis/status/1755628336577966384#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755634808863011173#m

[2024-02-08 16:48 UTC]

While Russia is distracted, Latvia prepares itself
http://m4.emails.telegraph.co.uk/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40J7WTce6eT4WOYyHQgK8pyHHJ0A7GMxvGRjYhzkzo%2Fx6iOovqGRI4IiDbvDNr%2FJj6dEVEWJH%2BmT56hKu8F4nUrQ%3D%3D&amp;WT.mc_id=e_DM275175&amp;WT.tsrc=email&amp;etype=Edi_Dis_New&amp;utmsource=email&amp;utm_medium=Edi_Dis_New20240208&amp;utm_campaign=DM275175

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755630445096517657#m

[2024-02-08 16:31 UTC]

Trump’s already back and America has ditched Ukraine
https://www.politico.eu/article/olaf-scholz-joe-biden-united-states-support-ukraine-trump-return/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755518567007535148#m

[2024-02-08 09:06 UTC]

Palju õnne
https://nitter.cz/AmbJaanReinhold
,
https://nitter.cz/ErkiKodar
&amp;
https://nitter.cz/AivoOrav
!
Olen tänulik and uhke, et olete Eesti Vabariiki nii hästi ja ustavalt teeninud.
<p>
https://nitter.cz/MFAestonia/status/1755214184977944842#m
</p>

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IlvesToomas/status/1755487865734045946#m

[2024-02-08 07:04 UTC]