The Offensive Absurdity of Suggesting That Ukraine Should Just Forgive Russia and ‘Move On’
🧵1/7: Some questions aren’t just offensive.
They expose something deeper—something rotten at the core of the person asking them.
What if, just three years after 9/11, the President of France—a country that is an ally of the United States—stood in front of the world and said to President George W. Bush:
“Do you think you can forgive al-Qaeda?”
“Why don’t you forgive Osama bin Laden?”
“This whole thing could end if you would just find a way to make peace with him.”
Imagine the outrage. Imagine the reaction of the American people.
The sheer indignation at the idea that the burden of peace should fall on the victims, rather than the terrorists who had just murdered 3,000 innocent people.
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The peacemongers have failed.
Escalation was not managed, conflicts were not contained, people were not protected, laws were not respected. Now I hear victory is "unrealistic" and not even worth fighting for. But I see things very differently, and here's why. 👇🧵1/10
Fully subscribe to the importance of hope. People and nations with hope, grit and values have been proving "realists" wrong throughout history. Post-1991 Estonia is such a story, Ukraine is leading the pack today. Neo-idealism highly relevant not only 4 geopolitics, but climate
The Strategic Importance of Hope
The right to a hopeful future is what sets liberal societies apart from our authoritarian competitors
- we have to live up that in our foreign & domestic policy.
#NeoIdealism against Realism & restraint
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@kajakallas@sandumaiamd Great to see this happening! Greetings from Chisinau, where we @SEIresearch are sharing Estonian experience with green reforms and supporting Moldovan government to speed up progress towards EU and more sustainable economy
Truly insightful elaboration. Mandatory watch for those wHaTabOUtEscaLAtiOn wannabe foreign policy wonks and failed-to-rise-to-the-occasion leaders whose cowardice and incompetent advice has cost countless lives in Ukraine
@Mylovanov Tymofiy, what would be the best way to connect to you regarding a project looking at green transition opportunities across all sectors of economy in Ukraine? I cant DM as I am not keen to pay Elon