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[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

Very well said!

[Jason Jay Smart @officejjsmart]

The Cost of Inaction In the Face Of Dictatorships / For decades, the free world has turned a blind eye to Vladimir Putin’s growing aggression. Each act of brutality was met with weak responses or none at all, emboldening his regime and encouraging his coalition of authoritarian allies. What began with the destruction of Chechnya expanded to the invasion of Georgia, the annexation of Crimea, and the war in Ukraine. Putin manipulates European elections, supports Islamist terrorist organizations, and funds efforts to overthrow democratic governments. His actions are not isolated; they are a deliberate campaign against the foundations of democracy itself.

Today, Russia stands in alliance with North Korea, Iran, and China, united in a mission to undermine freedom and defeat the free world globally. This coalition is not just a geopolitical challenge—it is an existential threat. Yet, our failure to enforce redlines in the past has made them meaningless. Every time Putin acted without repercussions, he grew stronger, and the cost of opposing him became steeper.

Garry Kasparov reminds us, “The price of doing nothing is always higher than the price of doing something.” If we fail to stand up to dictators now, the cost of action tomorrow will be unbearable. Each day of delay grants Putin and his allies more time to destabilize democratic nations, fortify their regimes, and expand their influence.

Winston Churchill once said, “Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.” This is not just a historical lesson; it is a call to action for our time. The winds of change in Europe and Washington offer hope, but hope alone will not save us. Leadership must recognize the scale of the threat and act decisively.

Churchill also warned, “To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”

This is a defining moment in history. We must choose to stand up now—against the growing threats posed by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia—or risk empowering them further, hoping naively that they will someday "play nicely." Such complacency would be a grave error, one that future generations will bear the cost of and deeply regret.

It is imperative that this hard truth is fully grasped by the new leaders rising to power in Washington, DC, and across Europe. The decisions made today will shape the future of global freedom and security. The stakes could not be higher.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Russia, Vietnam concealing arms deals via joint energy profits to evade US sanctions, AP reports.

The two nations used profits from joint oil and gas enterprises to fund defense contracts, bypassing the global banking system, documents show.
https://t.co/gaCVl2pOPr

[Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald]

Map showing reported Russian drone incursions into Poland. Does not look random (14 drones): It looks like a deliberate attempt by fascist Russia to test NATO air defenses over a part of Polish territory used as a transit point for Western aid to democratic Ukraine.

[Colorado potato🌻 @kurt_colorado]

@Kasparov63 NATO is now JUSTIFIED in air patrolling a 100 mile no-fly buffer zone INSIDE Ukraine (with Ukraine’s permission, of course) in the interest of Polish, Hungarian, Slovak and Romanian security.

Thanks Vlad! You just earned yourself a partial NATO no-fly zone in Ukraine!

[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

Bam!

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Congress did its homework on Nigel Farage:

[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

@JuliaDavisNews A McDonald's franchise on the white House lawn?

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

The US disaster with India is so profoundly stupid and venal that I have written this short and free piece about it, if you want to read more.

[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

@fred_guttenberg @TulsiGabbard @jrpsaki The main reason for this "visceral negative reaction" is that the solution to this particular (or every other worldly problem) is never prayers. Prayers may help ease the pain temporarily, but WILL NOT solve the underlying problem, neither short nor long term.

[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

@Kasparov63 @Pontifex If the prayers are the same used after every mass shooting in the US, we all know the outcome.

The world needs more action, not prayers.

[Slava Malamud @SlavaMalamud]

It's very hard for anyone to convince Trump's America what Russia really is and really wants. Even for Russia itself.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

The regularly regurgitated strategy to split China and Russia, which was always wishful nonsense, is having less of a jolly morning.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Looks like Putin, Xi and Modi had a jolly good morning in Tianjin 🇨🇳

[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

Wow.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Always a delight to meet President Putin!

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

It’s our Ukrainian trait -- we can spend years chuckling at Andriy Parubiy’s extremely unclear speech in parliament, and only when the man is gone do we realize that he was, in fact, perhaps one of the best speakers the Verkhovna Rada ever had, under whose leadership historic documents like the bill in support of the Ukrainian language were passed.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Hi All, Just sent out this piece on a Ukrainian strategic air campaign against Russia. The Ukrainians seem to understand that targeting Russia strategically through oil and rail attacks is one of the best ways to weaken the Russian war machine. If only they had been given ranged capabilities earlier...

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

“The U.S. is helping China to increase its global influence. China may suffer economically because of the tariffs, but politically, China is gaining more sympathy and more support from other countries, and not just in the Global South,” said Xinbo Wu, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai. “We now certainly face less diplomatic pressure than we did under the Biden administration.” https://t.co/9hdIIidRAp

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

The assassination of Andriy Parubiy, the former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament and a fierce opponent of Russia, is the most significant killing in a string of high-profile murders since the war with Russia began. https://t.co/2CbAic3CQY

[Non-Partisan Fella @IdeologyTribe]

@JuliaDavisNews God help us all if JD Vance becomes POTUS.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Make no mistake, this is exactly what it seems to be: preparation to create a one-party dictatorship.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Crazy. When will conservatives start criticizing these obvious communist policies by Trump?

[b|a|r|c|o|d|e 🇺🇦 @barcodecipher]

@Kasparov63 @JuliaDavisNews It took me a second to realize he’s NOT talking about Russia when he said "lost a million people". That IS roughly the number of people Russia lost, and Ukraines casualty estimates are significantly lower. But it’s just his brain rot conflating things he’s heard.