Michal Thim

Threat Intelligence Analyst | Taiwan 🇹🇼 | China 🇨🇳 | Cyber Threat Intelligence | Geopolitics | OSINT

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

And end of the WW1 was not exactly result of negotiations either.

Neither was the US civil war.

The parties in conflict do often talk via various channels, but the talks don’t end the conflicts, lost ability and/or will to fight do.

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

Meanwhile, the genius J.D. is explaining that World War II ended through negotiations.

Ah yes, those legendary Churchill–Hitler negotiations of 1945. How could we possibly have forgotten them?

That’s what I love about Trump’s “young team” — you can never predict what ridiculous thing they’ll say next.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

China invoking UNCLOS, when it was found by court to violate it all over the South China Sea, is a baseline definition of chutzpah

[Taiwan Security Monitor (台灣安全觀測站) @TaiwanMonitor]

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement this morning on China Coast Guard activity to the east of Taiwan:

Lin Jian: Regarding the China Coast Guard vessel formation lawfully conducting law-enforcement patrols in waters east of China’s Taiwan Island, the China Coast Guard has already released relevant information. I would like to reiterate that China has an exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the waters east of Taiwan. Japan and the Philippines have bypassed China and arbitrarily launched so-called maritime delimitation talks, seriously violating international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as basic norms governing international relations. They have seriously infringed upon China’s maritime rights and interests, and China will never allow this.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@DaBronco0 Maybe they cannot (they can though), but the US team will be packing after first game in playoffs and that only because almost everyone gets a place in playoffs in the current system

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@MichaelCarota @KremlinTrolls So…a shallow pool of water is comparable in scale to a complex engineering undertaking such as high rise building…exactly how?

[Donald Clarke @donaldcclarke]

This is the heart of the matter.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@slantchev The US$11 bn arms package from December, for example. Trump 2.0 is erratic, unpredictable, and amazingly corrupt administration. But it is largely consistent on Indo-Pacific. That, and fact that some prominent China hawks are in the administration. Is my confidence high? No.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@slantchev Arms sales will be approved, sooner or later, as it has always been the case.

The policy not to discuss is policy of not seeking approval.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@kelly_79769 @JoshEakle The United States acknowledges…

Thanks for proving my point 🙏

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@reganh48 @Unveiled_ChinaX Are the factions in the room with you?

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@bywornex @slantchev You sound exactly like Chamberlain on the way to Munich Conference in 1938.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@kelly_79769 @JoshEakle Wrong. The US has always only acknowledged that the PRC says Taiwan is part of China. US position is that Taiwan’s status is unsettled.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@TyDemo92 @krassenstein It is a hypothetical, genius.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@BuzzardCapital @McReynoldsJoe FFS what’s so difficult about it?

Every country files with the UN its official name and official short version. It’s like wondering if the French Republic switched name to France. The Czech Republic and Czechia are both valid names.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

And this, dear kids, happens when education doth not educate

[SENDCONGRESSHOME @Congressgohome]

Not a defensive war?? What is that joke? Iran has told us repeatedly they will attack us, should we have waited for them to actually have a nuke or even missiles that can reach the USA with chemical or biological weapons??

We saved Europe and the UK in WWII. We did not need to. We did it because it was the right thing to do. Post WWII we had no reason to be in Europe, the threat to us was by air or sea.

NATO are ingrates. Even worse, Europe has been trading with Iran for years in ways that hurts the American people. The only reliable ally we have is Israel

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

Lindsey Graham is a muppet

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake.

The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure.

The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.

I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@grok @Heroifrit @krassenstein @LordPrimuss @grok Krassenstein does not support Iranian regime. What you doing is called strawman fallacy. Do better.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@JohnnyyTeixeira @Ronaldo98235866 @sentdefender I was adressing your silly silly ideas about how IL works, but sure, except in this case, there was no danger to the sub crew. International law is binding (it is also a federal law). Concepts of national security are not. Your hypothetical example is stupid.

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@JohnnyyTeixeira @Ronaldo98235866 @sentdefender Whoa. That’s not how any of that works 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Michal Thim @michalthim]

@JaroSvoboda @_JakubJanda Mluvíte plynně anglicky a španělsky?