Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
Trump has drawn a line in the sand. If he chickens out and equivocates again, then heโs telling Putin, as Obama did in 2013, that he can do whatever he wants with no repercussions.
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Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
โEvery time Trump chickens out, they bomb more civiliansโthe mass Shahed [drone] raids started after his weak responses,โ said a Ukrainian source.
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Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
.@Billbrowder: "If he does nothing, Putin gets the green light to continue executing this war exactly as he is with his maximum objectives unchanged. That means sticking to his belief that the West will eventually tire and he can win by attrition"
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Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
Will Trump's Ukraine red line become his Obama in Syria moment? NATO officials and European security sources are worried that the US President will ultimately chicken out and give Putin a green light, as Obama did in Syria.
My latest @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/t...
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Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
Trump has drawn a line in the sand. If he chickens out and equivocates again, then heโs telling Putin, as Obama did in 2013, that he can do whatever he wants with no repercussions.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/t...
05.08.2025 09:42 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
โEvery time Trump chickens out, they bomb more civiliansโthe mass Shahed [drone] raids started after his weak responses,โ said a Ukrainian source.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/t...
05.08.2025 09:40 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
.@Billbrowder: "If he does nothing, Putin gets the green light to continue executing this war exactly as he is with his maximum objectives unchanged. That means sticking to his belief that the West will eventually tire and he can win by attrition"
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/t...
05.08.2025 09:39 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Ukraineโs killer interceptors take aim at Russiaโs Shahed drones
Ukraine is developing fast and cheap interceptors to knock down incoming Russian drones, forcing Moscow to react.
A fascinating story from Politico's @nikamelkozerova.bsky.social on the development of interceptor drones in Ukraine. They are cheaper than Patriots and Ukraine really needs them
www.politico.eu/article/war-...
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Do Trumpโs Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?
Blustering threats to Putin over Ukraine are reminiscent of Obamaโs Syria failure.
Will Trump's Ukraine red line become his Obama in Syria moment? NATO officials and European security sources are worried that the US President will ultimately chicken out and give Putin a green light, as Obama did in Syria.
My latest @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/t...
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Someone's changed their tune
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Why were runners banned? My guess is because of Inzamam-ul-Haq
04.08.2025 10:53 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
No one is ever allowed to say test cricket is boring ever again
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What Brovdy is stating here is the absolute truth.
Nobody can do that, not even the vaunted Iron Dome of Israel managed it against Iran.
Both we and Ukraine must gain the capacity to rapidly destroy all Russian centers of production.
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Happy birthday @joetwyman.bsky.social and Tom Brady
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Opinion | Kasparov and Landsbergis: Europeโs Future Depends on Confrontation, Not Compromise
To survive, the European Union needs to change.
โThe inescapable conclusion is that the EU is risking irrelevance and evaporation unless fundamental changes are made to the Treaty itselfโ
By @glandsbergis.bsky.social and @garrykasparov.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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The game-changing new missile that could halt China
With a range of more than 300 miles, PrSMs is considered a โgame-changerโ
"The missile has just been tested in Australia, where it struck a target more than 190 miles away, marking the first time the Lockheed Martin-manufactured weapon has been used by a US ally."
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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