Jon Sweet
@jonsweet.bsky.social
Retired U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer. Frequent contributor to The Hill, New York Post, Kyiv Post, TVP World and Fox News on topics of National Security.
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➡️ Russia continues to try and set conditions for any ceasefire in Putin’s war against Ukraine.
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, it’s crucial that Team Trump not give into them.
Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine. ↖️
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, it’s crucial that Team Trump not give into them.
Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine. ↖️
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
➡️ Russia continues to try and set conditions for any ceasefire in Putin’s war against Ukraine.
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, it’s crucial that Team Trump not give into them.
Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine. ↖️
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, it’s crucial that Team Trump not give into them.
Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine. ↖️
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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➡️ Goals change in wars. Especially when you start to lose them as Russia is doing in Ukraine.
Tomorrow, in a special piece for @thehill.com at 7AM EST, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue what Putin now hopes to be his primary end state.
He must be deterred. ↖️
Tomorrow, in a special piece for @thehill.com at 7AM EST, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue what Putin now hopes to be his primary end state.
He must be deterred. ↖️
March 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
➡️ Goals change in wars. Especially when you start to lose them as Russia is doing in Ukraine.
Tomorrow, in a special piece for @thehill.com at 7AM EST, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue what Putin now hopes to be his primary end state.
He must be deterred. ↖️
Tomorrow, in a special piece for @thehill.com at 7AM EST, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue what Putin now hopes to be his primary end state.
He must be deterred. ↖️
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➡️ Conquering Ukraine, for now, is beyond Putin’s reach. However, as Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, destroying NATO from within has become the new goal of his sputtering ‘special military operation.’
If done, he will return to Ukraine.
Link below. ↖️
If done, he will return to Ukraine.
Link below. ↖️
March 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
➡️ Conquering Ukraine, for now, is beyond Putin’s reach. However, as Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, destroying NATO from within has become the new goal of his sputtering ‘special military operation.’
If done, he will return to Ukraine.
Link below. ↖️
If done, he will return to Ukraine.
Link below. ↖️
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➡️ It’s not a coincidence that as Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire gained momentum that the Houthis announced they were going to resume attacks against Israeli shipping.
At the @kyivpost.com, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge to recognize he is at war with Putin’s Axis of Evil.
Link below. ↖️
At the @kyivpost.com, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge to recognize he is at war with Putin’s Axis of Evil.
Link below. ↖️
March 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
➡️ It’s not a coincidence that as Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire gained momentum that the Houthis announced they were going to resume attacks against Israeli shipping.
At the @kyivpost.com, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge to recognize he is at war with Putin’s Axis of Evil.
Link below. ↖️
At the @kyivpost.com, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge to recognize he is at war with Putin’s Axis of Evil.
Link below. ↖️
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➡️ Shout out to the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board for citing my piece with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at @thehill.com — Putin’s real goal: Destroy NATO
Grateful. Especially given the importance of this message re: Putin’s designs on NATO. ↖️
nypost.com/2025/03/17/o...
Grateful. Especially given the importance of this message re: Putin’s designs on NATO. ↖️
nypost.com/2025/03/17/o...
Lockdowns made us rude, MAGA vs. the ‘realists’ and other commentary
“If the world seems to you a little nastier and more confrontational than it was just a few years ago,” notes Reason’s J.D. Tuccille, “you’re not alone.”
nypost.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
➡️ Shout out to the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board for citing my piece with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at @thehill.com — Putin’s real goal: Destroy NATO
Grateful. Especially given the importance of this message re: Putin’s designs on NATO. ↖️
nypost.com/2025/03/17/o...
Grateful. Especially given the importance of this message re: Putin’s designs on NATO. ↖️
nypost.com/2025/03/17/o...
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➡️ Putin & Khamenei continue to use the Houthis to distract Team Trump from Ukraine & Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I urge at @thehill.com, it’s time for Donald Trump to adopt Admiral James Stavridis’ plan. ↖️
thehill.com/policy/natio...
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I urge at @thehill.com, it’s time for Donald Trump to adopt Admiral James Stavridis’ plan. ↖️
thehill.com/policy/natio...
thehill.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
➡️ Putin & Khamenei continue to use the Houthis to distract Team Trump from Ukraine & Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I urge at @thehill.com, it’s time for Donald Trump to adopt Admiral James Stavridis’ plan. ↖️
thehill.com/policy/natio...
As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I urge at @thehill.com, it’s time for Donald Trump to adopt Admiral James Stavridis’ plan. ↖️
thehill.com/policy/natio...
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➡️ Team #Putin is playing Team #Trump for time in Saudi Arabia. As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I warn in a special piece at @thehill.com, #Russia isn’t interested in a ceasefire in Ukraine save where Moscow gains battlefield advantages.
Meanwhile, Putin keeps killing Ukrainians.
Link below. ↖️
Meanwhile, Putin keeps killing Ukrainians.
Link below. ↖️
March 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
➡️ Team #Putin is playing Team #Trump for time in Saudi Arabia. As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I warn in a special piece at @thehill.com, #Russia isn’t interested in a ceasefire in Ukraine save where Moscow gains battlefield advantages.
Meanwhile, Putin keeps killing Ukrainians.
Link below. ↖️
Meanwhile, Putin keeps killing Ukrainians.
Link below. ↖️
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➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I are honored to have been picked up a 14th time by the Drudge Report for our piece that is running in @thehill.com.
This time is especially meaningful as we highlighted an upcoming documentary entitled Faith Under Siege & the Bazylevych family.
Links below. ↖️
This time is especially meaningful as we highlighted an upcoming documentary entitled Faith Under Siege & the Bazylevych family.
Links below. ↖️
March 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I are honored to have been picked up a 14th time by the Drudge Report for our piece that is running in @thehill.com.
This time is especially meaningful as we highlighted an upcoming documentary entitled Faith Under Siege & the Bazylevych family.
Links below. ↖️
This time is especially meaningful as we highlighted an upcoming documentary entitled Faith Under Siege & the Bazylevych family.
Links below. ↖️
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➡️ In our latest for the @kyivpost.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I take a deep dive into the fallacy of #Putin & the so-called ceasefire negotiations.
Putin isn’t interest in peace or in pieces of #Ukraine. He wants it all.
Link below. ↖️
Putin isn’t interest in peace or in pieces of #Ukraine. He wants it all.
Link below. ↖️
March 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
➡️ In our latest for the @kyivpost.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I take a deep dive into the fallacy of #Putin & the so-called ceasefire negotiations.
Putin isn’t interest in peace or in pieces of #Ukraine. He wants it all.
Link below. ↖️
Putin isn’t interest in peace or in pieces of #Ukraine. He wants it all.
Link below. ↖️
"The fallacy now is that there is some sort of “ceasefire” in Ukraine – and that Russia is adhering to it while Zelensky continues to resist."
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/49605
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/49605
Opinion: The Putin Fallacy
Anyone who has been studying the Kremlin’s methods over the years can recognize exactly how Putin is stringing the Americans along so that Washington winds up pressuring Kyiv.
www.kyivpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"The fallacy now is that there is some sort of “ceasefire” in Ukraine – and that Russia is adhering to it while Zelensky continues to resist."
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/49605
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/49605
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➡️ Always honored — and humbled — by the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board citing my work with @jonsweet.bsky.social. This time it was for our Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine piece at @thehill.com. ↖️
nypost.com/2025/03/07/o...
nypost.com/2025/03/07/o...
The West’s ‘thin red line’, Egypt’s ‘do-nothing’ Gaza plan and other commentary
“For now, Ukraine is ground zero in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against the West” — but, warn Mark Toth & Jonathan Sweet at The Hill, if Russia wins, whether “on the battlefield or a…
nypost.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
➡️ Always honored — and humbled — by the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board citing my work with @jonsweet.bsky.social. This time it was for our Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine piece at @thehill.com. ↖️
nypost.com/2025/03/07/o...
nypost.com/2025/03/07/o...
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➡️ Grateful as well to Real Clear World for citing my latest w/ Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (Ret.) at @thehill.com — Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine. ↖️
www.realclearworld.com/2025/03/06/e...
www.realclearworld.com/2025/03/06/e...
Europe’s Thin Red Line in Ukraine
Europe is facing an existential crisis.
www.realclearworld.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
➡️ Grateful as well to Real Clear World for citing my latest w/ Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (Ret.) at @thehill.com — Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine. ↖️
www.realclearworld.com/2025/03/06/e...
www.realclearworld.com/2025/03/06/e...
Privilege for @marktoth.bsky.social and I to join Daniel Tkiie on News Channel 24 and First Western TV in Ukraine to discuss the post-Oval Office meltdown and Europe's way ahead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYe...
Jon Sweet and Mark Toth on US military options in Ukraine
YouTube video by ПЕРШИЙ ЗАХІДНИЙ
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March 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Privilege for @marktoth.bsky.social and I to join Daniel Tkiie on News Channel 24 and First Western TV in Ukraine to discuss the post-Oval Office meltdown and Europe's way ahead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYe...
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➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I were honored to be interviewed earlier by El Confidencial in Spain.
It is in Spanish but you can translate in Google Chrome if need be. ↖️
www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2025-0...
It is in Spanish but you can translate in Google Chrome if need be. ↖️
www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2025-0...
El arte de (la niebla) de la guerra: detrás de la ceremonia de la confusión hay un plan para gobernar el mundo
El magnate republicano ha convertido la 'niebla de la guerra' en la piedra angular de su plan para reafirmar la primacía de Estados Unidos en el concierto de las naciones. Es decir, gobernar el mundo, pero a su manera
www.elconfidencial.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I were honored to be interviewed earlier by El Confidencial in Spain.
It is in Spanish but you can translate in Google Chrome if need be. ↖️
www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2025-0...
It is in Spanish but you can translate in Google Chrome if need be. ↖️
www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2025-0...
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Trump and Putin need Zelenskyy to go, for reasons that align in certain respects and differ in others. Justice and security are getting in the way of 'the big deal'. They may use any means available to force Zelenskyy out. @marktoth.bsky.social - @jonsweet.bsky.social - youtu.be/wco3jpmidwU
Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - For Reasons that Partially Align, Trump & Putin Need Zelenskyy to be gone.
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Trump and Putin need Zelenskyy to go, for reasons that align in certain respects and differ in others. Justice and security are getting in the way of 'the big deal'. They may use any means available to force Zelenskyy out. @marktoth.bsky.social - @jonsweet.bsky.social - youtu.be/wco3jpmidwU
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➡️ Always an honor to appear w/ @jonsweet.bsky.social on one of @siliconcurtain.bsky.social’s podcasts.
If you are not familiar with Jonathan Fink’s work, check out his other podcasts. He has a huge array of impressive guests including retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. ↖️
If you are not familiar with Jonathan Fink’s work, check out his other podcasts. He has a huge array of impressive guests including retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. ↖️
Trump and Putin need Zelenskyy to go, for reasons that align in certain respects and differ in others. Justice and security are getting in the way of 'the big deal'. They may use any means available to force Zelenskyy out. @marktoth.bsky.social - @jonsweet.bsky.social - youtu.be/wco3jpmidwU
Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - For Reasons that Partially Align, Trump & Putin Need Zelenskyy to be gone.
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
➡️ Always an honor to appear w/ @jonsweet.bsky.social on one of @siliconcurtain.bsky.social’s podcasts.
If you are not familiar with Jonathan Fink’s work, check out his other podcasts. He has a huge array of impressive guests including retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. ↖️
If you are not familiar with Jonathan Fink’s work, check out his other podcasts. He has a huge array of impressive guests including retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. ↖️
@marktoth.bsky.social and I had the honor to join Jonathan Fink again on the @siliconcurtain.bsky.social to discuss the 2nd and 3rd order effects of the Oval Office version of Tombstone's O.K. Corral last Friday.
Is Zelensky in the way?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco3...
Is Zelensky in the way?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco3...
Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - For Reasons that Partially Align, Trump & Putin Need Zelenskyy to be gone.
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@marktoth.bsky.social and I had the honor to join Jonathan Fink again on the @siliconcurtain.bsky.social to discuss the 2nd and 3rd order effects of the Oval Office version of Tombstone's O.K. Corral last Friday.
Is Zelensky in the way?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco3...
Is Zelensky in the way?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco3...
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➡️ Trump’s U.S. foreign policy has taken a sharp right turn.
As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I note at @thehill.com, it’s arguably become mafia-like in its construct & execution.
If so, a turf war looms. Putin as well is intent on being the Don of the Donbas. ↖️
As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I note at @thehill.com, it’s arguably become mafia-like in its construct & execution.
If so, a turf war looms. Putin as well is intent on being the Don of the Donbas. ↖️
February 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
➡️ Trump’s U.S. foreign policy has taken a sharp right turn.
As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I note at @thehill.com, it’s arguably become mafia-like in its construct & execution.
If so, a turf war looms. Putin as well is intent on being the Don of the Donbas. ↖️
As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I note at @thehill.com, it’s arguably become mafia-like in its construct & execution.
If so, a turf war looms. Putin as well is intent on being the Don of the Donbas. ↖️
"Washington is devolving into a mafioso world. This deal is the equivalent of Ukraine paying protection money."
As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas: “F**k you, pay me.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas: “F**k you, pay me.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Washington is devolving into a mafioso world. This deal is the equivalent of Ukraine paying protection money."
As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas: “F**k you, pay me.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas: “F**k you, pay me.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I return to the No Delusion Zone with David Debatto to talk about the war in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq92...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq92...
Will America Withdraw From NATO? #nato #trump #nodelusionzone
YouTube video by No Delusion Zone
www.youtube.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
@marktoth.bsky.social and I return to the No Delusion Zone with David Debatto to talk about the war in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq92...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq92...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I join News Anchor and TV Host Daniel Tkiie at News Channel 24 and First Western Television in Ukraine to discuss Trump’s next steps in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qop7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qop7...
Jon Sweet and Mark Toth on Trump’s next steps on Ukraine
YouTube video by ПЕРШИЙ ЗАХІДНИЙ
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February 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@marktoth.bsky.social and I join News Anchor and TV Host Daniel Tkiie at News Channel 24 and First Western Television in Ukraine to discuss Trump’s next steps in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qop7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qop7...
"Putin still believes he can win. He just needs the U.S. and NATO to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I document in @thehill.com
Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I document in @thehill.com
Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Putin still believes he can win. He just needs the U.S. and NATO to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I document in @thehill.com
Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I document in @thehill.com
Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump thehill.com/opinion/nati...
“Trump is utilizing Cold War tactics, expressing American willingness to outfight and outspend Putin.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social
nypost.com/2025/01/24/o...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social
nypost.com/2025/01/24/o...
Trump — the new sheriff in town — has a vulnerable Russia panicking
Moscow is in a tizzy: The denizens of the Russian capital did not see this version of President Donald Trump coming for Mad Vlad.
nypost.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“Trump is utilizing Cold War tactics, expressing American willingness to outfight and outspend Putin.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social
nypost.com/2025/01/24/o...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social
nypost.com/2025/01/24/o...
"The “root cause” of the war in Ukraine is Putin ... Trump’s message ... should be to leave Ukraine or risk losing your army and your country."
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain.
What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain.
What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"The “root cause” of the war in Ukraine is Putin ... Trump’s message ... should be to leave Ukraine or risk losing your army and your country."
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain.
What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain.
What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
“It is Trump’s world now. The self-defeating passivity of the Biden Administration is gone … for better or worse, he is asserting himself on the global stage.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“It is Trump’s world now. The self-defeating passivity of the Biden Administration is gone … for better or worse, he is asserting himself on the global stage.”
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
@marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...