I often hear that we need realism, not idealism. But realism never brought anyone peace and never liberated any oppressed nations. Only the dogged determination to defend our values ever achieved the victories we cherish. Only dreams and hard work can make us great again.🧵17/17

We are in an existential emergency, requiring responses and attitudes to match. The plaster must be ripped off, today not tomorrow.🧵16/17

It is far too late for further discussion on this. We know what needs to be done, we have talked ourselves almost to death. Now the only thing left to do is to back up the words with actions.🧵15/17

Putin’s only hope is that Europe stays in a self-induced coma, unable to seize frozen assets, unable to manufacture weapons, unable to move troops in any significant numbers. Unable to defend the values that were chosen for very good reasons.🧵14/17

The US can't negotiate when they have obviously sided with Moscow. Time for Ukraine and Europe to stand firm against tyranny.

These guys are not impartial, they want to steal Ukraine resources and deliver the country to Russia. They can never be leading the peace process