11/24: Ukraine News Round-up
Moral clarity from Sen Rounds of South Dakota: video
Speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum, GOP Sen Rounds of S Dakota:
I feel frustrated that we have not been able to provide them all of the equipment and all of the weapons systems they in order for them to respond to absolute tyranny coming from Russia, a neighbor who has absolutely invaded their country.
If you offer him part of a free country, do you think he will stop?
Please listen to 7 minutes of moral clarity.
US News: We can fight Russian aggression with powerful financial tools.
Bill Bowder outlines a plan to seize Russian assets in Europe to support Ukraine.
Bloomberg: FOIA documents about Russian Assassinations Abroad
Short article about a 2016 which documents Russian government plan to assassinate political enemies. This, of course, includes the attempt in 2004 on then-Presidential Candidate Victor Yushenko of Ukraine, which was an early battle in the War for Ukrainian Sovereignty.
The Guardian: Joe Biden’s big blunder: how the war in Ukraine became a global disaster
Simon Tisdall, the author of this piece is the Guardian’s lead writer on Foreign Affairs. He is the UK’s Thomas Friedman, the standard-bearer of left-wing commentary.
Failure to contain the conflict has led to huge suffering and geopolitical shifts. Why didn’t the US commit to Nato?
Thirty months on, Biden’s containment strategy is failing miserably.
Failure to contain the war is encouraging seismic geopolitical shifts, most notably the China-Russia “no-limits” partnership. China’s president, Xi Jinping, gets cheap oil; ostracised Putin gets sanctions-busting dual-use tech plus diplomatic backing. But it’s so much more than that.