And the reason I wish the United States would do even anything more in its power to ensure Ukrainian victory in their War of Independence. I can’t promise that defeat will break the disease gripping Russian national security thought. But I see no reason to let that disease destroy Ukraine.

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The world cannot allow the possession of nuclear weapons, or any WMD, or any fear, historically founded or otherwise, to be the excuse under which a great power may unilaterally impose its will on anyone else. This is (one of) the reason I stand with Taiwan, the reason I stand with Ukraine,…

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The Russian fear of invasion has repeatedly turned into lashing outward, creating ever-larger buffers of Russian territory and vassal states that answer to Moscow to protect it. This is where the obsession with Ukrainian and Georgian NATO membership originates.

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From a Russian POV, NATO looks like another force with the strength to topple Russia again. Unfortunately for the Russians, I don’t *fucking* care. Their fear should not be allowed to dictate what someone else has the right to, including the right to association *with someone else.*

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This is why, among many other examples, the highest priority of the Soviet Navy was the creation and protection of a survivable second strike capability. Russian governments are obsessed with security because so many of them have been destroyed. This is why they fear NATO.

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