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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 I had the honor to provide Congressional testimony to U.S. Senate & House Members of the @HelsinkiComm.
It’s time for @NATO leaders to turn the tables on Putin’s shadow war & move from Russia’s Summer of Sabotage, to NATO’s Autumn of Action.
My opening statement:
🚨ALERT🚨 Over the last 48 hours there have been news articles on the new film on the #NordStream sabotage starring Sean Penn & Adrian Brody being filmed in Pula, Croatia…while one of the alleged members of the “pro-Ukraine” sabotage sailboat was also re-arrested in Pula.
Can the Hollywood press get with the geopolitical press to confirm the details on why this suspect, who had previously only narrowly escaped extradition to Germany last year, return to a jurisdiction where he could be arrested under the same warrant appears to have been involved with this film??
And of course, check out the robust data analysis, field research, and interviews into the #NordStream sabotage case study in our @Penn @KleinmanEnergy report UNDERWATER MAYHEM (Vol 01) here: upenn.app.box.com/s/wvrobfk9…
Source 03: croatiaweek.com/adrien-brody…
Source 02: reuters.com/world/second-sus…
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
🚢🛢️⚠️I joined @philgayle on @dwnews for a deep dive on the ongoing drama of the Druzhba pipeline over which Hungary continues to block vital aid to Ukraine and the broader interplay of this saga with the state of maritime security threats posed by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz:
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
No return to “business as usual” with the Putin regime on energy!!
#NotJustACommercialDeal
Belgian prime minister calls for EU to normalise ties with Russia ft.trib.al/GRTILi1
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
The victory of the opposition in Hungary and thus the end of @PM_ViktorOrban is one of the most important things for ending the Russian imperialist war in Ukraine and defeating Russia in this war. No one in Europe supports terrorist Russia and criminal Putin as much as Orban!
No return to “business as usual” with the Putin regime on energy!!
#NotJustACommercialDeal
Belgian prime minister calls for EU to normalise ties with Russia ft.trib.al/GRTILi1
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
Normalising relations with Russia while it kills Ukrainians is not diplomacy. It is surrender.
Relying on cheap Russian energy was a strategic mistake. Europe learned that the hard way.
This is not the time to blink. We must stay the course on Ukraine.
Belgian prime minister calls for EU to normalise ties with Russia ft.trib.al/GRTILi1
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
He threatens NATO but once again refuses to criticize Russia for giving Iran intelligence on U.S. forces and bases in the Mideast.
Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran ft.trib.al/aaWPhX2
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
Sean, thanks to you, we know what a true friend of Ukraine is.
You have stood with Ukraine since the first day of the full-scale war.
This is still true today.
And we know that you will continue to stand with our country and our people.
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
Almost a parody of a leader whose country enjoys the protection of other, stronger ones and yet seems willing to dispose of vulnerable countries.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever's controversial suggestion that the EU should negotiate with Russia is convulsing his own coalition government.
politico.eu/article/belgium-…
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
Here is the Churchill quote on working with allies. It is smart to strengthen alliances not undermine and discredit them. The U.S. is stronger when NATO is strong and cohesive.
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
Sean Penn missed the Oscars ceremony where he received an Oscar, and went to Ukraine instead.
Thank you for standing with Ukraine, Sir! Congratulations!
🚢🛢️⚠️I joined @philgayle on @dwnews for a deep dive on the ongoing drama of the Druzhba pipeline over which Hungary continues to block vital aid to Ukraine and the broader interplay of this saga with the state of maritime security threats posed by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz:
Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 retweeted
"The way in which Moscow has manifested these incidents is to try to ensure that it was just an accident or make it very difficult to attribute even if it seems like it was intentional," @BLSchmitt
kyivindependent.com/russias-…
