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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 16

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Julia Ioffe

      This would explain the wild discrepancy between what Ukrainian government (until it was brought in line) was saying and what Washington has been saying. Maybe there's some genius chess playing going on but I don't think "alarmism" is sustainable as a policyhttps://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1493947410372079624 …

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      Julia IoffeVerified account @juliaioffe
      With all the alarm about a Russian invasion of Ukraine, it's important to keep in mind that the alarm itself, and using the U.S. media to keep the alarm ringing, is part of the Biden admin's strategy to keep pressure on the Kremlin. It IS the strategy. https://puck.news/putin-on-the-brink/?utm_code=julia%40puck.news …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 16

      Thing with constantly crying imminent invasion is that when it doesn't materialize, you lose credibility. There's a well known children's story that illustrates the point.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 16

      I would like advocates of alarmism as a policy to acknowledge that it comes with costs: it actual helps destabalize Ukrainian society (by sowing fear & uncertainty), makes accidental war due to mixed signalling marginally more likely, and undermines credibility with public.

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        2. Jonathan Glick‏ @jonathanglick Feb 16
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Yes, describing reality can be upsetting. The alternative is worse. And?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 16
          Replying to @jonathanglick

          Alarmism is not actually describing reality.

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        1. James M Miller‏ @JamesMMiller2 Feb 16
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Ukraine has openly been talking about the mixed approach and why the US and Ukraine are doing this differently. I already told you. Why don't you go looking for some information on this topic?

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        1. Andy Tharp‏ @papanoel_cool Feb 16
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I'm not convinced it meaningfully raises risks above where they are given the fact that Russia really did move 150000 troops to the border.

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        1. Bookfisher believes summer will come‏ @BookfisherH Feb 16
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Credibility is an interesting word to bring up in this situation, where accurately describing the situation is termed alarmism, all this feels like being back in 2002-3 but with a chunk of the left wing seeing the mass weapons

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        1. Mystic Lawyer‏ @Mystic_Lawyer Feb 16
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          Please tell me which policy doesn't have costs.

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        1. ffbom‏ @ffbom55 Feb 16
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Ukraine is its own country, Jeet. They're not a U.S. state or a Canadian province. They don't look to North American essayists for their fear and uncertainty regarding Russia. They get plenty of that from Russia itself, camped on their border with tanks and MRLSs.

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        1. Badger AF‏ @JTirades Feb 16
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          Don't you the Biden administration is pre-emptively describing Putin's plans before he attempts them? Yes, I see the inherent risk in this, but it's not like Putin is bluffing. There's considerable downside to bluffing and not following thru.

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        1. Robert Paterson‏ @sanfranrobbie Feb 16
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          I would have to disagree. I think the daily “alarmism” over the invasion and false flag attacks has made it more difficult for Putin to pull the trigger.

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