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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

In response to today’s horrific attack on Ukraine’s civilians, @POTUS should announce that we will (finally) supply ATACMS munitions. Further, the Admin should just bite the bullet & issue both primary & secondary sanctions on all Russian energy transactions & all Russian banks.

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As a former @NATO Assistant Secretary General, I am flabbergasted by this tweet. This is completely inapproriate on so many levels.

NATO Spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah

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2 months

Our condolences to the people of #Iran for the death of President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and others who perished in the helicopter crash.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

I’ll say it yet again: We don’t need the Germans, Italians, or Belgians — or anyone else in the EU — to convince SWIFT to remove all Russian banks. How do I know? Because we did this to Iran under President Trump, against the wishes of the EU & UK. But it requires leadership.

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1/13 Having just spent a week in Israel, I offer a few thoughts As graphic as the internet images of the Oct. 7 attack are, one cannot truly appreciate the depravity of those who assaulted Israel without seeing it firsthand Seen many bad things in my life, but nothing like this

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7 months

3 Patriot Missiles to Ukraine cost ~$12million (not including the firing battery, radar etc.) 3 Russian Su-34 fighters cost ~$120-150 million. That is a pretty good ROI for the West: 900%. Slava Ukraini

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

7 months

I am grateful to our warriors for downing three Russian “Su” aircraft over our Kherson region today in Ukraine's south. This is the result of our Air Forces, specifically the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade of Odesa. Thank you, warriors! Every Russian pilot must know that

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

Buying oil from the Ayatollah or Maduro is NOT better than buying oil from Putin. It is exactly the same.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

As Ukraine’s courageous President @ZelenskyyUa again asks the West to implement serious sanctions, I once again offer what measures — if taken in tandem — would bring the Russian economy to a screeching halt. Of these, Biden has so far done only one ( #5 on my list)

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

3 years

Da Afghanistan Bank has $9.5B in international reserves. Treasury urgently needs to work with the Central Bank to ensure that US bank notes, & the reserves, do not fall into the hands of the Taliban. Under no circumstances can we let the Taliban access 9.5B. This is a disaster.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

The Russian Central Bank is currently winning in its fight against currency depreciation. The ruble has strengthened to 89 from an all-time low of 154.7 This is what happens with half-measures for sanctions & an EU that keeps pumping hard currency into Russia from energy buys.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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7 months

1/6 Alex Saab fue sancionado, acusado de múltiples cargos criminales, arrestado y extraditado luego de varios años de investigación por parte de @USTreasury , múltiples agencias policiales y @TheJusticeDept . Varias naciones de América Latina, Europa y Asia trabajaron juntas...

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

Bellingcat’s @christogrozev reports that ~500 tanks are converging on Kyiv, & chatter that orders were given to seize Kyiv by Monday (no matter the human cost) When we awake to devastation of the city tomorrow, it will make the half-measures on sanctions look absolutely pathetic

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

3 months

A very important requirement, buried in the Ukraine aid bill, is Section 505. It forces Biden to do what he has so far refused to do: provide long-range ATACMS to Ukraine. But it also gives him a waiver. In the coming days we need to watch closely how the Admin responds.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

10/13 This was beyond even ISIS-daesh level depravity. So my second point: I’m not sure those advocating for recognition of a Palestinian State in Foggy Bottom, London, Brussels etc. have any clue about how deeply radicalized with an all-consuming hate many Gazans have become.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

6 months

“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.” — Winston Churchill

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

11/13 Certainly anyone pushing a “Two-state” solution needs to sit down and watch the video. May not change minds, but it might lead to realization that this cannot happen in Gaza until after a significant deradicalization effort. UNRWA is part of the problem, not the solution.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

13/13 More later on the situation in the North, where whole villages have been emptied, fleeing attacks by Hizballah. But enough for now. //End

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

9/13 I’ve worked counter-terrorism for a long time, but I’ve never seen such barbaric acts at this scale: charred bodies, 30+ dead at an outdoor bar with a weeping first responder begging for any sign of life, Hamas hacking off the head of a corpse with a hoe to take a trophy…

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

Wow. That is a ridiculous sum. Can’t blame you. Good luck in making the case for seizure of the frozen assets, @Billbrowder . You are absolutely right on this. …

Sir William Browder KCMG

@Billbrowder

2 years

I’m in Davos to argue for the frozen Russian $350 billion to be used for the defence of Ukraine. But I won’t be doing it in the halls of the WEF because they raised the price of attendance to $250k for me (3x what they charged before). Russians are happy

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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12/13 It also will help people understand why the idea of a Palestinian state is DOA right now with nearly the entire Israeli polity. Final point: Israel is still AT WAR. Key Hamas leaders in Gaza still draw breath, & they hold more than 130 hostages, including Americans.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

5 months

Ukraine is using drones to do to Russian energy exports what Joe Biden should have done more than two years ago, with real sanctions.

Maria Avdeeva

@maria_avdv

5 months

Most of the largest oil refineries are nearby. Waiting to check more off the list.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 months

THIS! 👇 Why can’t other European leaders speak with the straightforward, compelling moral clarity of the Lithuanians?

Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹

@GLandsbergis

2 months

I don't feel comfortable sending condolences while Iran is sending drones that are used against civilians in Ukraine.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

It isn’t just Khamenei, Assad, Nasrallah, al-Houthi, Sinwar, al-Sudani et al who are watching closely what Biden does next. So too are Putin, Xi, KJU, and Maduro. The next 24-48 hours are crucial to the course of history. Not just in the Middle East, but around the world.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

How completely out of touch can you be? Resign @USEnvoyIran . History will still judge you a complete failure, but it will be a far kinder verdict than if you stay on, pushing a deal with the Iranian regime butchers.

Office of the Special Envoy for Iran

@USEnvoyIran

2 years

Marchers in Washington and cities around the world are showing their support for the Iranian people, who continue to peacefully demonstrate for their government to respect their dignity and human rights.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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4/13 Places like Kfar Azza gave good paying jobs to Gaza-strip Palestinians They repayed that kindness by scouting out the locations of safe-rooms in every house, marking which houses had weapons, which were homes to high value Israeli targets, where the kindergartens were, etc.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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3/13 My first point: Places like Kfar Azza & the Nova Music Festival (where 364 young people were gunned down) were full of peace-&-love pro-Palestinian Israelis. The Israeli “left.” We were told repeatedly by all manner of citizens that now the Israeli left “no longer exists.”

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

Kirchner has been convicted. Maybe now @USTreasury you can impose corruption-related sanctions? You have all the evidence needed. Designating one of the most corrupt politicians in the world would prove the Admin is serious about fighting corruption.

Argentina court hands VP Cristina Kirchner 6-year jail term in graft case

An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

2/13 The IDF allowed us to visit Kfar Azza, where Hamas terrorists swarmed across the border & butchered many dozens of innocent Israelis — men, women and children. They were on a hunting expedition. Bent on genocide. Below are two images from the now mostly deserted village.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

Sanctions on: 1 Russian Central Bank 2 Full financial sector sanctions (not singling out handful of banks) 3 de-SWIFT 4 Other sectors (minerals, timber) 5 Full export controls (largely done by Biden) 6 Putin 7 Big oligarchs 8 Oil & gas payments only into blocked escrow accounts.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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5/13 There were 2 waves of terrorists. They knew exactly where they were striking 1st, 2nd, 3rd… based on info supplied by Palestinians who had been invited into the homes of the people living there. The knew where to shoot through walls to kill people hiding in safe rooms.

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6/13 Then came the 3rd wave: “ordinary” Palestinian citizens from Gaza bent on looting. Everything from kitchen utensils to stripping watches & jewelry from bodies, to snatching bodies themselves. It’s only a short distance from Kfar Azza to Gaza, just 1-2 km across some fields.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.” — Winston Churchill What is required right now is action: @POTUS needs to begin graduated use of sanctions against Russia to deter the coming invasion. History will judge poorly a failure to do so.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

6 months

8/13 …the cells of terrified, trapped citizens (most of whom did not survive), CCTV, dashcams, phone calls to the parents of Hamas murderers who celebrated in their son’s murder of 2, 8, 10 Israeli “dogs” — you name it. I didn’t want to watch it. But out of courtesy I did.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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6 months

Esta es una victoria para el juez Federico Villena, @eugetale , @MarianoFederici , @PatoBullrich y muchos otros que trabajaron duro para congelar este activo de los iraníes y venezolanos. El presidente Milei merece un gran crédito por enviar el avión a Estados Unidos.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

So while @POTUS refuses to put full blocking & secondary sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s Central Bank, he is simultaneously preparing to remove those exact sanctions from Ayatollah Khamenei’s Central Bank. Let that sink in.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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7/13 After we saw the ruins in the south, the IDF asked if we would watch the “video.” It’s a 47 minute compilation of footage from GoPros Hamas terrorists were wearing & their cell phones (yeah, they were filming their butchery & reveling in it). There was also footage from…

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

6 months

Agradezco la oportunidad de hablar con amigos sobre las nuevas perspectivas positivas para Argentina ahora que Javier Milei es presidente. Pero también discutimos lo importante que es que CFK y sus compañeros cleptócratas no obtengan impunidad por sus crímenes.

Hudson Institute

@HudsonInstitute

6 months

AIRING NOW 🚨 @NateSibley discusses how Argentine President Javier Milei can restore the rule of law with Senior Fellow @M_S_Billingslea and former senior officials from Argentina’s financial intelligence unit, @MarianoFederici and @eugetale .

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

I’d be happy to talk to you @RepMTG about how important it is to defeat Russia in Ukraine, and how our contributions to their defenses are yielding massive returns on investment. While we’re at it, let’s also talk about protecting Taiwan from the Chinese Communists…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸

@RepMTG

2 years

I have not talked to a single person asking to send more billions to Ukraine. Not one.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

1/4) The Biden Admin seems to have concluded that further Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent. This means Putin has assessed the threat of sanctions & decided he can weather the impact. If war is to be averted, now is the time to cause him to reassess…

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

To arm a friendly nation to defeat a massive, unprovoked Russian invasion is a quintessentially conservative and Republican thing to do. My latest on the importance of continuing to support Ukraine, in today’s @dcexaminer .

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

11 days

Some claim Joe Biden is a “staunch supporter” of Ukraine. Here is an updated 🧵 of mine about his actual support since Feb 24, 2022 Written somewhat satirically in the style of a Greek Tragedy because the effect of Biden’s foot-dragging has been to unnecessarily prolong the war.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

7 months

6/6 Pero supongo que no debería sorprendernos que al “Gran Tipo” de la Casa Blanca no le importe nada la corrupción de Saab.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

These aren’t “academic” recommendations. They are based on firsthand experience @Treasury in how to impose massive consequences on an adversary’s economy. Each of these measures has been implemented in the past (against Iran &/or Ven) and the effects were felt immediately.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

8 months

“2 Chinese Navy warships in the area did not render assistance.”

Jennifer Griffin

@JenGriffinFNC

8 months

The crew had locked themselves in the Citadel (safe room). A Japanese destroyer assisted the USS Mason with the interdiction. 2 Chinese Navy warships in the area did not render assistance. The gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room but failed.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2 years

None of the aforementioned require EU or UK agreement. Would be valuable, but not essential. I’m not saying these measures alone will force Putin to stop his war. Sanctions are never a substitute for strategy. But these measures would deal a crippling blow to the Russian gov’t.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

A thoughtful thread by @Kasparov63 . He is exactly right in how to deal with Putin. Perhaps his most pointed line: “If you backtrack on simple statements, what else might you backtrack on? Sanctions? Treaty obligations?” It is time for the Biden Admin to stop following, & lead.

Garry Kasparov

@Kasparov63

2 years

Concern about Biden's statement about Putin not remaining in power is overblown. The real worry is his admin is not clear on what it hopes to achieve in supporting Ukraine. Without US leadership, the EU, NATO, and the rest will lose their nerve at the first opportunity. 1/13

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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10 months

. @RashidaTlaib , your claim is reckless, incendiary & now proven false. But you raced to help fuel a Hamas narrative. Now US embassies are coming under attack. The least you can do is apologize, admit you made a grave mistake, & warn against any who would threaten our diplomats.

Rashida Tlaib

@RashidaTlaib

10 months

Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that. @POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate. Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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1/5 Siguen surgiendo detalles sobre la liberación de Alex Saab por parte de Biden, y todo parece empeorar. Aparentemente, en lugar de simplemente transferirlo al régimen de Caracas (lo cual ya es bastante malo), la Casa Blanca también le concedió “clemencia” a Saab.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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5/6 …Presión del régimen ruso, iraní y Ven. Peor aún, es un “golpe en el estómago” para la oposición venezolana. Supuestamente somos sus amigos, pero acabamos de dejar libre a uno de los peores ladrones boligarcas.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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1 year

“A new survey from the @ReaganInstitute finds that three-quarters of Americans think it’s important to the U.S. that Ukraine wins the war against Russian aggression.” Our nation’s moral compass still remains steady and “pointed true north.”

America's Newsroom

@AmericaNewsroom

1 year

MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK UKRAINE VICTORY IS VITAL TO U.S. INTERESTS: SURVEY A new survey from the @ReaganInstitute finds that three-quarters of Americans think it’s important to the U.S. that Ukraine wins the war against Russian aggression. That includes 86% of Democrats and

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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4/6 …a la credibilidad de EEUU en la lucha contra la corrupción, particularmente en América Latina. Envía una señal desastrosa a los países socios que cooperaron con nosotros, creyendo que Saab enfrentaría la justicia, no más que Cabo Verde, quien lo extraditó a pesar...

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

Russia should be expelled from the Financial Action Task Force, immediately. It now behaves as a pariah nation, and therefore should be treated as one. @FATFNews @MarcusPleyer

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

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Might want to delete your post mourning the death of a butcher who sentenced 5000+ Iranian political prisoners to death in 1988, @CharlesMichel . I suspect you are going to face a massive backlash from the EU citizens whom you purport to represent…

Charles Michel

@CharlesMichel

2 months

The EU expresses its sincere condolences for the death of President Raisi and Foreign Minister Abdollahian, as well as other members of their delegation and crew in a helicopter accident. Our thoughts go to the families.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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1/11 A few days ago I went up near the border with Lebanon, just above Kfar Rosh HaNikra, near the famous grottoes. Though I’ve been to Israel & Lebanon quite a few times, this was my first time in “the north.” I’ll make a few observations about the current situation.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

10 months

Israel should not shoulder the burden of eradicating Hamas alone. Since 1997 Hamas has been designated as a terrorist org. by the US. They just killed at least nine more US citizens. The US should take a direct role alongside Israel, not just a supporting one. I hope we will.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

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1/2 Ahora sabemos que Biden le otorgó a Alex Saab un perdón total por los crímenes de robar 350 millones de dólares al pueblo venezolano mediante sobornos, especulación con el tipo de cambio y facturas falsificadas por bienes que nunca entregó.

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1/2) Alex Saab, the most notorious of Maduro’s testaferros, is apparently en route to the US to face money-laundering related charges. Saab is also under Treasury sanctions for his role in using hunger as a weapon & method of social control.

Two Colombian Businessmen Charged With Money Laundering in Connection With Venezuela Bribery Scheme

Two Colombian businessmen were charged in an indictment returned today for their alleged roles in laundering the proceeds of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with...

www.justice.gov

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

This woman is fearless and relentless. Listen to what @eugetale says. She is a true crusader against corruption. She will be a true force to be reckoned with in a future government (P.S. She also is a reason why @MarianoFederici was so effective, but don’t tell him I said so.)

Maria Eugenia Talerico

@eugetale

2 years

#CFK Condena ejemplar por corrupción.

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3/6 Cuando fue arrestado, estaba en medio de acuerdos de intermediación con Irán, el principal patrocinador del terrorismo en el mundo. Alex Saab es fácilmente uno de los peores y más corruptos testaferro del régimen venezolano. Su liberación supone un duro golpe...

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

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1/2) To avoid any confusion, unilateral “suspension” of its obligations under the New START Treaty is not an option available to Russia. Either they are in the treaty, or they are out. Today’s declaration should be taken as de facto initiation of withdrawal proceedings…

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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2/6…para desbaratar su extensa red de lavado de dinero, que incluía robos al por mayor del programa de alimentos destinado a alimentar a los venezolanos desnutridos (CLAP) Estaba traficando con oro saqueado de la ecocida minería a cielo abierto del Orinoco por parte del régimen

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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“Abandoning America’s friends while they are falling victim to aggression is a pattern associated with the American left, from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Conservatives should not be rushing to lock arms with progressive isolationists.” I was pleased to co-sign this letter.

The Vandenberg Coalition

@VandenbergCo

10 months

Conservatives understand Ukraine defeating Russia is an investment in America’s long-term security. Read our letter signed by 100 conservative leaders calling for further assistance to Ukraine ⬇️

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“From what I have seen of our Russian friends… I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than weakness, especially military weakness.” — Winston Churchill, 5 March 1946

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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. @MarianoFederici dice la verdad. Tuvimos una excelente relación con él y con el entonces Ministra de Seguridad Bullrich. De hecho, tomaron medidas decisivas contra la red terrorista iraní en América Latina.

Mariano Federici

@MarianoFederici

10 months

El único gobierno que hizo algo por contrarrestar la amenaza terrorista en los últimos 40 años fue el del Presidente @mauriciomacri con @PatoBullrich Ministra de Seguridad (1er país de LATAM en designar a Hezbollah organización terrorista). Los demás sólo opinan desde la tribuna.

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“We cannot… be passive when freedom is under seige… I hope that you in the Congress will understand that, dollar for dollar, security assistance contributes as much to global security as our own defense budget.” — Ronald Reagan, 1985

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

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As @POTUS meets with his NSC, I presume they will be discussing that he is now largely isolated on the matter of SWIFT. Hopefully they will now do the right thing. Partial de-SWIFTing of only select banks will not work; needs to be all of them, w/ sanctions on the Central Bank.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

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2/4) This weekend the US, UK & EU should announce immediate sanctions on Russian metal exports (copper, nickel, etc) & associated oligarchs, & termination of NS2. Follow up with clear message if Russia doesn’t stop we will target all financial institutions, with 2ndry sanctions

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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4/4) This would hit Russia hard, but leave room to escalate, & signal how bad it will get for Putin. The economic consequences will be felt in the West, but that is nothing compared to what will happen if Putin triggers a massive land war in Europe. Now is the time for action.

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2 years

The Biden Admin has subcontracted to Russia our negotations with Iran. We literally have empowered the world’s foremost warmongering regime to negotiate — on our behalf — with the world’s foremost terrorist regime. You can’t make this up. This is “theater of the absurd.”

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

6 months

Wait… what?

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@M_S_Billingslea

3 years

1/2) Russia’s stock market has lost $40 billion in 2 days. With continued massing of forces against Ukraine, now is the time for @USTreasury to publicly specify what sanctions will be imposed, and which sectors/entities targeted, in event of invasion.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 months

To all those expressing “condolences” and standing for moments of silence over Butcher Raisi’s death… Would you have done the same for Hitler? Stalin? Pol Pot? Will you do the same for Putin?

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

11 months

Disappointing to see this coming out of the once conservative @Heritage . In the 90s, when working for the arch-conservative Jesse Helms on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, I used their sound analysis & recommendations. But they clearly are veering isolationist. 🧵

Heritage Foundation

@Heritage

11 months

Biden gave $700 to Hawaii victims, but he took $900 from them and sent it to Ukraine. On the left is Kyiv, on the right is Maui.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

. @JJCarafano I’ll say it yet again. Nearly every single demand the Russians have made of the Biden Administration were previously made to me during the negotiations in 2020. We categorically rejected them each time, but they didn’t dare mass troops to try to coerce an outcome.

James Jay Carafano

@JJCarafano

2 years

Putin was afraid of Trump

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

1/2) Credible rumors swirling that the White House wants to trade Alex Saab to Venezuela. By recognizing his sham claim to be a diplomat, they would sabotage the court case against him. It took years to build the sanctions package & indictment, & to secure arrest & extradition.

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2 years

At what point does Schroeder himself get sanctioned? By the criteria used by the EU on Monday (“providing financial and material support, and benefiting from Russian decision-makers responsible for…destabilisation of Ukraine”) he is a legitimate target.

Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder loses entire staff after refusing to resign from Russian...

Gerhard Schroeder, known to be a close friend of Vladimir Putin, has come under criticism for profiting from the Russian regime

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

This should not be an either/or for conservatives, @RepMTG . We must do both, or the problems overseas will surely show up at our borders as well. There is more than enough wasteful spending in the federal budget that — if cut — allows us to protect our nation without turtling.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸

@RepMTG

2 years

It’s time to protect OUR border, not Ukraine’s.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

6 months

11/11 To conclude: If Iran doesn’t jerk Nasrallah’s leash & force a pull-back to the Litani River, I think it’s only a matter of time before the IDF goes in on the ground. What happens after that is anyone’s bet. Hope the Biden Admin will support 🇮🇱 should this prove necessary.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

This is pathetic. Even by German standards. Delete this tweet @Bundeskanzler . Stop sabotaging energy sanctions on Russia. Quit having your @GermanyDiplo falsely spread the claim that @NATO is blocking heavy weapons to Ukraine. Stop pandering to Putin over the phone. Just. Stop.

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz

@Bundeskanzler

2 years

Der Krieg wirft viele Fragen auf wie: Darf Gewalt mit Gewalt bekämpft werden? Schafft man Frieden nur ohne Waffen? Wir sollten beides mit Respekt diskutieren. Klar ist aber: Wir stehen der Ukraine bei, damit Gewalt sich nicht als Mittel durchsetzt. @katholikentag

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

3/4) Further, that the Allies will also impose sectoral sanctions on Russian timber, chemical products, & machine parts (~30% of Russian exports, incl. metals). Finally, that the Foreign Direct Product Rule will be used for export controls on tech such as chips & microprocessors

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

11 months

“Iran is our main artery for funds, personnel, and communication…” — A letter from Osama Bin Laden, (recovered by Navy SEALS during the Abbattobad raid which killed him) But Joe Biden cuts a $6 billion check to Iran on 9/11. (He also opposed the raid, btw). Despicable.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

@mfa_russia @Amb_Ulyanov @RusEmbUSA @RusMission_EU @RussiaUN @mission_russian @mission_rf @RussianEmbassy @RF_OSCE @RusBotWien @RusEmbEst @EmbassyofRussia . @NATO isn’t at war with Russia. If we were, you’d feel it. Instead, we are providing military equipment to the country you attacked: one that is 28x smaller than you, with a population 3.5x smaller & an economy 4x smaller. And Ukraine is kicking your ass. Let that sink in.

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@M_S_Billingslea

7 months

1/5 Alex Saab was sanctioned, indicted on multiple criminal charges, arrested & extradited following several years of investigation by @USTreasury , multiple law enforcement agencies & @TheJusticeDept . Multiple nations across Latin America, Europe & Asia worked together…

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

6 months

Apparently the only person in the Biden Administration who can keep a secret is Lloyd Austin.

Shashank Joshi

@shashj

6 months

"U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News that plans have been approved for a series of strikes over a number of days against targets — including Iranian personnel and facilities — inside Iraq and Syria."

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

11 months

Estonian Displays of Raw Emotion @sakkov @kprikk Very Excited Very Bored

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@M_S_Billingslea

1 year

Very proud that @POTUS went to Ukraine today. Exactly what the President of the United States should do.

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@M_S_Billingslea

7 months

5/5 Ya es bastante ridículo que Biden liberara a Saab, pero concederle el indulto es un asunto completamente diferente. El Congreso debería exigir ver DOJ los detalles de lo que Biden le regaló a uno de los más viles especuladores del régimen de Maduro, y por qué...

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

@elonmusk @XiyueWang9 @erfan_kasraie Your lawyers may find that you are already covered by a General License (see below the policy update we issued in 2018), but if you instead need a specific license I have little doubt that OFAC would provide one rapidly.

Treasury Department Reaffirms Commitment to Fostering Internet Freedom and Supporting the Iranian...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today highlighted existing guidance to underscore the U.S. Government’s ongoing commitment to ensure that...

home.treasury.gov

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

“If Russia is to be saved, as I pray she may be saved, she must be saved by Russians. It must be by… Russian courage & Russian virtue that the rescue and regeneration of this once mighty nation and famous branch of the European family can alone be achieved.” �� Winston Churchill

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

Apparently, I was sanctioned by the Iranian regime today, alongside 23 other former officials. Proud to keep company with Joe Votel, Scotty Miller, George Casey, Joe Lieberman & the rest — all great Americans. If Iran thinks this intimidates any of us, they are sorely mistaken.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

No. Won’t work. But I repeat, Biden doesn’t need Germany’s agreement to get SWIFT to cut off all Russian banks, & he can’t hide behind the Europeans (like he tried to on Thur). We de-SWIFTed Iran during the Trump Administration DESPITE German opposition

Germany softens stance on curbing Russian access to SWIFT

Germany changed its position on Saturday about imposing restrictions on Russia's access to the SWIFT global interbank payment system, joining other Western powers in support of harsher sanctions...

www.reuters.com

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@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

This, after Secretary Blinken gave an explicit “green light” to the transfer. Unbelievable. Poland is doing the right thing by donating these MiGs to Ukraine. The Biden Admin needs tell its Pentagon spokesman to stop chattering in public like this & get with the program.

Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder

@PentagonPresSec

2 years

We are now in contact with the Polish government following the statement issued today. As we have said, the decision about whether to transfer Polish-owned planes to Ukraine is ultimately one for the Polish government. (1/4)

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Marshall S. Billingslea

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If true (as I suspect) release of the hunger-profiteer & Maduro bag-man, Alex Saab, is a travesty of the highest order. Read our sanctions on Saab to see how thoroughly vile he is. Equally vile would be a decision to release him. More to say later.

Treasury Disrupts Corruption Network Stealing From Venezuela’s Food Distribution Program, CLAP

Alex Saab bribed stepsons of Nicolás Maduro and exploited no-bid contracts to loot hundreds of millions of dollars from starving Venezuelans Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...

home.treasury.gov

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@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

2/2) Saab was one of Maduro’s top bagmen. What’s worse, he made his money by profiting from starvation of the Venezuelan people, looting from the CLAP program. Under NO circumstances should this criminal be released. Details 👇 @jguaido @CarlosPaparoni

Treasury Disrupts Corruption Network Stealing From Venezuela’s Food Distribution Program, CLAP

Alex Saab bribed stepsons of Nicolás Maduro and exploited no-bid contracts to loot hundreds of millions of dollars from starving Venezuelans Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...

home.treasury.gov

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

7 months

2/5 Por lo que me han dicho y por los informes de prensa, parece que Biden acaba de hacer borrón y cuenta nueva de Saab de todos los delitos acusados. De ser cierto, serían años de investigación multinacional y múltiples cargos criminales, todos “tirados por la ventana”.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

Today @POTUS announced sanctions on just 2 banks, one of which — VEB — has been under select restrictions since 2014. In terms of sovereign debt, the US already has certain prohibitions in place since 2019, & expanded in 2021. No oligarchs or Russian officials targeted today.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

7 months

3/5 “Clemencia” probablemente significa que no puede ser procesado más por esos crímenes, al menos en los EEUU Si realmente hizo esto, Biden habrá lavado de manera efectiva y permanente para Alex Saab los muchos cientos de millones que fue acusado de robarle al pueblo venezolano

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

“strongly condemn” “Houthi terrorist attacks…” So is @SecBlinken going to soon admit the Admin was wrong & foolish to undo our designation of the Houthis aa an FTO?

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

2 years

We strongly condemn the latest Houthi terrorist attacks on Saudi Arabia, including today’s that struck Aramco’s civilian infrastructure. Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, the Houthis continue their destructive behavior. Yemenis need parties to halt hostilities, and need relief.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

As the further invasion of Ukraine commences, what is to be done? NATO allies need to move significant additional assets to reinforce Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, & Hungary. Negotiation of new permanent basing arrangements for US forces should begin.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

1 year

Esta mujer corageous, con la que trabajé contra la financiación del terrorismo y la corrupción, será una excelente senadora. Espero que los argentinos se unan a su causa. @eugetale @MarianoFederici

Maria Eugenia Talerico

@eugetale

1 year

“El kirchnerismo en Argentina atacó y ataca de modo permanente a la propiedad privada y con ello a nuestra matriz de crecimiento y a nuestras fuentes de riqueza, generando un gran empobrecimiento y deterioro como política de Estado “.

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Marshall S. Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea

2 years

Benchmark for assessing whether Biden’s forthcoming sanctions are serious (in order of imp.): 1 Russian Central Bank 2 Full financial sector sanctions (not singling out handful of banks) 3 SWIFT 4 Other sectors (minerals, timber) 5 Full export controls 6 Putin 7 Big oligarchs 8…

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