The White House says Indian PM Modi’s visit is part of an effort to counter China. That is exactly the wrong mentality - similar to our attitude toward Russia that helped provoke the war in Ukraine.🧵

Jun 27, 2023 · 10:22 AM UTC

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We need to begin a new era. The world is too dangerous a place for major powers to always be thinking in terms of “countering” each other. We share this planet.
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Our goal should not be how to counter each other but rather how to collaborate with each other. From nuclear bombs to climate crisis to AI, the most critical issues must be faced together.
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Stand firm for what we believe in, yes - and not be anybody’s fool - but we must free ourselves from the default perspective of us versus them, the reactive and oppositional mentality that inevitably leads to conflict.
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The only way the world will be safe for our children’s children is if we learn to wage peace.
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Ukraine is an independent state. Their wish to be part of a European coalition is what caised Tzar Putin to invade.
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Wrong.. Biden is in china's pocket,so anything to supposedly counter china is a ruse.
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i'd rather be "woke" than exist on this planet as you do. holy moly!
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Umm, Russia alone is responsible for the war in Ukraine. We didn't provoke it. This is why, among many reasons, I am not voting for you
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Uh that’s a reach don’t ya think? How did we provoke putin to invade Ukraine?
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will boycott Prime Minister Modi's joint address to Congress.
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Any Whales beach themselves today?