Jon Sweet
@JESweet2022
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Retired Army Military Intelligence Officer. Frequent contributor to The Hill, New York Post, Kyiv Post, TVP World and Fox News on topics of National Security.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Joined March 2022
Had another great opportunity this morning to talk about our latest @TheHillOpinion op-Ed with @MCTothSTL on CNN’s Michael Smerconish Show. https://t.co/LHB40znmzv
cnn.com
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is already “a World War that’s contained to within the borders of Ukraine,” says Ret. Army Col. Jon Sweet. But it’s “a defensive war,” and “until it becomes ‘win this...
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Nothing defines the Trump-Putin relationship better than the Lucy-Charlie Brown relationship. The President is never going to make contact with the football. @MCTothSTL and I explain in @TheHillOpinion. Putin bets on Europe’s failure
thehill.com
Enough of playing Charlie Brown and the football with Putin.
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The Trump-Putin Budapest Summit has been scrapped. Will that have any impact on the Tomahawk decision? @MCTothSTL and I break it down in our latest #INTREP360 Quick Take. The Trump Tomahawk Boomerang
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Its Tuesday and @MCTothSTL and I are back on War & Politics 24 with @SofiaBrusselsUA to discuss Friday's meeting at the White House between Zelensky and Trump. https://t.co/ZGD6vlyqq9
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"Trump holds the winning hand over Russia. Putin knows it. Europe knows it. Even Ukraine knows it and yet Team Trump refuses to play it; but why?" @MCTothSTL and I examine in the @KyivPost
https://t.co/FwRyQK9ZtJ
kyivpost.com
Securing peace is never easy, but finding the wrong kind of peace – like when Chamberlain shook hands with Adolf Hitler in Munich to secure “peace in our time” – can be deadly: 85 million people died.
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Honored to join @BenLeeTVPWorld on @TVPWorld_com again to discuss Ukraine and the Tomahawk missile. https://t.co/Wi1aoIPtSY
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"Ukraine’s version of oil sanctions is part of the solution. The other part is the Tomahawk missile." @MCTothSTL and I explain in our latest #INTREP360 Quick Take. INTREP360 Quick Take: Trump’s quest for Nine Peace Deals will likely be Nein
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Simple fact that everyone wants to ignore – Hamas has no intention of relinquishing power over Gaza. @MCTothSTL and I explain in our latest INTREP360 Quick Take. #INTREP360 INTREP360 Quick Take: Hamas will not go away quietly
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“Inviting Zelensky to the Oval Office on Friday — is still more messaging aimed at Putin that he is done playing Kremlin games.” @MCTothSTL and I explain why in @TheHillOpinion In the blink of an eye, Trump is suddenly winning World War III
thehill.com
With his key ally Iran neutered and Syria’s pro-Russian regime overthrown, Putin finds himself on the outside looking in when it comes to the Middle East.
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Like him or not, @realDonaldTrump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear program & securing of a Gaza ceasefire that is unifying the Mideast, is resulting in geo-strategic wins against Russia & China. Next? Boost Ukraine. @JESweet2022 & my latest at @TheHill. https://t.co/bFRf7HmeG0
thehill.com
With his key ally Iran neutered and Syria’s pro-Russian regime overthrown, Putin finds himself on the outside looking in when it comes to the Middle East.
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💥Devastating strike on Putin’s refinery: 800 miles deep inside Russia! @JESweet2022 and @MCTothSTL share insights!
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It's Tuesday and @MCTothSTL and I are back on War & Politics 24 with co-hosts @TkieDaniel and @SofiaBrusselsUA to discuss the situation in Ukraine. Zelensky is back in D.C. Friday to discuss the deployment of the U.S. Tomahawk missile to Ukraine. https://t.co/uTfho2p6Tu
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“Disinformation campaigns, election interference, and hybrid warfare operations are losing effect. Moscow is losing in the ballot boxes — and on the street.” @MCTothSTL and I explain in @TheHillOpinion Vladimir Putin’s iron curtain is getting rusty
thehill.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to reassemble the Soviet Union began with the reconquest of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine — all non-NATO and non-European Union countries that he surmised he …
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Like HIMARs, the Tomahawk missile will be a difference maker on the battlefield - and Russia knows it. @MCTothSTL and @JESweet2022 explain in #INTREP360 INTREP360 Quick Take: Tomahawk missiles
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Episode 3 is live at @warpolitics24 on @YouTube. Ukraine is taking the fight deeper inside Russia. Meanwhile, Putin continues to weaponize winter in Ukraine. @JESweet2022 & I discuss the implications. Hosted by @TkieDaniel @SofiaBrusselsUA. #INTREP360
https://t.co/cWDQIjdsE8
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Tomorrow, on our weekly TV & YouTube show on @warpolitics24, Col. @JESweet2022, U.S. Army (ret.) & I will be discussing the implications of Trump’s Tomahawk decision re: the war in Ukraine. Kyiv needs game changers. Is this one? Hosted by @TkieDaniel & @SofiaBrusselsUA .
U.S. President Donald J. Trump announces from the Oval Office that he has made the decision to provide BGM-109 “Tomahawk” Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM), which have a range of between 500-1,500 miles, to Ukraine, but states that he still has some questions about how they will
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Trump’s 20 point peace deal for Gaza may not be in Iran’s best interest. The head of the Hydra still dictates to its proxy. The deal does not serve Iran’s interests in the Arab World. @MCTothSTL and I explain in @TheHillOpinion. #INTREP360
https://t.co/nRXld0NG4Z
thehill.com
President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza quickly gained steam after it was released by the White House on Monday. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tur…
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Peace in Gaza requires Hamas to capitulate. But the decision may not be Hamas’s to make. Iran pulls the strings and it is not on their interest to have peace - not in Gaza or the Arab world. @MCTothSTL and I explain. Iran may be Hamas’s last lifeline
thehill.com
President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza quickly gained steam after it was released by the White House on Monday. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tur…
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Israel’s military objectives in Gaza have been achieved. Yet the catch-22 of ridding it of Hamas remains. Plus, Iran lurks as a lifeline as Trump’s 20-point peace plan gains steam. @JESweet2022 & I survey the scene for @TheHill. https://t.co/sMn766l1y4
thehill.com
President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza quickly gained steam after it was released by the White House on Monday. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tur…
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Episode #2 is out! Col. @JESweet2022, U.S. Army (ret.) & I join co-hosts @TkieDaniel & @SofiaBrusselsUA on @warpolitics24 to discuss in depth the latest on Ukraine’s multi-domain war to expel Putin’s armies from all of its territories. #Intrep360
https://t.co/f5hrGwjdBI
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Today at 1 PM ET, we’re joined once again by national security experts @JESweet2022 and @MCTothSTL for a deep dive into the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
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