STUBB: We need to turn the tide. This is no longer about giving aid to Ukraine. We have to think about it other way around. Can we afford to keep Ukraine 'outside' — in the sense that they now have greatest military know-how? I hope Americans understand this and see it clearly.
A rare public rebuke from a Russian industrialist: Vladimir Boglaev, director of the Cherepovets Foundry and Mechanical Plant, says the country's state authorities have lost touch with reality and that Russia faces upheaval comparable to the Soviet collapse. t.me/Russian_Faus...
Wichtige Beobachtung, hängt eng mit der „Zerfledderung“ von Macht zusammen. Früher war das einfacher: Man zählte Divisionen/Raketen etc. und hatte zumindest einen guten Anhaltspunkt. Dennoch, auch heute zählt z. B. die Brigade der Bw in Litauen, denn sie schreckt ab
Ein erster konkreter Schritt sollte darin bestehen, dass alle staatlichen deutschen Institutionen endlich X verlassen, zumindest als aktiver Teilnehmer
Preparing the succession?
Wir dürfen die 93 Mio. Iraner und Iranerinnen nicht im Stich lassen. Nach dem Krieg wird ein neuer Naher Osten entstehen. Behält das Regime die Kontrolle über die Straße von Hormus, nimmt es nicht nur das iranische Volk, sondern auch Golfstaaten, Europa und die Weltwirtschaft in Geiselhaft.
Trumps insane and amoral threat against Iran marks a breaking point. This is not the language of a man who can be regarded as the leader of the Free West. It is the kind of language that betrays a lack of moral judgment and is the harbinger of civilizational decline.
Als Bürger würde ich mir nun eine sachliche Antwort der Ministerin oder zumindest des Ministeriums auf die aufgeworfenen Fragen wünschen, ggf. auch das Eingeständnis des ein oder anderen Irrtums. Bin gespannt…
To make matters worse, this is the Hungarian government POTUS and the VP support openly in the forthcoming elections.
Iran’s decision to accept a two-week cease-fire deal with the U.S. came after diplomatic efforts by Pakistan and a last-minute push by China, Iranian officials said.
Ich finde der Kanzler absolviert diesen Ritt auf der Rasierklinge bislang durchaus geschickt. Weder Kreuzzug noch Rückzug.
Selten, dass irgendwer mal zugibt, mit seinen Erwartungen vielleicht nicht richtig gelegen zu haben. 👍
Schon richtig, aber the fat lady hasn‘t sung yet. (Wie immer das Endergebnis, es wird nicht Trumps jenseits von VR und Moral liegende Vernichtungs-Drohung rechtfertigen können, bestenfalls nachdenklich stimmen)
I don't think nuclear weapons are seriously under consideration. But the dynamic of issuing ever more lurid threats, each of which fails, will naturally lead to language that is indistinguishable from nuclear threats. bsky.app/profile/ship...
US support for building the European pillar in NATO will be vital to the rapid progress we need now. That has not been the traditional US attitude to say the least. Hope SACEUR can convince Washington.
Weiterleitung an Papperger/Rheinmetall? Zur Akte Beitrag der ukrainischen Hausfrauen…
I love @jdryan08.bsky.social's description of it as the Heroditus Trap
Genocidal rhetoric against Iran only strengthens the Iranian regime—regardless of whether or not that rhetoric is acted upon.
Such rhetoric also provides proof of concept for any perceived need within the regime to obtain nuclear weapons and makes them less likely to negotiate away the possibility.
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🙄 Sorry, that should have been Hungary’s elections!
You are talking about 90 million human beings and an ancient civilization. I understand the tactics of maximizing pressure to reach a deal but this is insane.
And since taking office, Merz has been even more critical of Orban, especially for blocking EU assistance to Ukraine
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Chancellor Merz, to his credit, criticized Orban's fealty and service to Putin before becoming Chancellor 👇
www.friedrich-merz.de/merzmail/mer...
Vance is gaslighting us when he criticizes interference by other European countries in Poland’s elections.
There's a distinctly MAGA-Republican context to JD Vance's Hungary trip + also a broader anti-EU obsession of the far-right, as @donmoyn.bsky.social highlights in this good 🧵.
But during Orban's premiership since 2010, no one has done more to support him than Germany's center-right CDU+CSU leaders.
What a coincidence. Last month‘s visit of Hungarian foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, to the Kremlin will be followed by VP‘s visit in Hungary this week. Thank you, Mr Putin and Mr. Trump, for mollycoddling the European leader who has done most to undermine support for 🇺🇦. Hope it won’t work! 🤥
It says something really ugly and frightening about us as a country that we can have a president spouting deranged threats to commit unambiguous war crimes & it’s just another week; no immediate action to remove him from office.
Ich genieße die Vormittage. Für ein paar wertvolle Stunden keine neuen Knallfrösche vom König.
Trump and Pope Leo: two Americans performing on Easter at opposite ends of the spectrum of humanity. Disconcerting.
From Catherine Belton, on why Vance is going to Budapest
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