Posts by Julio Alonso
The Coalition of the Unwilling *
(* and they are right)
The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“There is far more outrage from tech leaders over a wealth tax than masked ICE agents terrorizing communities and executing civilians in the streets,” OpenAI executive James Dyett wrote on X about industry leaders that have their priorities wrong.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The world we know is ending. Something new has begun. New York Times Opinion asked five thinkers where they believe we’re headed next.
Con lo de Groenlandia, Europa está entre EEUU y Rusia, en la misma posición que estaba Polonia entre Alemania y la URSS al empezar la segunda guerra mundial.
From the wife of the White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
Europe, don't say you weren't warned.
Esto es flipante. Seis jueces y tres fiscales del Tribunal de la Haya que buscan juzgar a Netanyahu están sufriendo una persecución que ha eliminado su vida digital, convirtiendo su día a día en una pesadilla.
La UE, por supuesto, a por uvas.
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
One of the most important charts in the world - from
Rush Doshi in the New York Times.
Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.
Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.
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En 1939, a las puertas de la SGM, solo quedaban 10 democracias en Europa. El resto, unos 16/17 países, eran dictaduras. Fue un proceso. Casi 2 décadas. Rusia e Italia, las primeras. Pero es fácil entender que, cuando solo te guía la ambición de poder y careces de valores, tu destino sea la guerra.
Hay que ver este video de @andreubuenafuente.com . Suscribo punto por punto. Muchas declaraciones me agreden personalmente. Vengan de donde vengan. No nos merecemos ni este ambiente ni estas prácticas. Me agreden cuando insultan, cuando banalizan o frivolizan el sufrimiento de víctimas. Me agreden.
"We are where Hungarians were in 2010, where Russians were in 2000, and where Germans were in 1933. Those places’ futures were not inevitable; had elites and even ordinary people made different choices, catastrophes could have been avoided.
"Ours still can be too."