Per Nielsen

Congratulations. Very principled stance there. Extremely principled."

themselves to say that. But some of them even went out and praised this, and said that this is the right move. I think the one who takes the prize is the Swedish Prime Minister, who on Swedish TV said that, well, if this works out, we are for it. If it doesn't, we're going to be against it.

up any principles, that they cannot even come out and say what is so obvious. This is an aggression. This is a violation of international law. This is a violation of the so-called rules-based order that they kept on invoking whenever the conversation was about Ukraine. They could not even get

- EU Strategic Thinking: "Europe's strategic thinking is, I mean, not even on kindergarten level at this point."
"Europe is destroyed intellectually in my view. I mean, beyond the fact that there is something profoundly problematic that Europe has completely given up any pretense of holding

- Iran now, has absolutely no reason to go for a ceasefire. They would only see this as a way for Israel/US to rearm and go at it again.
- Iran needs to get out of this in a way that gives them a positive "trajectory". This means sanctions relief.

European politics (remember what happend with just 2 mio. Syrien refugees. Imagine what will happen with 9 mio. Iraniens).
- Sanctions on Iran have likely pushed Iran to ally with and support Russia in Ukraine. Had Iran been facing economic damage from supporting Russia they probably wouldn't have

finally found a dumb enough US president to go along with it.
- US has no justification for the war: That is why they keep shifting their justification
- If we end up with a failed state in Iran, expect up to 9 mio. refugees. They will go to Europe, NOT Israel. This will have profound influence on

America Will Pay the Price for Israel’s War on Iran (w/ Trita Parsi) YouTube video by Current Affairs

I don't think I can recommend this enough if one wants to understand the debacle in Iran:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2UC...

- US and Israel committing war crimes in Iran by targeting civilian infrastructure (oil refineries, etc)
- Big winner: Israel. They have wanted this war for 20 years, they

Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a ​diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries ‌over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Spain ⁠permanently withdrew its ⁠ambassador to Israel ⁠on Tuesday as a diplomatic standoff worsened between ​the two countries over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.

How to build public support for defence spending in Europe Strategies for building a national consensus around higher defence investments and the trade-offs required.

Europeans need to rearm and invest more in defence. That involves making difficult choices about public spending, in a context where far-right parties will exploit grievances about cuts to public services.

So how should governments build a national consensus on defence? 🧵
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"The US and its partners in the Gulf most likely burned through well over 1,000 PAC-3 interceptors alone. That’s almost twice the annual production of the weapons and more than the US and its allies have supplied to Ukraine since the Russian invasion four years ago, "

The fox news TV host would rather do bench presses than reading..

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

Just checking in to see how the pivot to Asia is goi... oh

And it appears it will be headquartered in Paris. Nice

This is great news. The "Vampire" drone has been very successful in Ukraine. The tech. transfer could be significant.

Yesterday, 🇪🇺President von der Leyen declared the death of international law - echoing the declarations of the German chancellor.

The French foreign minister took to the podium after, and he let her know exactly how Paris feels about her recent behaviour.
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Sounds like a looser loosing....

Yann Le Cun lève 900 millions d’euros pour sa start-up d’IA basée en France Valorisée 3 milliards d’euros, AMI, la nouvelle entreprise de l’ex-directeur de l’intelligence artificielle chez Meta, ambitionne de créer une « nouvelle branche » de l’IA relative au monde réel.

French AI developer Yann LeCun raises €900 million for his new AI firm which wants to develop a different kind of AI, moving beyond LLMs.

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North Korea Was Right About Nuclear Weapons Yes, really.

North Korea Was Right About Nuclear Weapons
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Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

“Fighting strength knows no gender.
Therefore, conscription has been made equal from this year, so that we can train even more capable soldiers.

Today we honor all the women who make a tremendous contribution to the Danish Armed Forces.”

International Women’s Day 2026

Was it a war?

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Trump said hatred between Zelensky and his opponent is enormous, making a peace deal very hard to reach. "We have been close many times but one side always pulls back," Trump said. "We are not the ones losing. I am doing this as a service to Europe."

But I thought it would only take 24 hours?

New war reason just dropped.

You know who does believe in Rules of Engagement? Ukraine Does.

You know who does not? Putin's Russia.

Guess who the USA is now modelling itself on?

Worth considering

If we in Europe allow the US to use bases in Europe for these attacks, doesn't that mean that we at at least partly responsible?
If we by our actions or inactions allow a crime to take place, knowing it is a crime, and having it within our means not to partake?

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

I do fear that grotesque boast that the USA no longer needed to worry about "stupid rules of engagement", will haunt the country for years to come.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

So far, I wd say Putin is winning the Gulf War. Oil prices are up, & the US has relaxed pressure on India to stop buying fm RU, so budget revenues will increase, making the war easier to fund. And UA will now be an even lower priority for US air defence munitions, so an easier target for RU strikes.