@RasmusJarlov why should the american people spend their tax dollars protecting your sorry ass
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david jenkins
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If the USA does not intend to honour the obligation to defend NATO because European countries dont join an offensive war of choice against Iran that we have absolutely no obligation to join, the USA membership of NATO is already worthless.
The NATO oath to defend each other is unconditional. If you dont intend to honour it because you are offended about disagreements that have nothing to do with the treaty obligation that you have sworn to uphold, your are not a realiable ally. Tresties with you are worthless and your word means nothing.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the case for the USA.
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@oroborous @posta_octavian Once we learn to a superpower on our own, the americans will forever regret what they did. We‘re a peaceful sleeping giant with huge potential. Its to wake up
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I support Europe learning to fight for itself. But then it's also time for the US to learn how to fight for itself, starting with losing access to it's oversea bases. Good luck.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Hegseth indicates reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not a core US objective: "We've been willing to lead, President Trump has led the entire time, but it's not just us. You might want to start learning how to fight for yourself."
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@PeterHRatcliffe best news yet as Canada is just a joke militarily as is the eu
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NATO needs to hold an urgent vote among member nations to confirm or to end US membership in NATO.
The US has, to NATO, become a bigger liability than it is an asset.
Trump’s US is like the cheating husband threatening divorce while screwing all the wives in the neighbourhood.
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@DaveKeating without USA support, the Arab nations might decide to stop oil exports to eu
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"Without the United States there is no NATO, says Rubio.
True. What's also true is that without the US military empire in Europe, there is no Iran War.
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Except you won't.
Because without the 🇺🇸military occupation of Europe, the US cannot project its power worldwide. You couldn't have launched the Iran War without your bases in 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇬🇧.
Spare us the fake threats. We should be so lucky to be rid of you.
Clash Report@clashreport
Marco Rubio on NATO: If we decided tomorrow that we were going to remove our troops from Europe, that would be the end of NATO.
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@mdelling @allenanalysis @anders_aslund Trump seems to fail to recognize that by leaving nato, the U.S. would lose all its bases in Europe. They need these bases for quick readiness around the globe. Without they’d have to send troops thousands of miles. They also lose hospitals for injured soldiers
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Marco Rubio:
“If Europe won’t allow us to use the bases we man and fund for their defense when we need them — we ought to close them down and remove our troops from Europe.”
Europe’s response to being threatened:
Spain: airspace closed.
Italy: Sigonella denied.
France: airspace closed.
Switzerland: airspace closed.
Poland: no missile batteries.
UK: not our war.
Canada: never.
Germany: no.
Japan: officially no.
Australia: no.
Rubio is threatening to pull troops from Europe.
Europe already pulled the welcome mat.
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@mdelling @habs9595 @allenanalysis @anders_aslund trump should tell the eu to go to hell and they can fund the war in Ukraine all be themselves
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Well yes they were products of the cold war. But Rubio talks like they were acts of charity on the part of the US because we pitied the poor weak countries of Western Europe. But we built them for our own benefit. They happen to be a win-win. You can make an argument for closing all those bases but it would limit America’s ability to project power abroad generally. For what it’s worth I think a more skilled administration would’ve gone to the allies first to secure, if not their approval of the war, than tacit acceptance with regards to the bases. And of course, wouldn’t have spent the last year, pissing off and threatening to invade one of them.
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@allenanalysis @anders_aslund Europe should call his bluff. Those bases aren’t for the defense of Europe but for US power projection. US wants them more than Europe
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@Geniustechw yes, why interfere in something that is not his business
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As ICE Agents were busy arresting an illegal alien, an 80-year-old liberal tried to impede and obstructed them. The result was him getting sent to the floor by an ICE agent.
What do you think, was this justified?
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Zack Polanski gets a standing ovation from the NEU in Brighton today after pledging to tax the rich to give more money to schools
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@Suewilson91 and how many days last year was the Iberian peninsula out of power due to renewables causing problems for the grid
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So fed up with this bollocks.
North Sea gas/oil is not the answer.
Renewables are.
Just look at Spain.
Mel Stride@MelJStride
Not drilling the North Sea - when Norway is doing exactly that - is absolute lunacy. It’s costing jobs, it’s costing tax revenues, it’s making the economy weaker and it’s damaging our energy security. We MUST Scrap Net Zero dogma. Drill the North Sea. Axe the Fuel Tax Hike. Put Britain first 🇬🇧
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Migrant at protest in London says immigration isn’t the problem it’s the far-right, Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson causing all the problems.
Let’s remember concerned British citizens have been branded far-right for raising their concerns in the UK. She finishes off by saying the far-left aren’t the problem with over 25 arrests made at yesterday’s protest.
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@LizWebsterSBF @CorbettDT @SarahLudford well, switch off the gas system and lets see what happens when reality hits you in the face
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The reason is reliability. The system has to guarantee that demand is always met, so the price is set by the last (most expensive) power needed (usually gas) to make sure those plants stay available.
But the problem is we never updated the system once cheap renewables came along.
So now we have cheap energy… priced as if it’s expensive.
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We’ve built cheap energy but we’re still pricing it like it’s expensive.
The UK uses a marginal pricing system, where the last (most expensive) generator sets the price. That’s usually gas.
So even when most of our electricity comes from cheap wind and solar, households still pay gas prices.
That’s why bills haven’t fallen.
Getting off gas pricing is about fixing the system by reforming the electricity market so gas no longer sets the price, building storage so we don’t rely on gas for backup, reconnecting with European energy systems to smooth supply, reducing gas demand through insulation and heat pumps, and continuing to expand renewables so gas is needed less and less.
Until we do that, cheap energy will keep being priced like expensive gas.
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WATCH: Video captures the moment an LAPD officer on horseback runs into a No Kings protester.
The incident shows the protester being knocked to the ground during the encounter.
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@June_r57 @ZackPolanski @_JackJazz young people ?? aspiring to greatness whislt spouting out anti-semitism, you would have done well in germany in the 1930s and 40s
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@ZackPolanski @_JackJazz Grumpy old people are terrible at understanding young people, at how they aspire to greatness ! Keep 🕺 dancing 💃🩷
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Seem pretty bitter and twisted.
And after years of injecting poison into Britain - disappeared off to France.
We'll keep dancing now you're gone! 🕺🏽
Andrew Neil@afneil
We have this Green party leader dancing around like a demented numpty and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey mounting one stupid stunt after another. Polls currently give them around 35% of the vote combined. No wonder we are increasingly regarded as not a serious country. Because we’re not.
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@ZackPolanski you are an embarrassment to he whole of the UK with your anti-semitism and general stupidity
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@HelenGothel @Suewilson91 @AndrewRemainEU they are investing in oil and gas to a greater extent than renewables
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@Suewilson91 @AndrewRemainEU To the people asking how come Norway are still getting oil….they are already WAY ahead of the UK. Over 90% of their electricity comes from their hydropower, & they are still investing in renewables.
The Oil Fund they have invested is massive, & they are using the interest.
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Stupid, stupid woman.
Around 93% of UK oil & gas reserves has already been extracted.
It takes 5 years to create a new North Sea oil/gas field. (She won't last that long).
The UK doesn't set the prices, so it wouldn't make electricity any cheaper.
LBC@LBC
Kemi Badenoch is to launch a campaign calling for Britain to maximise the use of its oil and gas reserves. lbc.co.uk/article/kemi-b…
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@blagden_david how do people like you get given jobs as associate professors. just show how far the standards in uk universities have fallen
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On the one hand, yes, there’s plenty of blame to go around.
On the other, that includes various media elites who (a) paid little attention to such matters and (b) cheerled for certain contributory policies, e.g. outsourcing govt support work to margin-maximising contractors.
Andrew Neil@afneil
The current state of the Royal Navy: 2 aircraft carriers — neither operational. 6 Type 45 destroyers (our most powerful warships) — one operational (in Cyprus). 7 Type 23 frigates (less powerful, much older) — three operational 5 Astute class nuke-powered subs — one operational (in Arabian Sea?). Surely those responsible for this appalling state of unreadiness (a national embarrassment if ever there was one)— political, civilian and military — should be fired/charged. Their incompetence has effectively left us without a navy. Quite an achievement for an ancient island nation.
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@PrfChrisPainter @CraigTribe2 you just described your best mate, Starmer
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@CraigTribe2 You mean, so that he can then be replaced with politicians blagging and lying their way through life, like Trump and those in UK made from the same cloth! The details of the case you cite are very different, as you will find if you check them out.
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Keir Starmer shows the honesty to admit in public when he's seriously messed up. A politician acknowledging fallibility is a rare breath of fresh air.
Beth Rigby@BethRigby
WATCH: Starmer on ‘beating himself up’ over Mandelson is worth watching because I really think it’s a very rare & believable moment where Starmer reveals how he’s really feeling; showing some vulnerability and anger with himself over the decision he took
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