Olli Bäckström
@ollibackstrom.bsky.social
Researcher of the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 and Seventeenth Century Europe. Docent (General History) associated with the University of Eastern Finland. Author Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War: https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/HUP-21/
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Remember that American Shock and Awe always ends in this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Remember that American Shock and Awe always ends in this.
Minulla on sellainen teoria, että Timo Soini ei tiedä tästä aihepiiristä yhtään mitään.
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Timo Soinilta teoria Venezuelan tapahtumista – ”Se panee epäilemään”
Ulkoministeri Timo Soini kertoo blogissaan epäilyksistään, joiden mukaan USA:lla ja Venezuelan armeijalla voisi olla jonkinlainen sopimus.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Minulla on sellainen teoria, että Timo Soini ei tiedä tästä aihepiiristä yhtään mitään.
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Mitä ihmettä tämä Lauri Nurmi oikein hallusinoi? Eihän Venezuelassa ole kaatunut yhtään mitään. Hugo Chavezin perustama sotilasjuntta on yhä täydessä vallassa.
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Analyysi: Putinin vasallit kaatuvat – Trump horjuttaa Venäjää
Tuohtumus Yhdysvaltain omavaltaisuudesta on ymmärrettävää, mutta sen ei pidä antaa sokaista. Venäjän vasallidiktaattorit kaatuvat rytisten, Iltalehden politiikan toimittaja Lauri Nurmi kirjoittaa.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Mitä ihmettä tämä Lauri Nurmi oikein hallusinoi? Eihän Venezuelassa ole kaatunut yhtään mitään. Hugo Chavezin perustama sotilasjuntta on yhä täydessä vallassa.
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Hegseth is coked-up as fuck.
JFC at Trump's incoherent Alzheimer rambling.
Who is running the presidency, because it surely isn't him?
Who is running the presidency, because it surely isn't him?
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Hegseth is coked-up as fuck.
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Trump just announces the US will be running Venezuela now, until the can do a "safe, proper, and judicious" transfer of power. Announcing an occupation before you've occupied a country is a new one.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump just announces the US will be running Venezuela now, until the can do a "safe, proper, and judicious" transfer of power. Announcing an occupation before you've occupied a country is a new one.
JFC at Trump's incoherent Alzheimer rambling.
Who is running the presidency, because it surely isn't him?
Who is running the presidency, because it surely isn't him?
January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
JFC at Trump's incoherent Alzheimer rambling.
Who is running the presidency, because it surely isn't him?
Who is running the presidency, because it surely isn't him?
Taitaa ymmärtää Venezuelasta yhtä paljon kuin sika silinterihatusta.
Muistatteko kun tämä heppu oli koko ajan uutisissa asiantuntijana. Nyt jutut on varsin sakeita.
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Taitaa ymmärtää Venezuelasta yhtä paljon kuin sika silinterihatusta.
France makes Kallas look like a vapid moron.
French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
France makes Kallas look like a vapid moron.
I guess when Russia annexes Estonia, Kaja Kallas is going to say it's ok because Estonia has no legitimacy.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I guess when Russia annexes Estonia, Kaja Kallas is going to say it's ok because Estonia has no legitimacy.
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
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Kallas is so useless
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Kallas is so useless
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I want you all to know that this war would never have started if Trump had been President….
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I want you all to know that this war would never have started if Trump had been President….
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Trump’s action has freed up world powers to do whatever they want. International law no longer counts. Only strength.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Trump’s action has freed up world powers to do whatever they want. International law no longer counts. Only strength.
As military history proves without exception, surgical strikes always accomplish the mission and never escalate into protracted, messy quagmires.
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 AM
As military history proves without exception, surgical strikes always accomplish the mission and never escalate into protracted, messy quagmires.
Onkos Arvo Realismista vielä kuulunut mitään, vai onko hän yhä joululomalla?
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Onkos Arvo Realismista vielä kuulunut mitään, vai onko hän yhä joululomalla?
Gallup:
Pitäisikö TP Stubbin nyt luikerrella pikapikaa Washingtoniin lipomaan Trumpin persettä?
a) kyllä
b) ei
Pitäisikö TP Stubbin nyt luikerrella pikapikaa Washingtoniin lipomaan Trumpin persettä?
a) kyllä
b) ei
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Gallup:
Pitäisikö TP Stubbin nyt luikerrella pikapikaa Washingtoniin lipomaan Trumpin persettä?
a) kyllä
b) ei
Pitäisikö TP Stubbin nyt luikerrella pikapikaa Washingtoniin lipomaan Trumpin persettä?
a) kyllä
b) ei
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Das Nürnberger Tribunal von 1946 definierte:
“Einen Angriffskrieg zu beginnen ist nicht nur ein internationales Verbrechen; es ist das schwerste internationale Verbrechen.”
“Einen Angriffskrieg zu beginnen ist nicht nur ein internationales Verbrechen; es ist das schwerste internationale Verbrechen.”
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Das Nürnberger Tribunal von 1946 definierte:
“Einen Angriffskrieg zu beginnen ist nicht nur ein internationales Verbrechen; es ist das schwerste internationale Verbrechen.”
“Einen Angriffskrieg zu beginnen ist nicht nur ein internationales Verbrechen; es ist das schwerste internationale Verbrechen.”
Finished watching Stranger Things Season 5 last night and didn't really enjoy being constantly shouted at by hysterical, soppy characters.
Also: Blatant and lazy emotional manipulation insulted my very modest intelligence.
Also: Blatant and lazy emotional manipulation insulted my very modest intelligence.
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Finished watching Stranger Things Season 5 last night and didn't really enjoy being constantly shouted at by hysterical, soppy characters.
Also: Blatant and lazy emotional manipulation insulted my very modest intelligence.
Also: Blatant and lazy emotional manipulation insulted my very modest intelligence.
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I hope we're done thinking because now the thing is happening.
Can we expect South American countries to show solidarity with #Ukraine if we stay silent about #Venezuela?
Can we expect South American countries to show solidarity with #Ukraine if we stay silent about #Venezuela?
This might be a good moment for Europeans to quickly start thinking about how much we care about international law banning offensive warfare when
it doesn't happen in our immediate neighbourhood, and the affected country is not a democracy.
it doesn't happen in our immediate neighbourhood, and the affected country is not a democracy.
Reading headlines about the US massing forces to Venezuela and ”what is Trump’s aim with the troops ?” reminds me of a certain other country that massed troops at a neighbour’s border 4 years ago and headlines were wondering what Putin’s aim could possibly be
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I hope we're done thinking because now the thing is happening.
Can we expect South American countries to show solidarity with #Ukraine if we stay silent about #Venezuela?
Can we expect South American countries to show solidarity with #Ukraine if we stay silent about #Venezuela?