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"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons & intelligence.. important as these are, than the organised repression & punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel"
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons & intelligence.. important as these are, than the organised repression & punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel"
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
Does the #NAFO crowd even realise how they sabotage their own cause with their glorification of #Nikitin/#Kapustin.
And no, just leaving out the Neonazi part in your eulogies doesn't cut it. Everyone who knows the name also knows what he was about.
And no, just leaving out the Neonazi part in your eulogies doesn't cut it. Everyone who knows the name also knows what he was about.
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Does the #NAFO crowd even realise how they sabotage their own cause with their glorification of #Nikitin/#Kapustin.
And no, just leaving out the Neonazi part in your eulogies doesn't cut it. Everyone who knows the name also knows what he was about.
And no, just leaving out the Neonazi part in your eulogies doesn't cut it. Everyone who knows the name also knows what he was about.
My take on the German #Staatsraison was from the beginning that it is the dumbest foreign policy maxime ever coming out of Berlin.
There were always only two possible outcomes:
1. Germany gets sucked into a clusterfuck of epic proportions
www.welt.de/debatte/plus...
(1/2)
There were always only two possible outcomes:
1. Germany gets sucked into a clusterfuck of epic proportions
www.welt.de/debatte/plus...
(1/2)
Johann Wadephul: Quatschen ja, kämpfen nein – das ist deutsche Staatsräson - WELT
Deutschlands Außenminister lehnt eine Beteiligung an der Gaza-Stabilisierungstruppe ab. Nur: Wer wird im Nahen Osten auf die Stimme eines Staates hören, der nicht willig ist, seinen Worten auch Taten ...
www.welt.de
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
My take on the German #Staatsraison was from the beginning that it is the dumbest foreign policy maxime ever coming out of Berlin.
There were always only two possible outcomes:
1. Germany gets sucked into a clusterfuck of epic proportions
www.welt.de/debatte/plus...
(1/2)
There were always only two possible outcomes:
1. Germany gets sucked into a clusterfuck of epic proportions
www.welt.de/debatte/plus...
(1/2)
So basically Merz was, once again, charging forward without consulting his allies and now the Germans are constructing another stab-in-the-back myth.
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
Role reversal: how foot-dragging France blindsided newly assertive Berlin
As Friedrich Merz pushed to finalise a deal on Russian frozen assets, it became clear that he was missing one key ally
www.ft.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So basically Merz was, once again, charging forward without consulting his allies and now the Germans are constructing another stab-in-the-back myth.
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
Ukraine and their western supporters already have a problem selling their war to the Global South, especially after the unwavering support for Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.
Statements like this won't improve the situation, even though one might welcome the honesty.
Statements like this won't improve the situation, even though one might welcome the honesty.
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Ukraine and their western supporters already have a problem selling their war to the Global South, especially after the unwavering support for Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.
Statements like this won't improve the situation, even though one might welcome the honesty.
Statements like this won't improve the situation, even though one might welcome the honesty.
The German security policy orthodoxy is slightly adjusting its position.
Those same positions were considered heretical and "Kremlin propaganda" only a few weeks ago (i.e. is before the Trump plan)
Those same positions were considered heretical and "Kremlin propaganda" only a few weeks ago (i.e. is before the Trump plan)
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The German security policy orthodoxy is slightly adjusting its position.
Those same positions were considered heretical and "Kremlin propaganda" only a few weeks ago (i.e. is before the Trump plan)
Those same positions were considered heretical and "Kremlin propaganda" only a few weeks ago (i.e. is before the Trump plan)
Optimismus bedeutet nicht das Prinzip Hoffnung zur Handlungsmaxime zu machen.
Strategische Unabhängigkeit Europas:
1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden.
2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren.
Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden.
2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren.
Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Optimismus bedeutet nicht das Prinzip Hoffnung zur Handlungsmaxime zu machen.
Purposefully damaging diplomatic relations to #SouthAfrica at any turn
www.theafricareport.com/399475/senat...
www.theafricareport.com/399475/senat...
Senate panel approves critic of anti-apartheid struggle as US envoy to South Africa
US right-wing activist Brent Bozell long denounced Mandela and the ANC as pro-Soviet terrorists.
www.theafricareport.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Purposefully damaging diplomatic relations to #SouthAfrica at any turn
www.theafricareport.com/399475/senat...
www.theafricareport.com/399475/senat...
"Europe is a bit like an ageing concubine who cannot accept that she has been ditched by her American emperor"
scathing
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
scathing
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Europe sees China as a rival. China sees Europe as a has-been
Yet China may be underestimating Europe’s willingness to push back
www.economist.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Europe is a bit like an ageing concubine who cannot accept that she has been ditched by her American emperor"
scathing
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
scathing
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Attacks on medical personnel have been normalised over the last two years.
For some reason Westerners still think they can neatly compartmentalize conflicts and there won't be any spillover of practices.
For some reason Westerners still think they can neatly compartmentalize conflicts and there won't be any spillover of practices.
A wounded 🇺🇦 soldier’s journey to medical help now often takes as long as it did in the bleakest days of World War I. This isn’t just the result of drones or other modern weapons. Russian drone operators ignore the legal protections meant for medics. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Attacks on medical personnel have been normalised over the last two years.
For some reason Westerners still think they can neatly compartmentalize conflicts and there won't be any spillover of practices.
For some reason Westerners still think they can neatly compartmentalize conflicts and there won't be any spillover of practices.
For all of "the West", not just the Baltic States
responsiblestatecraft.org/latvia-eston...
responsiblestatecraft.org/latvia-eston...
Baltics' big bear hug of Israel is a strategic blunder
They're deepening European divisions and undermining the moral authority they invoke in defense of Ukraine
responsiblestatecraft.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For all of "the West", not just the Baltic States
responsiblestatecraft.org/latvia-eston...
responsiblestatecraft.org/latvia-eston...
Auf das "vorläufige[n] Ende der regelbasierten, auf dem Völkerrecht basierenden multilateralen Ordnung" hat Deutschland unter Merz gezielt hingearbeitet.
Die Ankopplung von der Realität die in Berlin herrscht zeigt sich darin dass Merz sich jede Kritik an Europa verbittet.
Die Ankopplung von der Realität die in Berlin herrscht zeigt sich darin dass Merz sich jede Kritik an Europa verbittet.
Merz beschreibt komplett illusionslos den Übergang in eine Epoche des Rechts des Stärkeren, das weitgehende Ende der auf dem Völkerrecht basierenden multilateralen Ordnung und die Schwäche der EU.
Ein solches ungeschminktes Selbst- und Lagebild ist schon einmal viel wert.
Ein solches ungeschminktes Selbst- und Lagebild ist schon einmal viel wert.
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Auf das "vorläufige[n] Ende der regelbasierten, auf dem Völkerrecht basierenden multilateralen Ordnung" hat Deutschland unter Merz gezielt hingearbeitet.
Die Ankopplung von der Realität die in Berlin herrscht zeigt sich darin dass Merz sich jede Kritik an Europa verbittet.
Die Ankopplung von der Realität die in Berlin herrscht zeigt sich darin dass Merz sich jede Kritik an Europa verbittet.
They have absolutely no shame
p.dw.com/p/529Q9
p.dw.com/p/529Q9
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
They have absolutely no shame
p.dw.com/p/529Q9
p.dw.com/p/529Q9
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The West is going to suffer terrible consequences from Israel's genocide.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones
History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The West is going to suffer terrible consequences from Israel's genocide.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"They will be the ones to build the myth of our power. All we have to do is to act suspiciously and come up with a few fairly implausible denials. That will be enough to confirm their worst nightmare: ‘The Russians are the secret bosses of the new world order!’...
October 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"They will be the ones to build the myth of our power. All we have to do is to act suspiciously and come up with a few fairly implausible denials. That will be enough to confirm their worst nightmare: ‘The Russians are the secret bosses of the new world order!’...
Both the German federal und the Bavarian state government could only mobilise a meagre 300 people for their astroturfed pro-Israel rally. Shows the disconnect between the elites and the masses.
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Both the German federal und the Bavarian state government could only mobilise a meagre 300 people for their astroturfed pro-Israel rally. Shows the disconnect between the elites and the masses.
Die BRD ist mehr als bereit eigene Staatsbürger im Namen der "Staatsräson" zu opfern
Komplette Regierungspressekonferenz von heute: Naive Fragen zu EU-Chatkontrolle/Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung, Gaza-Flotilla/Deutsche in Israels Gewahrsam, Wehrsold und russische Drohnensichtungen youtu.be/1O3NHP7Uho4
October 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Die BRD ist mehr als bereit eigene Staatsbürger im Namen der "Staatsräson" zu opfern
"We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it's obscene"
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it's obscene"
That is probably quite close to what actually happened
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
That is probably quite close to what actually happened
The worst part is not even what they say, but that they think every one else is too stupid to spot the glaring bigotry and double standards
September 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The worst part is not even what they say, but that they think every one else is too stupid to spot the glaring bigotry and double standards
While Western societies still solely focus on Russian and occasionally Chinese interference.
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
While Western societies still solely focus on Russian and occasionally Chinese interference.
“[The ICC is an] instrument of neocolonial repression in the hands of imperialism,”
Not wrong after Western leaders spent the last two years explaining why the ICC should only persecute "them"
aje.io/ewygdm
Not wrong after Western leaders spent the last two years explaining why the ICC should only persecute "them"
aje.io/ewygdm
Military-run Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announce joint ICC withdrawal
The three West African countries say they are leaving the International Criminal Court to seek ‘sovereignty’.
aje.io
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“[The ICC is an] instrument of neocolonial repression in the hands of imperialism,”
Not wrong after Western leaders spent the last two years explaining why the ICC should only persecute "them"
aje.io/ewygdm
Not wrong after Western leaders spent the last two years explaining why the ICC should only persecute "them"
aje.io/ewygdm
If your whole "diplomacy" consists of bullying and screaming "antisemitism" you're in for a rude awakening once the other side is unimpressed by your posturing.
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Clash between Chinese scholar and Israeli diplomat over Gaza goes viral
Heated exchange at annual security forum comes just days after Benjamin Netanyahu accuses China of leading media blockade against Israel.
www.scmp.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If your whole "diplomacy" consists of bullying and screaming "antisemitism" you're in for a rude awakening once the other side is unimpressed by your posturing.
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...