Camille Grand

Secretary General @ASDEurope Formerly @ecfr @NATO @francediplo @Armees_Gouv @FRS_org Personal account RT≠endorsement

[Max Bergmann @maxbergmann]

New from me on the Starlink/shield fiasco. To paraphrase Talleyrand, it is worse than a crime; it is a mistake.

The long term blowback on the United States will be immense. https://t.co/xZereuIrfa

[Hervé Labatut @GeorgesBerger]

Voutch

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China.
https://t.co/WAAMWrLI2x

[Romain Mielcarek @romainmielcarek]

Certains, pour nier ou minimiser l'agressivité de la Russie sur le plan informationnel, ironisent sur le fait qu'on regarde vers Moscou chaque fois qu'il y a une crise.

Mais notez bien : personne ne dit que la Russie fabrique nos problèmes. Ce serait complètement con.

La Russie amplifie, nos problèmes. Elle ajoute simplement un peu de combustible pour que cela brûle plus fort et plus longtemps. Et donc lorsque l'on travaille sur ces questions, on jette toujours un regard en direction des pays les plus hostiles pour voir comment eux manœuvrent à un moment donné. Comme ce tout au long de la semaine écoulée.

Ce qui ne remet absolument pas en compte le droit de chacun de manifester ou lutter pour ses idées.

Cela implique simplement de faire attention à son hygiène informationnelle : alimentez vos convictions, vos espoirs, vos colères, vos combats, avec des matériaux intellectuels et informationnels solides.

Pas avec les virus qu'essaient d'injecter dans vos cerveaux des Russes, des Iraniens, des Chinois ou des Azerbaidjanais qui n'ont absolument rien à carrer de vos valeurs ou de vos rêves de justice et d'indépendance.

[Bérengère Viennot @Berentrice]

On rayonne à l'international.

[Camille Grand @camille_grand]

This comment on Allies not fighting in Afghanistan is shocking and unacceptable. More than a thousand soldiers from NATO and partner nations died in Afghanistan.

[Jim Townsend @jteurope]

I worked with the Allies for years as part of the NATO coalition in Afghanistan. The Allies were there bleeding alongside the US. Hegseth is full of BS.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Donald Trump is threatening to cripple Ukraine in its survival—and to expose Europe to Russian aggression—seemingly for the pitiful prize of minimising his losses in next month’s midterm elections https://t.co/1xnBivvs6A

[Steven Pifer @steven_pifer]

Over 1000 soldiers from NATO countries died fighting alongside US troops in Afghanistan.

And Hegseth denigrates their sacrifice.

Any wonder why allies do not rush to send forces to Trump/Hegseth’s wat of choice against Iran?

[Alyona Getmanchuk @getmalyona]

"In total, over this past week, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles, most of them ballistic. The main targets of these strikes are energy facilities – the Russians are trying to cause a blackout" @ZelenskyyUa

@UKRinNATO

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

how to lose your allies. Denmark, Estonia, others turned up, no caveats, fought hard, took casualties at or above US levels. (remind me, did Hegseth see combat?)

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

457 UK armed forces personnel died during the war in Afghanistan. Beyond those and US fatalities, a further 703 individuals from 30 nations were killed. Hegseth owes each of their families an apology.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

PS I’ve met Putin many times and listened in on calls with him as well. I also speak Russian. Yes he is soft spoken, deliberate, and measured. So what? He’s still a killer. He still launched a barbaric invasion of Ukraine, that has produced tragic loss of life not seen on this scale in Europe since WWII.

[Ben Hodges @general_ben]

Shameful. Over a thousand Allied Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan fighting alongside US Soldiers and Marines. Why would the Secretary think it was appropriate to disparage our Allies in front of these young Cadets, future Officers?

[Daniel Fried @AmbDanFried]

When the US called for help, Allies stepped forth. Some of those soldiers did not return home. All Americans should show respect.

[Camille Grand @camille_grand]

This comment on Allies not fighting in Afghanistan is shocking and unacceptable. More than a thousand soldiers from NATO and partner nations died in Afghanistan.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Hegseth on Afghanistan:

I was a captain in Afghanistan, and we would go to the headquarters in Kabul, and there would be 50 flags at the headquarters.

It was a beautiful thing to see 50 different countries contributing to the NATO alliance and the ISAF mission there.

Except there were like maybe five that contributed. It was actually closer to one or two that, by the end, were actually involved in kinetic operations.

In fact, the ISAF patch, we would joke that it meant "I Saw Americans Fighting."

[Casper Klynge @KlyngeC]

@clashreport I was posted in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in 2010-2011 as part of Denmark’s support to ISAF - in response to the attack on the US on 9-11. Helmand saw 1/3 of all kinectic activity in Afghanistan. 43 Danish soldiers were KIA & more than 210 seriously wounded. #FactsMatter

[Camille Grand @camille_grand]

Camille Grand, ex-secrétaire général adjoint de l'Otan : "L'attitude des Etats-Unis facilite l'équation pour la Russie"

https://t.co/SSEthbFL2o

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

Notre intérêt national dépend de la préservation d’une Ukraine viable et indépendante face au retour agressif de la Russie. Jamais, depuis 1991, l’équilibre géopolitique de l’Europe n’a été si favorable à notre sécurité. Nous devons donc le défendre.