Johan Lindahl

Politiskt intresserad fd polsakk (M). Bor i Uppsala. Svag för snygga formuleringar och mycket torra dry martinis. Mer konservativ än när jag var 19.

[Boy George @BoyGeorge]

#Shalom

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

Moscow's instantly-iconic exploding fuel storage tank is resulting in a flood of memes. I'll add a selection below...

[Yael Bar tur @yaelbt]

Wow wow wow. Take a minute to watch these incredibly powerful remarks from a Rabbi in London.

I’ll add - if you’ve never had to send a loved one an “are you ok?” text after yet another attack, kindly stfu.

[Chad Scott @cpscott16]

Just a reminder: in 1982, when Great Britain was attacked by Argentina, starting the Falklands War, the United States did not come to their aid because the Falklands are not in the North Atlantic and the British did not bitch about it.

In 1956, when the French and British attacked Egypt, causing the Suez Crisis, despite the fact that France and Great Britain are in NATO, the United States not only refused to assist, but went to the United Nations to condemn them for attacking Egypt.

In 2019, when Turkey decided to attack Syria, the Trump administration had the Pentagon send out an official notice that they did not support the campaign and would not send troops.

So kindly shut the fuck up, everyone in the White House.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Ok. Here we go

Ari, you know better than this. You’ve been inside the room. You understand how alliances actually function, not just how they’re talked about on cable hits.

NATO was never meaningfully consulted here. Not brought in as partners. Not treated as allies whose buy-in mattered. Instead, for years they’ve been publicly dressed down, threatened, and told outright that they’re on their own. When the President of the United States repeatedly questions the value of the alliance, floats walking away from Article 5, and even talks about things like taking Greenland, you don’t get trust—you get hedging.

So now there’s a major war raging on their own continent, and those countries are being asked to stretch even thinner for an operation they had no role in shaping, led by a president who has made clear he views alliances as transactional at best and disposable at worst. Of course they’re cautious. Of course they’re calculating risk. And yes—of course they’re worried they’ll be left holding the bag when Trump inevitably changes course or loses interest.

That’s not freeloading. That’s rational behavior in response to uncertainty we created.

You’re right that some European countries have underinvested in defense. That’s been true for years, and many have started correcting it—especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But let’s not pretend this moment exists in a vacuum. Trust is cumulative. And it’s been burned down repeatedly.

And the idea that this is about “refusing to help the U.S. rid the world of Iran” ignores the bigger strategic picture. European nations are dealing with an active land war, energy insecurity, domestic political strain, and the very real possibility that U.S. commitments to NATO could evaporate overnight. You don’t expand commitments under those conditions—you consolidate.

You know this, Ari. And I think you know why this argument doesn’t hold up.

But somewhere along the way, you traded that understanding for applause lines. You’ve sold yourself at the altar of popularity instead of leveling with people about the complexity here.

Alliances aren’t maintained by ultimatums and public humiliation. They’re maintained by trust, consultation, and consistency. We’ve offered too little of that lately—and now we’re seeing the result.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

My fave Chuck Norris joke: Chuck doesn't flush the toilet, he scares the shit out of it.

[Johan Lindahl @JohanWLindahl]

@NiklasGillstrom 🙏🍸

[Reza Pahlavi @PahlaviReza]

My dear compatriots,

Decisive moments lie before us.

The assistance that the President of the United States had promised to the brave people of Iran has now arrived. This is a humanitarian intervention, and its target is the Islamic Republic, its apparatus of repression, and its machinery of killing—not the country and great nation of Iran.

However, despite the arrival of this assistance, the final victory will still be achieved by us. It is we, the people of Iran, who will finish this task in this final battle. The time to return to the streets is approaching.

Now that the Islamic Republic is collapsing, my message to the country’s military, law enforcement, and security forces is clear:

You have sworn an oath to protect Iran and the Iranian nation, not the Islamic Republic and its leaders. Your duty is to defend the people, not to defend a regime that has taken our homeland hostage through repression and crime. Join the nation and help ensure a stable and secure transition. Otherwise, you will sink with Khamenei’s ship and his crumbling regime.

And my message to the President of the United States, President Trump, is this:

The honorable people of Iran, despite the brutal repression and killings carried out by this regime, stood bravely for nearly two months. I now ask you to exercise the utmost possible caution to preserve the lives of civilians and my compatriots. The people of Iran are your natural allies and the allies of the free world, and they will not forget your assistance during the most difficult period of Iran’s contemporary history.

And to you, my dear compatriots in Iran:

In these sensitive hours and days, more than ever we must remain focused on our ultimate goal: reclaiming Iran.

I ask you, for now, to remain in your homes and remain calm and safe. Stay alert and ready to return to the streets for the final action at the appropriate time, which I will communicate to you.

Follow my messages through social media and satellite media. If disruptions occur in the internet and satellite broadcasts, I will remain in contact with you via radio.

We are very close to final victory. I hope to be with you as soon as possible so that together we may reclaim Iran and rebuild it.

Long live Iran.
Reza Pahlavi

[Ida Karlbom @IdaKarlbom]

Ett mycket klarsynt inlägg i debatten: https://t.co/GyO5TR7YOo

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Perfect words by Supreme Justice Gorsuch.

[Richard Herrey @RichardHerrey]

Canada curses Swedish player, and lies in front of the whole world.
Clip clearly shows them cheating in the Olympics by touching the stone with the finger. #Sweden #Canada #Curling

[John Bolton @AmbJohnBolton]

Our allies are not perfect, that's for sure, but they provide us an enormous force multiplier in terms of resources, territory, and political support. Just because Trump doesn't understand this this doesn't mean Europe needs to be apocalyptic about the state of NATO.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Being armed isn’t a shooting justification in itself. And def not after you’ve been disarmed

[Daractenus @Daractenus]

Since this US administration’s agenda of insulting Europe has now reached the topic of food, with the US Secretary of the Treasury claiming he would “rather eat bugs” than Swiss food, I decided to revisit and expand my list of US food so unsafe most of Europe had to ban it.🧵

[Jan David 🇨🇿🇩🇪 @honzadave]

Czech soldiers who 'did nothing for the USA' 😢🫡🇨🇿

[Jan Ericson 🇸🇪🇺🇦 @Ericson_ubbhult]

Message to mr Trump:

[LBC @LBC]

‘You could never walk in our shoes, coward.’

Veteran caller John, who lost nine friends in Afghanistan, demands an apology from Donald Trump ‘on behalf of the nation’.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

We will never forget the sacrifices of those who served in Afghanistan.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

On December 22, 2011, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, I took part in the farewell ceremony for the five fallen Polish soldiers. The American officers who accompanied me then, told me that America would never forget the Polish heroes. Perhaps they will remind President Trump of that fact.