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[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

A French woman tells one of the second and third-generation migrant rioter no to vandalize her city

He responds by trying to set her face on fire

[Theo Francken @FranckenTheo]

Belgium owes much, if not everything, to the brave allied soldiers that gave their lives during World War II. The young men that rest here at Ardennes Cemetery came from all across the USA. They put their lives at risk without hesitation, not to liberate their own country, but to bring liberty to ours. To quote from the marching order of general Eisenhower on D-day: “You will bring about the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe.”

Too few people realize just how exceptional this sacrifice was in human history. During World War II, the U.S. could have judged that Nazi tyranny in Europe was not their problem. After all, a vast ocean separated them from its victims. Yet the American people sent itsfinest sons to fight and die across that same vast ocean, to restore freedom and democracyto others.

Every Memorial Day we Europeans solemnly declare: “We will remember them”. But did we really? Did we remain faithful to their memory? Belgium did not. And Europe did not.

Over the years, we forgot the primary lesson embodied in these rows of white crosses: that freedom is never a given, that peace without effort does not exist. We dismantled our armies. In so doing, we lost the capacity to defend liberty and democracy, both at home and abroad. The price of this dereliction of duty is high. More than 80 years after being liberated, the European continent once again witnesses a brutal war of conquest, imposed by a dictator on a neighboring democracy, provoked by our weakness.

If Europe is serious about honoring the fallen American soldiers of World War II, it needsaction instead of words. The democracies of Europe must rebuild their military strength, as this is the only way to ensure freedom prevailsover the darkness of tyranny. President Roosevelt knew that. And the American soldiers buried here at Ardennes Cemetery, more than 5000 men, knew that.

Let us remember these great champions of liberty.

Let us be worthy of their sacrifice.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

You Had 47 Years of Diplomacy With Iran. Here's What It Got You.

Mahsa Amini was 22 years old. Arrested by Iran's morality police because her headscarf was too loose. She died in custody three days later. They beat her to death. Over a piece of fabric.

Her death set off the biggest protests Iran had seen in a generation. The regime's answer? Kill them. Over 500 dead.

They shot a 16-year-old girl named Nika Shakarami in the street. Then snatched her body and tried to bury her in secret before her family could find her.

Amirhesam Khodayarifard was 20 years old. Walked into a protest because his country was starving. He was chanting. Peacefully. A government agent shot him in the head.

This is who they are. This is who they've always been.

January 8th and 9th, 2026. The Islamic Republic of Iran executed the largest massacre of civilians in its modern history.

Snipers on rooftops firing into crowds. Targeting heads and chests. Dragging protesters into prisons. Torturing them. Raping them. Returning women's bodies with organs removed to destroy the evidence.

~36,000 dead. In days.

A former UN prosecutor who helped draft the Srebrenica genocide indictment said Iran killed twice as many in half the time.

He called it an extermination.

Where were the marches? Where was Ilhan Omar? Where was Rashida Tlaib? Where was Mamdani?

Nowhere.

But today, after we attack the regime that did this… NOW they want "diplomacy." NOW it's "illegal."

What country do you stand for?

In 1979 they stormed our embassy. Held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

In 1983 they bombed our Marine barracks in Beirut. 241 Americans crushed to death in their sleep.

Khobar Towers. 19 more Americans dead.

2003 to 2011. They supplied the bombs that killed 600+ American soldiers in Iraq.

They built Hezbollah. Funded Hamas. Armed the Houthis. Spent a billion dollars a year on terrorism.

Orchestrated October 7th.

Forty-seven years. The single greatest engine of death in the Middle East. And through all of it we kept talking and praying.

In 2002, Iran's own dissidents blew the whistle. Iran had been building nuclear weapons underground. For 17 years. Hidden from the world.

Not the CIA. Not the UN. Dissidents.

It took 13 years to get a deal. Keep enrichment at civilian grade. Keep the stockpile under 300 kilograms. Let inspectors in.

They agreed. Then broke every provision. From 300 kilograms to over 9,000. They ripped the cameras off the walls. By late 2024 they could build 5 to 6 bombs in under two weeks.

France, Germany, and the UK, not neocons, no war hawks, said Iran had a stockpile with "no credible civilian justification."

Two days before the strikes we sat with them in Muscat. Stop enriching. Stop the missiles. Stop funding terrorists. They said no. To all three.

You don't negotiate with someone loading a gun under the table. The Tooth Fairy isn't real. And neither was Iran's willingness to negotiate. Every year of "diplomacy" was another year closer to the bomb. That was always the plan.

This isn't about Democrat or Republican. By the laws of game theory, someone was going to have to confront Iran.

A regime that kills 36,000 of its own people doesn't stop because you ask nicely. A country enriching to weapons grade while funding terrorism on six continents doesn't come to the table in good faith.

Any president. Any party. This moment was always coming.

Spare me the "international law" lecture. You don't get to hide behind rules you've spent five decades burning to the ground.

You want to know what's illegal? Beating a 22-year-old woman to death over a headscarf. Shooting children from rooftops. Torturing women in prison. Removing organs from corpses. Building nuclear weapons while shaking hands with diplomats.

That's what's illegal.

Ilhan Omar. The day before a military operation she signaled the timing of a strike to a foreign adversary. That's not dissent. That is treason.

Iranians responded: "We don't care about Ramadan. We are waiting for the US attack to overthrow your friend the Ayatollah."

Listen to them. For once in your life.

The Iranian people are dancing in the streets. They waited 47 years for someone to act.

If not now, when? When they have the bomb? When it's too late?

It was now or never. And we chose now.

Diplomacy didn't fail. Diplomacy was the lie Iran told you while they built the bomb.

And you believed it. Every. Single. Time.

[WNL Op Zondag @WNLOpZondag]

Oud-minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Uri Rosenthal was buitengewoon teleurgesteld met de reactie van premier Rob Jetten op de gebeurtenissen in Iran. "Terughoudendheid vragen aan alle partijen... Welke partijen? Die theocraten daar in Teheran, die een massaslachting op hun geweten hebben?" #WNL

[Afshin Ellian @AfshinEllian1]

Linkse Nederlanders zoals 'gematigde islamist' Farah Karimi staan niet in de frontlinie om Iraniërs en hun leider @PahlaviReza te steunen, omdat nu de Iraniërs niet voor islam vechten, niet tegen joden willen zijn, niet tegen Amerika of de rest van het westen willen zijn. Wederom zal geschiedenis de verbondenheid van links en islamisme niet vergeten en vergeven. Ook zij in en buiten Iran komen in de prullenmand van de geschiedenis terecht.
#IranMassacre

[Jesse Cohen @JesseCohenInv]

🚨🇦🇺 Watch as civilian bystander disarms active terrorist shooter at a Chanukah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Give this hero a medal.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

I have no words. I don't understand how to live in a world where someone would take a father away from his young children for having a different opinion.

[Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain]

As part of “law enforcement,” Jolani’s Islamists desecrate a Druze house of worship. Notice how the Islamists are dressed in PRESS vests.
In Gaza, Islamist Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Press people also doubled as Hamas fighters.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[CosmicNomad @MariusFelix3]

Finally some sun again

[CosmicNomad @MariusFelix3]

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[CosmicNomad @MariusFelix3]

@_Yux__ @AdriaticMetals At BinckBank (soon to be Saxo Bank as well).