Wings of a dove

aviation lifer, terrible singer, likes change , hates terrapins, wine drinker.

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Attenborough at 100 — A Sting Cut
We know what humans think of David Attenborough: the greatest broadcaster in TV history. But what do the animals think?

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Let me explain something to the MAGA crowd, because clearly someone needs to.

They seem to think NATO is cosmic room service. You pick up the phone, say “hello, we’re having a bit of a war here,” and thirty-one countries march to your rescue. A continental Uber for military adventures.

That is not how it works.
Article 5 is a mutual defense clause. The clue is in the word mutual. And it has been triggered exactly once in NATO’s entire history. After September 11. When America was attacked. Not Europe. America.

Every NATO member showed up. They went to Afghanistan. They fought. They bled. They died. In America’s war. On America’s behalf.

Now imagine they hadn’t.
Over 1,100 allied soldiers died in Afghanistan. British, Canadian, German, Danish, Polish. And yes, even Ukrainian soldiers, who had no NATO obligation whatsoever. Gone. Without them, those are American names on those graves. Sons from Ohio. Fathers from Georgia. Kids from Nebraska who never came home.

Then there is the money. NATO allies spent over 100 billion dollars on a war that started on American soil. Without that, Washington pays every cent. On top of the 2 to 3 trillion the war already cost.

And without allied bases across Europe and Central Asia, American supply lines collapse entirely. Without British forces in Helmand and Canadians in Kandahar, the Taliban reconstitutes in three years instead of ten. The gaps get filled one way. More American deployments. More American coffins arriving at Dover.

Afghanistan was bloody. But NATO took the hit. Without them, every single one of those casualties would have had an American name.

Trump called allies like these losers. Suckers.

If you are a certain kind of broken person, that probably makes sense to you. But for the rest of us, what those soldiers did has a different name. Honor. The bond between men who have been in the same dirt, under the same fire. Between Brits and Americans, Frenchmen and Norwegians, Canadians and Danes. Not a diplomatic relationship. A blood bond. Brotherhood forged in places most people will never see and cannot imagine.

In that culture, you do not mock a fallen ally. You do not sneer at the dead. It is the lowest thing a human being can do. Trump did it to a standing ovation.

If you are a MAGA supporter travelling to NATO countries, understand this. There are no friendly pats on the back waiting for you. No one will buy you a beer. The governments who share your worldview sit in Minsk, Moscow and Pyongyang. Brutal dictatorships where journalists disappear, elections are theatre and dissent is a medical condition treated in basements. Not London. Not Paris. Not Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin or Ottawa.

You have abandoned the open societies, the free press, the rule of law, the places where people actually want to live. You traded the best of civilization for a very small, very dark room. Frankly, it serves you right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[RAF_Luton @RAF_Luton]

Photo of the Day: US F14 flown by Major Tant-Rumm and Capt Bonne-Spurs leads 3x British Eurovision Typhoons in Operation Epic Distraction and The wider Operation Tangerine Micro-Mushroom which sees 717.5 tons of bombs dropped every 800.85mins!

Photographed from a Canberra

[Iris Seraphina  @iris_seraphina]

What an amazing moment 🩵

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@ZacharyStarr27 @AskeBay Vinted will give you a run for your money to! 🤬😤

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@walkers_crisps Thanks for letting me know 😭😭

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@walkers_crisps are the sensations king prawn Marie Rose sauce crisps going to be a thing this Christmas? I need this in my life 😋🤤🤤

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

What’s with the hand in, swirl , hand out, then in and pick bs all about 🙄.just hurry up! #WorldCup2026

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

The World Cup draw show currently on air should be renamed World Cup shit show. #getthef**konwithit #cringe #WorldCup2026

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@ZacharyStarr27 That’s a chunky boi 🪓! looks delicious.

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@AirEuropa @gotravelyourway Well you were the sister company of Air Europe. It was lovely to have an extended family. There was Air Europe Italy, Germany and Norway. You are the sole survivor. 🥹

['The Ronster' @BerisfordRon]

The very first depiction of an air friar!🤔

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

This Coldplay cam thing isn’t going away anytime soon.

[Martin Booth @beardedjourno]

The Spanish galleon Andalucia is making her way into Bristol

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@Malcolm744 @SimonCalder Exactly this. BA. Would be a very big target and big headlines.

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@Mamma_H @JohnHaran6 @RevRichardColes NHS have prioritised those with the greatest clinical need therefore if you fall into that category it shouldn’t be such a lengthy wait. Clinical need is obviously the key.

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@JohnHaran6 @RevRichardColes Interesting though that Science developed a drug for one condition, to also discover its very effect at treating another condition. Is that a bad thing?

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

@ZacharyStarr27 Congrats to you and family 😊

[Wings of a dove @Wingsofadove3]

Cold Beer time #corona #teamtryit