jack250213

Scribbler and know all. Lifelong user of oxygen .

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WHO IS TO BLAME? WHO IS GIVING AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY?
​The definition of treason has always been straightforward: giving aid and comfort to an enemy. What we are witnessing right now within the Western alliance is a masterclass in giving passive aid and comfort to Putin’s machinery by starving his victim.
​Let’s lay out the unvarnished historical and financial facts.
​In 1994, Ukraine held the third-largest nuclear arsenal on earth. They voluntarily surrendered every single warhead under the Budapest Memorandum. In return, three specific global powers signed that agreement, pledging to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and existing borders:
​The Russian Federation (Boris Yeltsin)
​The United Kingdom (John Major)
​The United States (Bill Clinton)
​At the time, John Major and Bill Clinton signed that ledger in good faith, never dreaming that a future successor would look a loyal ally in the eye and renege on that sacred debt.
​We cannot lump the UK and the rest of Europe into the same boat as Washington. Despite massive domestic financial constraints, the British have consistently stepped up—providing billions in direct military aid, leading massive training operations, and pushing the envelope where they could.
​More broadly, France, Germany, and the European Union are doing an immense amount of heavy lifting to make up for the shortfall of America's betrayal. The collective European aid to Ukraine has now surpassed U.S. contributions. The EU has stepped in with a massive €90 billion funding package, while European nations are pooling billions to build up a independent missile shield and fund defense manufacturing directly inside Ukraine, effectively "Trump-proofing" continental security. Europe understands the facts of life—as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently indicated, the continent cannot and will not simply be pushed around or coerced into a bad deal.
​The real disgrace lies in Washington. The public is constantly fed the lie that the U.S. "sent billions in cash" to Ukraine. When you actually analyze the numbers, that is a total fraud. The vast majority of those billions never left America; they stayed in the U.S. to fund American defense contractors and replenish the Pentagon’s own stockpiles.
​Worse still, since the latest incumbent took the White House, real, manageable, and immediate military assistance has been systematically denied. Handing Ukraine a "license to manufacture their own Patriot systems" while they are being bombed today is the ultimate act of political evasion. It forces an ally under siege to build high-tech production lines from scratch over several years, instead of simply handing over the interceptors sitting in Western warehouses.
​If Ukraine had not been sweet-talked into giving up its nuclear deterrent under the empty promises of Western guarantees, Putin would never have dared cross that border. One signatory launched a brutal invasion; another has actively rationed and choked off survival under the guise of "deals".
​It is high time to call a spade a spade. Withholding the shields a nation needs to survive is an act of betrayal. History will remember exactly who stood by their signature, and who chose to leave an ally to bleed.
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​#Geopolitics #NATO #BudapestMemorandum #AnkaraSummit #Ukraine #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #CorriereDellaSera #CNN #60Minutes
​@CNN @Corriere @60Minutes @NATO @GiorgiaMeloni

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@carlosgamaral @OccupyDemocrats Thanks for letting me see this. Hits the spot I think.

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@AndyBurnhamGM @ScottishLabour — STOP PUSSYFOOTING AROUND 🇬🇧

Enough with the institutional stagnation and July handover dates. The country is sitting on its hands waiting for things to move.

Pull the bloody plugs out. Open the dam, let the money work, get the people to work, build the damn houses and stop delaying.

Some of us haven't got forever. Get on with it!

#UKPolitics #LabourParty #AndyBurnham

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@ZelenskyyUa — AN ANTHEM FOR THE HEROES OF UKRAINE 🇺🇦

If any song captures the sheer defiance, bravery, and soul of the Ukrainian people and their soldiers right now, it is John Farnham’s "You're the Voice."

For the fallen, the wounded, and those doing their utmost to defend their loved ones and their motherland:
"We're not gonna sit in silence, we're not gonna live with fear."

#SlavaUkraini #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

https://t.co/0Rc1LVUqtF

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@_InfoGram_ Her actions are a testament to her leadership and no nonsense placacting erm! distracted so called World Leaders.

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#crisiclimatica 'Panic as the Whitehouse press office prepared to blame 'FakeNews' for July 4th exaggerated lies of a wonderful event.

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@DakdaR22 'Putin planted the seed, now let him reap the whirlwind' (circa WW2) #Ukraine #SlavaUkraine #DonaldTusk

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When our deep strikes were not reaching Moscow and St. Petersburg, Putin did not think much about it. He understood that the war was far from the Kremlin. Of course, once he feels what is happening in Moscow, he will begin to understand what is happening in the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions. He’ll begin to grasp the reality of the situation.

When not one hundred drones but a thousand start reaching Moscow, and when he feels it and sees it, he will be advised to move somewhere beyond the Urals. That will be a moment that opens a new chapter on the path toward ending the war. The farther Putin is from Moscow, the closer the end of the war and peace will be.

He fears for his life. And then there are the elites. Where do the Russian elites live? Moscow and St. Petersburg – the two major cities. Those places will be reached, because that is where they make the decisions to kill us.

That is why deep strikes have had, and continue to have, a major impact. We must keep working on this. It is constant, difficult, and daily work. We must all stay focused and energized. The heroes are those on the front line. And all of us, the entire state, must keep carrying shells to them. If we do, we will bring a just and strong peace for Ukraine. That is what victory means for us.

From an interview with the Financial Times. (3/3)

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"It is Russia that has rejected every credible peace proposal. Ukraine did not start this war, and Ukraine is not an obstacle to peace.

No one should pressure President Zelensky to make territorial concessions. We must pressure Russia to end its aggression.

The free world must remain united. Any division in support of Ukraine is a gift to Moscow and a risk to our own security.”

- Donald Tusk- PM of Poland

Just wow, thank you for your support 🫡

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@cajunmusicmp3 @AzPetrich You have hit the proverbial nail on the head.

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@DakdaR22 'Putin planted the seed, now let him reap the whirlwind' (circa WW2) #Ukraine #SlavaUkraine #DonaldTusk

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#crisiclimatica 'Panic as the Whitehouse press office prepared to blame 'FakeNews' for July 4th exaggerated lies of a wonderful event.

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Time for a pre-recess Green Paper on the standing charge racket, @Ed_Miliband & @MichaelShanks.
​Let the private monopolies stew over the summer on simple, fair rules:
1️⃣ Use it or lose it: Unspent maintenance cash goes back to customers, not to overseas shareholders as "efficiency savings."
2️⃣ No dividend payouts if vital local networks are underspent.
3️⃣ Stop the "transmission penalty"—Scotland shouldn’t pay a premium daily fee to host the UK's green energy generation.
​Time to give Ofgem a backbone and protect the consumer, not the investor. 🛑🔌 #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLiving #StandingCharges

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@HunterBiden @realDonaldTrump Bloody Genius mate.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Unfortunately, there is a shortage of anti-ballistic capabilities – a shortage of Patriots – while Putin still intends to “vanquish” residential buildings rather than end his war.

We have been discussing licenses for the production of Patriots with the U.S. Administration for a long time already. I thank all the countries helping through the PURL program, which enables us to purchase interceptors for Patriots. However, to reliably protect lives, we need our own production.

European production here in Ukraine, or jointly with our partners, would also support the U.S. in operations whenever needed. We hope for a positive response from President Trump to protect lives. I also thank everyone who has expressed condolences to Ukraine today, everyone who has not remained silent and condemned Russian terror.

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@andyburnham Monday statement, Way to go Mr Burnham.

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"The Labour party is faction ridden" Starmer's resignation was the right move, but his imposed July 9 delay is sabotage. To hell with the internal factions—get a leader into Downing Street and start making actual changes at the top. The country cannot wait. #GetOnWithIt #Labour

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@SCOTUS 1/4 When a justice system is institutionally captured, public exposure no longer leads to accountability. Evidence of corruption or elite misconduct becomes entirely inert the moment the enforcement mechanisms choose to look the other way. Facts alone cannot save a republic if the law has surrendered.

​2/4 The true engine of authoritarianism isn't just the misuse of power—it is the systematic stripping of legal recourse and material existence at the same time. When a regime can seize property, deny compensation, and eliminate judicial appeal, the line between a republic and tyranny vanishes.

​3/4 History provides a grim, exact blueprint for this. By funneling seized assets to local authorities, a regime creates a network of complicity, ensuring people are financially invested in the continuation of the policy while victims are left with nothing but what they can carry.

​4/4 When courts act as facilitators instead of firewalls, the social contract shatters. John Locke warned that when peaceful safety valves are welded shut and no earthly court remains impartial, history loses its nuance and reverts to its oldest, bluntest instruments.

​#RuleOfLaw #ConstitutionalCrisis #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveOverreach #InstitutionalCapture #SaveDemocracy #HistoryEchoes #Accountability #AuthoritarianBlueprint