Arne Lynngård

Økonom, bymisjonist, menneskerettighetsaktivist, frivillig bergenser, men ikke helt vanntett #Rafto #Econa #bymisjon #kirkensbymisjon #mindrealenesammen #blimed

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🚨NEW: Pete Hegseth tried to fire 4-Star General Chris Cavoli, the former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, this summer after he advocated for stopping Hegseth's blockade on supplying ammunition to Ukraine.

RETWEET if you stand with General Cavoli against Hegseth!

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🚨NEW: Donald Trump has called for the arrest Senator Mark Kelly after he encouraged the military to not take illegal orders from Trump. Kelly is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran.

RETWEET if you stand with
@CaptMarkKelly against Donald Trump!

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@WW3finalboss Yes

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[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

In Ukraine, the mood today feels raw, tense, and urgent. Kyiv feels less safe.

And yet the discussion in the West carries a sense of abstraction, an ongoing conversation that could keep going. It needs to move from airy abstractions to urgent reality.

My take:

[Olena Halushka @OlenaHalushka]

My opinion piece for the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten is titled "Russian occupation isn’t peace, it’s a silent concentration camp."
I argue that it is a dangerous fallacy to believe that Russia doesn't pose an immediate threat to European countries. Boosting aid to Ukraine is therefore not an act of solidarity but a vital and strategic move. It is time for Norway and the rest of Europe to commit to “whatever it takes for Ukrainian victory”.
Russia has intensified its bombing campaign aimed at making Ukraine unlivable in winter, hoping to freeze us into capitulation. Amidst this terrorism, a growing number of voices has been calling for negotiations with Russia claiming that the “war is unwinnable for Ukraine.” While Russians explicitly declare they want nothing less than full subjugation of Ukraine, many in the West continue to be blinded by the "mysterious Russian soul," seeing the signals for peace in every atrocity they commit.
When people casually discuss the ceding of lands, they overlook that remaining in Russian occupation means facing the permanent threat of being illegally kidnapped, tortured or killed, raped and abducted, erased of a Ukrainian identity. We have all seen photos of civilians on the streets of Bucha, mass graves in the forests of Izyum or torture cells in Kupiansk.
That was not an exception, that’s the pattern.
Why aren’t Ukrainians fooled by the Russian intentions? We’ve learnt a lesson of the Minsk deals that brought no lasting peace, instead gifting Russia time to prepare for the full-scale war. In 2014, it was Russia against Ukraine, but today Russia has pulled a coalition of tyrannies, including Iran and North Korea. The only way to stop a much larger confrontation is defeating them in Ukraine.
Many say that Russia doesn't pose an immediate threat to countries like Norway since their military capacities are engaged in the war against Ukraine. That is a dangerous misunderstanding. Encouraged by impunity, Russia has intensified subversive activities on Europe's soil like sabotage campaigns, GPS jamming, attempted arson, cyber attacks, or election meddling. Downplaying the danger of these crimes means turning a blind eye to the fact that Russia starts its wars way before its tanks invade or missiles fly in.
As professor Snyder nailed it, Ukraine’s effective resistance still keeps Europe "in 1938," helping to avert a world war. But Ukrainian capacities are not endless. Therefore, boosting aid to Ukraine is not an act of solidarity but a strategic move to prevent further escalation. It is high time for Norway and the rest of Europe to commit to the strategy “whatever it takes for the victory” and implement it.
Thank you so much @OttesenJan.
Photo: AP

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@ukrainiansquad Norway

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@ukrainiansquad Norway

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Nailed it.

@TimothyDSnyder schools @RepMTG on the facts of russian fascism

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

'Pro-Ukraine senators are working to elect a president who will cut off Ukraine, knowing that he will cut off Ukraine. Pro-NATO senators are working to elect a president who will wreck NATO, knowing that he will wreck NATO." From @davidfrum https://t.co/mb4IEh5zP8

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The wise old Greeks called it hubris - and they knew how it always ended.

[Arne Lynngård @lynngrd]

@Veteransforukr1 Fint om dere oppretter et vipps nr. Takk!