Linda Bech Wind

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@bry1050 @ExtremeFootbal4 Exactly!!!

[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

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@allenanalysis 💪❤️😂

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The family of Alex Pretti releases a powerful statement about his senseless murder at the hands of Trump's masked fascist goons.

Please share this far and wide...

"We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital," the family said in a statement provided to CNN.

"Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman."

"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed."

"Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

It is our responsibility as Americans to get the truth out there. Petti was not attempting to harm anyone. He was swarmed, beaten, and disarmed by vicious federal agents who were looking for someone to hurt. Once they had removed his gun — which he had a legal permit to carry — they executed him in cold blood by firing numerous bullets into him. Then, the Trump administration proceeded to immediately falsely smear him as a "terrorist" who wanted to carry out a mass shooting against law enforcement. They're utterly shameless.

“He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” said Pretti's father Alex. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests.”

Rest in power Alex. The rest of us will carry on the fight.

Please like and share.

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

SO true!!

[Richard Angwin @RichardAngwin]

Is Kelly correct ?

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

Yep😉

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

America wasn’t “discovered.” America was INVADED.

Agree with me and I’ll be your friend for life. 🪶

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

💔💔

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

I don’t think @SecRubio appreciates this video of what used to be his views of Donald Trump. But he summed things up rather well.

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@metteabildgaard Lidt “fesent”, hvis ens selvrespekt sidder i håret😉

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed. 🧵

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

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[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

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[Mikkel Riis Meisler @MikkelMeisler]

Kort sagt:

Det var IKKE 'Den Sidste Nadver', men en Bacchanal, - en fest for den græske gud for vin & nydelse, Bacchus.

Og det var IKKE 'Døden Til Hest' men Sequana, - Seinens Gudinde.

(Og det var et hul i en netstrømpe, IKKE en vildfaren testikel)

Kan vi så komme videre?! 🙄

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@LakotaMan1 👍

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@LakotaMan1 👍

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@LakotaMan1 Still here

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

@LakotaMan1 Oh jeah!

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

😉

[Sarah Larchmont @SarahLarchmont]

From Germany. Because they know.

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

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[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Morgan Freeman said this about Black History month

[Linda Bech Wind @wind_bech]

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