@joerglau.bsky.social
International Correspondent German weekly DIE ZEIT (@zeit.de), Cold War kid, cyclist. Mein neues Buch zu deutschen Außenpolitik (ET: 2. März 2026) hier vorbestellen: https://shorturl.at/qf6Zw
The priority is obviously to hit an overwhelming amount of targets. AI enables that. In my view, that’s a very dangerous tendency that we have already seen in Gaza.
Not the military. The military investigates and will, I am pretty sure, be honest about their findings.
The rotten political leadership is the problem. Trump has already lied about this ridiculously claiming Iran has Tomahawks.
Shock and awe tactics combined with AI could also play a role.
Once you openly claim that “lethality” is your top most priority, and there are basically “no more rules of engagement”, it becomes quite hard to call the strike on an elementary school and the killing of (allegedly) at least 170 children an accident.
true that
Ich wurde nicht gefragt. Ich hätte das gerne gemacht.
I like!
Well, they did advise accordingly, but obviously they obey orders
The US, like Israel, is a place where, on average, the military is smarter and more open to second thoughts than politics.
This nugget of wisdom from James Mattis comes to mind these days.
To nobody’s shock, the US president is blatantly lying about this atrocity.
Let’s not get used to this, as hard as it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
Well not only because of that. My question is, was it right to refrain. I argued for it at the time.
well, that was my question
Since it was so easy for Israel and the US to take out Iran's air defences, what conclusions do we draw for Ukraine/Russia where the same, obviously very vulnerable, S 300/S 400 are deployed?
Should we maybe rethink the no-fly zone debate?
Also, I‘ve been there. This is Khomeini‘s shrine in Qom (2016). Having grown up catholic, I think I got the vibe.
Calling for “unconditional surrender” - maybe the last thing you should do fighting a nation that is BUILT on a mythical LOST BATTLE (->Karbala) in which the rightful successor of the Prophet was killed (CELEBRATED in Ashura), and whose martyrdom gives the branch of Islam its name: „Shi‘at Ali“?
Oh, wow, means a lot coming from you!
Zu Gast im Mittagsmagazin, wo ich freundlicherweise mein Buch vorstellen durfte
Kontrolle immer besser, bekanntlich
Once you are losing the Wall Street Journal OpEd-page, which has for decades editorialized on behalf of war against Iran, you’re in serious trouble.
Important analysis by Walter Russell Mead.
It’s not a contradiction. As well as a very competitive, dynamic tech sector and central planning are not mutually exclusive. Our image of China needs an urgent revamp.
Just infinitely stunning why it is that major powers find it so hard to understand the importance of nationalism as a force of resistance - roughly a century after the beginning of the postcolonial struggle. (It’s the key to understanding 🇮🇷, not Shia islam.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...
Survival of the regime = winning. It‘s been like that for 47 years.
From „regime change“ to „short excursion“ in 10 days. Remarkable.
Stimmt nicht, im Gegenteil, siehe „cost of war“-project
Wie viele westliche Demokratien haben denn noch solche Konservative, die klare Abgrenzungen treffen, wie viele?
Sie existiert- im Unterschied zu fast ALLEN anderen westlichen Demokratien
80 Prozent solide dagegen, 60 Prozent Regierungsblock Grün-Schwarz?
macht die Sache ja noch bemerkenswerter
