Per Nielsen

If we in Europe allow the US to use bases in Europe for these attacks, doesn't that mean that we at at least partly responsible?
If we by our actions or inactions allow a crime to take place, knowing it is a crime, and having it within our means not to partake?

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

I do fear that grotesque boast that the USA no longer needed to worry about "stupid rules of engagement", will haunt the country for years to come.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

So far, I wd say Putin is winning the Gulf War. Oil prices are up, & the US has relaxed pressure on India to stop buying fm RU, so budget revenues will increase, making the war easier to fund. And UA will now be an even lower priority for US air defence munitions, so an easier target for RU strikes.

For the First Time, U.S. Sides With Russia and China in Ukraine Energy Dispute Washington opposed a resolution backed by many of its allies over the danger posed by attacks on Kyiv’s nuclear energy.

For the first time, the US sided with Russia and China in a dispute at the UN over dangers posed by attacks on Ukraine's nuclear power

www.wsj.com/world/for-th...

The EU should step in and simply buy Anthropic. Would narrow the gap between EUs lacking AI capabilities and those of the USA and China.

So it now appears based on many media reports that we bombed a girls elementary school and killed 175 people, and right after that Hegseth was beating his chest in a press conference saying we weren’t going to worry about “stupid rules of engagement” anymore.

True colors. The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution condemning attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a nuclear safety threat, with the US voting against alongside Russia, China and Niger. 20 voted in favor, 10 abstained, 4 opposed. #Ukraine

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Could it be, that we are in the midst of ww3, but we just havnt realized it yet?

From FT comments

Yes, we need constitutional changes. But it seems Mertz/Meloni is going the other route: focussing on competitiveness and business.
Are any of the EU countries actually talking about constitutional changes at all?

Spain rejects Rutte’s claim of ‘massive’ backing for Iran war by NATO allies Madrid has been one of the fiercest critics of the escalating conflict and has refused to let the U.S. use jointly operated military bases to conduct its strikes.

Rutte has been busy telling right-wing 🇺🇸news networks that not only do European governments support the war on Iran, but that they "are doing everything necessary to enable” it.

Our European leaders have insisted to citizens that they're not helping in the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 war on Iran. Which one is lying?

Europe’s foxhole moment | Euractiv Also, in Thursday’s edition: Iran, EUCO, Albania, horses, Mogherini

"Europe’s leaders put on a show of unity after surviving Trump’s Greenland threats in January."

"It took the Middle East erupting into conflict to reveal where EU countries really stand."

"Amid the fog of war, 🇪🇸&🇫🇷have retreated into one camp, while 🇩🇪&🇮🇹 have fallen into another."

As far as I'm aware, there's been no such statement of support for 🇪🇸 from 🇪🇺Commission President Von Leyen, who is usually in lock step with her compatriot and fellow party member Merz.

An EU member state has been threatened with an embargo and VDL has nothing to say.

This crisis calls out for EU action. What is needed is massive joint funding to put in huge orders to catalyze a massive expansion of production. Additionally, the EU could help push aside permitting/regulatory hurdles. This could be the ASAP (155 ammo) initiative on steroids. 6/

What should Europe and Ukraine do? They need a crash course to rapidly expand their own supply, particularly SAMP-T, Europe's Patriot alternative, as well as pursue a break glass effort to innovate and bring the cost curve down. Also seek to expand production of Patriot interceptors in Europe. 5/

Screenshot from linked article regarding Siil and potential British withdrawal of Challenger tanks from Estonia.

Combat in Ukraine won't be a blueprint for every future war. But no army can still fight as though it's 2021.

Will findings from the Siil / Hedgehog 2025 exercise in Estonia serve as a "catalyst for change" across the UK's land forces, as some defence experts hope? And if so, what kind of change?

Goed punt!

YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen What to expect in year five of Russia's invasion?

This is interesting.

youtu.be/Xk73PkJt9gI

Unfortunately, I think we might start to see the acceleration of the established cycle in which Trump faces the consequences of his actions vs Iran, then takes even more dangerous/escalatory steps to try to deal with those, but instead precipitates even worse consequences.

Europe Abandons Both Integrity and Influence on Iran In response to Trump’s strikes, European leaders have created an alternate reality to escape their hypocrisy.

Europe Abandons Both Integrity and Influence on Iran in response to Trump’s strikes, European leaders have created an alternate reality to escape their hypocrisy. My piece @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/03/e...

If we want to have a union where we stand united, then we HAVE to defend Spain in cases like this. It doesn't matter if we agree with Spain's actions or not. Especially in an area where the Union has (or is supposed to have) real power.

BREAKING: Hegseth re-renames Department of War to ‘Department of Major Combat Operations’

Merz's silence as Trump asserts that Germany "helped us out" with the attack on Iran speaks volumes.

The chancellor's claims to not be involved were disingenuous. For weeks 🇺🇸has been using their bases in🇩🇪 to prepare.

They can't launch this kind of attack without their 🇩🇪bases

The US doesn't have an unlimited supply. I'm sure China is more than happy with this conflict

...back to Russia
📈Energy price spike will boost Moscow's coffers just as they were about to go broke
🇪🇺Europeans have been forced into a position of defending the attacks on Venezuela and Iran, destroying their credibility to criticise Russia's invasion of 🇺🇦
🇮🇱Israel reportedly gave 🇷🇺 a heads up

Can friendly neighboring countries please join?

Polish sources have the final sentence as "As our own autonomous capabilities grow, we will also strive to prepare Poland in the future for the most autonomous actions *possible* in this matter."

In any case, this is proper nuclear hedging talk.

www.polskieradio.pl/399/7975/Art...

I am still struggling to believe that some EU leaders are endorsing this…

The real US national security strategy lies in the revealed preferences.

Spanish FM calls Israel's allegation of standing with Iran 'absurd' Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel Albares dismissed as "absurd and ridiculous" his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar's remarks about Spain's position on the ongoing conflict in the Middle Ea...

Spain is the only EU country that has condemned the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran as a violation of international law.

Other European countries can see the response they will get if they too decide to speak out: 'You're either with us or you're with Iran'.