Kastero

Kastero

@kastero.bsky.social

Always prepared to influence the world - by arguments.

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"France can no longer afford financial aid to Ukraine." - meaning that France also doesn´t have energy and ressources to keep its own democracy going. Leaving the Russian cancer untreated in Ukraine, means that all of Europe is in dire danger of being infected.

The people were not receptive, but if even Orban and his party has not learned from a prime election denier as Vance, how to disrespect the democratic process by calling the election for rigged, his whole mission seems to have been a failure. Seen in retrospect Orban had done better without help.

American humiliation of dead foreign troops and their families, who fought alongside American forces in Afghanistan after the US was attacked in 2001, is really emphazicing the path the US is on these years.

Trump´s degrading of US allies in Davos, was as low as it gets, when means to acquire Greenland is on the table. And a sign to Nato allies, that lack of gratitude will be the answer to helping the US anywhere. The dead soldiers didn´t stay somewhere in the back. They were actually fronliners. 🙂

The EU should incorporate some kind of automatism, if basic democratic principles are being broken in memberstates. It´ll logically be a plausible scenario in many cases as the EU consists of still more countries, within which political forces might ignore the fundamentals.

The very foundation for EU should be coorporation and democracy, and if memberstates turn their backs on that, exclusion should be immediate - after a warning and a court verdict. bsky.app/profile/cent...

Centre for European Reform@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social

After 15 years, Viktor Orbán faces his strongest challenger yet. But can the opposition win in Hungary’s heavily biased electoral system? And if they do, can they restore democracy? 🇭🇺 🇪🇺 New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zecsaky.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/MtJXrKQ

People might care, but politicians are numb. There is room for many European countries to show, the outcome of the Ukraine war matters. Denmark has so far, size disregarded, given almost the same as Italy, Spain and France - combined.

At the same time those countries have basically financed the Russian warmachine through purchases of fossile fuels. Europe almost deserves a slapping by the de-nazifiers after the Ukraine war. And the incitement for this has definately been given.

Sport doesn´t necessarily unite people. Sport competitions, where some of the contestants have possibly killed some of their opponents, and destroyed others´ training facilities, has less than no value. Judo is one example. news.liga.net/en/sport/new...

news.liga.netJudokas from Russia are allowed to participate in world competitions under the flag of their countryNeutral status revoked for judokas from Russia and Belarus, Moscow calls the decision "historic"

Military means against suspected targets in international waters doesn´t align with the behaviour of normal functioning countries. That is as close to terrorism, we´ll ever get, as it might be whoever on board those vessels, who are being killed without a judicial foundation.

Nato and democratic nations in general need to redefine, what attacks looks like. The hybrid escalation from Russia or other terrorist groups can progress as far as forever, and have devastating consequenses, if it, as seen now, generates no response. Defensive means are not enough.

So adapting to a new reality is required, or countries may be run down, without a shot fired. Democracies should no longer sit and wait for the threats to go away. Means and strategy of retaliation should be developed now.

If the purpose of life can basically be to destroy, what other people have, and to possibly kill them, the Russians are probably the most successfull ethnic group of our era.

No other peoples live as deeply rooted in medieval aims of conquering territory and showing dominance. Democracy seems still too shaky as a ruling principle to confront the primeval behaviour, although the means are at hand.

But if the de-nazifiers don´t force it, and stay open to an ever growing range of peace proposals taking a huge variety of directions, they are likely to be allowed to continue their path. Sadly enough. bsky.app/profile/unit...

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

😠 In Kyiv, Russian fire destroyed the home of a Christian pastor. He saved his children from the rubble—his family, once displaced from Melitopol, has now lost their home a second time.

No wonder it´s difficult for Ukraine to defend the whole of Europe from a tyrant takeover. Russian support from China and from a number of Western companies, in countries dedicated to take the threat seriously by continuous oil and gas purchaces, make the fight tricky. b4ukraine.org/whats-new/ru...

b4ukraine.org2/3 of foreign components in Russian drones are made in the US, China is the main supplier69% of the foreign components retrieved from the drones used by Russia in Ukraine originate from US companies

Farming should never be based on subsidies. The EU should focus its legislation on production methods, quality, ecological impact and animal welfare. Under this legislation consumers should pay the price for the products, and competition should define the lowest possible level.

Imports should meet the same requirements, meaning the EU should request running controls of farmers in countries, that are approved as suppliers to the EU-marked. bsky.app/profile/poli...

World leaders should instead of speculations in new sanctions, assist Ukraine with technological knowhow in development of missiles powerfull enough to make an impact on the de-nazifiers. A closure of the Kerch bridge or a permanent destruction of oil refineries would make a real difference.

Ordinary Americans may be satisfied, if only the finances of the rich elite isn´t wrecked. And this elite has gathered around the Trumps, as never seen before - around other presidents.

But if consumers abroad are too disgusted by the corrupted business world, to keep buying US-made products, people may not even get that satisfaction. The Trumps could then be met with harsher anti-sentiment.

Russia is an unsustainably run country, which probably will lead insiders to call for a regime change, as the flaws get apparent. People will face lack of maintenance, poor healthcare and educational degradation, that must somehow diminish the inherited inbuild desire for territory.

#Ukraine must try to make the democracies understand, that the de-nazifiers are on the edge. 32% of the 2025 state-budget is allocated to territorial pursuit, the ruble is plunging and inflation is possibly out of control. On top of that the Russian international influence has hit a low in #Syria.

All in all it´s not sustainable, so instead of backing off now and tiring from war, a final efford to enhance the missery should be done by the supporters of a changed Russia. Change is likely to come from within. And the prize will never be cheaper for the outsiders.

It might in Russia be told as an immense success, the safeguarding of the Syrian dictator #Assad. But the Syrians, well aware of him draining the states values, out of the country, could turn it into a long time issue for the de-nazifiers, that they chose to protect crime in favor of justice.

The annexation of Crimea, the invation of #Ukraine, the thousands of abducted children, the deliberate targeting of civilians, the blown dam and 10 mio displaced people. The West is still humbled to restrict its use of weapons, and reluctant to provide aid at all. The democracies has got to grow up.

The strategy of letting de-nazifiers go free of consequenses of the war, seems a failure. They are preparing for a permanent war outside of Russia, under threats of nuclear use. Such a long term perspective is not in the interrest of the democracies. The civilian lives should be affected.

A #Palestinian state without partition should be worked for, simultaneously with defeating the #Hamas terrorists. The physical state of Gaza now, should be an incitement to review its position. The Gaza population should be moved to the West bank, and the settlers should be

ordered home - and somewhat be compensated - potentially offered land on a cleared Gaza strib. Jerusalem must be neogotiated about as shared area. That would mean a new start, with a sovereign Palestinian state, and possible future peaceful perspectives for both parties.

Minors can never be expected to return, as they might have been deprived of their own identity and recollections. But an archive should be opened for families in #UKR with lost children, to register their DNA profile. So UKR children in Russia with doubts at some point, could match their profiles.

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