I am Danish, I am Scandinavian, I am European, I am a citizen of the world, I am all of those things all of the time at the same time.
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@tsuroerusu
To all Ukrainians. 🇺🇦
In this hour of unparalleled grief from today's horrible and utterly outrageous events, I am reminded of the somber fact that no words describe a mother's tears and that no words can heal a broken heart. 💔 It is therefore with a certain sense of personal
@MrKovalenko
Reminds me of that time when the Mossad managed to get an Iraqi pilot to fly one of the latest MiGs at the time to Israel, who then gave it to the United States for analysis.
"In absolute numbers, more inhabitants of Soviet Ukraine die in the Second World War than inhabitants of Soviet Russia."
...
"If one is going to be serious about German responsibility for the East, the word 'Ukraine' must be in the first sentence."
-
@TimothyDSnyder
A lot of reluctance from Germany about sending more advanced weapons to Ukraine originates from their collective guilt felt towards Russia as the victim of WWII, while the suffering of Ukraine and UA people's contribution to defeating nazis has been widely overlooked in Germany👇
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
1/3 I am actually glad you ask because we are! My country, Denmark has allocated 1% of our entire GDP towards aid for Ukraine. We have sent over 100 tanks (the US sent 38), we sent ALL of our artillery systems and will be donating about half of our fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
It boggles the mind that in the West today, we have active advocates of slavery in the form of absolutely filthy individuals like
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
and so on, let alone useful idiots calling for "peace negotiations" like
@AnaKasparian
.
⚡⚡⚡ Ukrainian soldier finds evidence of war crimes on camera stolen by Russian invaders.
The camera contains photos of a family from a Ukrainian village that was occupied by Russians for a month, as well as photos of Russian soldiers themselves and evidence of their war
US talkshow host,
@AnaKasparian
of
@TYT
doing her best to confirm the crass stereotype of "the ignorant American" given that Denmark is contributing 1% of GDP towards aiding Ukraine which, in proportion to population, amounts to the US contributing ~$270 billion
#StandWithUkraine
@Tsuroerusu
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
Great. You and YOUR country should pay for it. U.S taxpayers already shelled out $100 BILLION for this war and is planning on another $60B. What has your country contributed to this shit? How’s that nice robust social safety net treating you? Our people deserve the same.
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
2/3 In proportion to population, this amounts to the US contributing ~$270 billion. I can also add that Danish aid to Ukraine has been authorized by unanimous decisions of our parliament (elected by PR) which includes the left-wing among which all MPs voted in favour.
@BohuslavskaKate
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
It is rather odd that someone (Ana) who claims to want to keep people informed lashes out in such an infantile manner as opposed to doing a five second Google search to not make herself look like an ignorant buffoon:
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
1/3 I am actually glad you ask because we are! My country, Denmark has allocated 1% of our entire GDP towards aid for Ukraine. We have sent over 100 tanks (the US sent 38), we sent ALL of our artillery systems and will be donating about half of our fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
3/3 As to your question about the Danish social safety net. Honestly, it has seen better days by our standards, but it would silly to claim that we are not well off. I agree that Americans deserve proper healthcare, and I also believe Ukrainians deserve to live as a free people.
@ElphinstoneJack
Then just wait until they hear about what the former president of Iceland said to Nicola Sturgeon during a face-to-face conversation, I think they will have an epic meltdown. 😁
Hey!! As a Scandinavian, I am really offended by your logic. You are implying that Nordic families with roots in several of our countries are "apart" and not "together". Also: Your logic necessarily implies that your family is held together by state structures and not by love.
@punkpuffin
Meanwhile in German news:
"The nationalists from the SNP, in contrast to chauvinistic nationalists, are internationalist, peace-loving and solidaristic, socially oriented, liberal and ecologically conscious"
As a Dane with a sense of humour, I am rather offended at the notion that
#Scotland
, with a basic rate of 20%, supposedly is the highest taxed country in Europe. I proudly pay my country's basic rate of 38%.
#BorisIsALiar
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
English is not my native language, so I might be wrong here, but as far as I know "stepping up" is a term you use in regard to an action. Like "step up military aid for Ukraine" or "step up and send ATACMS to Ukraine", so I am not sure in what sense I "stepped up to Americans".😉
As
@MarkHertling
said when the delivery of Bradleys to Ukraine was first announced: "The Brad (or IFV/CFV) is NOT a tank, but it can be a tank killer...and a troop carrier."
Well, here we are! 👌🏾
⚡️In this photo, the M2 "Bradley" that destroyed two 🇷🇺Russian tanks in one battle!
Soldiers of the 🇺🇦47th separate mechanized brigade with the callsigns Prymara, Kach and Bublik on their "Bradley" worked in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
The military already knows that Western
In a comparatively lighter moment, the Danish army was asked to assist ambulances because of the heavy snowfall and themselves ended up in the ditch. The Swedes are sure as hell gonna laugh at us for this one! 😂
This week, you will see tons of Russian bullshit and historical falsifications about World War II to justify their genocidal war against Ukraine along with demonization and dehumanization of Ukrainians. I therefore refer you to Professor
@TimothyDSnyder
.
1/3
#StandWithUkraine
@elwasson
@OzKaterji
@SpeakerJohnson
Honestly, if Joe Biden had more of a spine, he could simply invoke Article 2, Section 3 of the constitution to recall Congress and tell them they ain't going home until aid to Ukraine was passed.
"It doesn't matter who you are, even if you are the King himself, which was why James VI was so glad to leave Scotland, you are called before the courts and accountable to them and you have to obey the rules, that's the traditional Scottish approach"
#AidanONeill
#indyref2
Scotland has been the neighbour of my country, Denmark, for more than a 1000 years, and if one's neighbour wants to build their own home, a good neighbour will go and ask why, when, how and whether they need any help.
@wartranslated
@MatsExtrude
As a Scandinavian, seeing a Ukrainian swinging an axe at the Russians as a way to stand-up for his own dignity makes me proud. There is no doubt as to who Ukrainians truly are. 🇩🇰🫂🇺🇦 I hope that he will be safe. ❤️
As a Norwegian I'm fully for Norway sending all of our 57 retired F-16 jets to Ukraine.
The jets are in perfect condition and are ready to be used. They do nobody any good by just sitting in hangars in Norway.
@visegrad24
Let us be clear: A party-goer got Finland into NATO and a comedian who once did a routine while dancing in high heels asked for ammunition, not a ride, when the barbarians were at the gates. We need to make sure the Russians are reminded of this every day for the next 100 years.
@ATexanIsAFriend
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
Honestly, as a Dane, I was amused by her ignorance and the infantile manner in which Ana bathed in her ignorance, but I was also proud of the facts I was able to inform her of:
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
1/3 I am actually glad you ask because we are! My country, Denmark has allocated 1% of our entire GDP towards aid for Ukraine. We have sent over 100 tanks (the US sent 38), we sent ALL of our artillery systems and will be donating about half of our fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
Thought experiment: Imagine if back in 2014, during the European Parliament election, Jean-Claude Juncker had said: "If I become Commission president, I won't allow a referendum for the UK to leave the EU. The UK should focus on fighting poverty and not grandstanding."
#indyref2
If I become PM, I won’t allow a second Scottish independence referendum. People stated views clearly in 2014, so there should be no second vote. Nicola Sturgeon should spend more time improving public services in Scotland, and less time grandstanding
@InspectorBaboon
@sumlenny
That is an apt analogy because, at this rate, in another week the Russian casualty figures might have surpassed the Soviet Union's 14.453 KIA over the 10 years they were in Afghanistan.
@saintjavelin
@ZelenskyyUa
It says a lot about
@ZelenskyyUa
that always shook the hand of the children and looked them in the eyes, i.e. they mattered to him and were not just an afterthought. ❤️💔
@GodOfWarlords
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
You may want to consider some English language classes for your Christmas wishlist because I only mentioned Denmark's contributions when Ana asked me. I was talking about how "peace negotiations" means enslavement of Ukrainians.
It boggles the mind that in the West today, we have active advocates of slavery in the form of absolutely filthy individuals like
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
and so on, let alone useful idiots calling for "peace negotiations" like
@AnaKasparian
.
@SlavaMalamud
@VoldemortessaLJ
I think
@Kasparov63
hit the nail on the head at the Vilnius summit: "People who want to leave from Putin’s ‘North Korea’ to our virtual ‘South Korea’ have to say three things in 5 seconds without stuttering: The war is criminal, the regime is illegitimate, Crimea is Ukraine."
@BenBurgis
@AnaKasparian
@medeabenjamin
@CornelWest
To use a Scottish expression of sarcasm, "Aye, right". Putting Ukrainians in concentration camps is nothing at all like slavery, nuh uh, not at all. You absolute sock-puppet!
I just found this on Pinterest, I thought it was a really fascinating picture with this description: "An Indian woman, a Japanese woman, and a Syrian woman, all training to be doctors at Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia - October 10, 1885"
@olgatokariuk
We need a plushie in the shape of Ukraine itself. Whenever I see Ukraine on a map, I always think of some cute and friendly animal saying hello to Europe. In that sense, maybe we can think of Ukraine as a cat poking the window of the EU asking to be let in. 🇺🇦🇪🇺💞
Flower of Scotland being sung in Japan as a welcoming tribute. I think
#Scotland
ought to take this as a question from the world because when, indeed, will we see Scotland independent again? Europe, in particular, wants to know.
#indyref2
#DissolveTheUnion
My good friend, Josh, resigns his membership of the Liberal Democrats in protest against the party's absurd stance towards
#Scotland
and
#indyref2
(
#indyref2020
).
Earlier this year, I joined
@LibDems
because I believed them to be a party that allowed Britain to decide its own future. However, I can no longer support a party that will deny our citizens in Scotland that right.
#IndyRef2
is not for me to answer, but it deserves to be asked.
@Mariia_Zolkina
I have been semi-joking that the Russians are behaving like Mongols in Ukraine. Russia, laughably, claims Kyivan Rus as its origin yet, as we all know, the Grand Duchy of Moscow started as a vassal of the Mongol Empire and it shows, but what you say literally makes it true!
@sumlenny
@OPokalchuk
@amnesty
Considering how quick the Russian propagandists were to jump on this, let alone how clearly it fit into their narrative, I think this has the letters "FSB" written all over it.
If we see Boris Johnson imprisoned by a Scottish judge, I swear I will be finding the first place to buy a bottle of Scotch whiskey, and I don't even drink!
@NicolaSturgeon
Hey Nicola, if this humble Dane may make a suggestion:
When Scotland is independent, how about asking Kim Darroch if he wants to serve as Scottish ambassador to the United States?
#indyref2
#YesScot
#DissolveTheUnion
@wartranslated
The best part of this is that the Bradley is army surplus (stuff the US needs to get rid of) because the US army has a successor for the Bradley. Some will be upgraded, but ones that cannot be are army surplus and giving them to Ukraine SAVES money from not having to scrap them!
@TheStanislawski
@tweet4anna
1/2 That notion is also a very anti-European idea. Ukraine is a European nation. Ukrainian and English are European languages. Ukrainians (Europeans) voluntarily and, perhaps out of sheer personal desire, learning another European language is just common sense.
Keir Starmer: "We are trying to have a different debate with a different tone in a grown-up way ..."
Did Keir Starmer just try to insinuate that
@joannaccherry
was not conducting herself in "a grown-up way" ? That is millimeters away from a colonialist attitudes!
#indyref2
@michaeldweiss
@vanillatary
Full EU membership is obviously not possible in a week, but EU candidate status could be granted in a day which would have concrete benefits such as the European Investment Bank funding infrastructure projects and things that pull Ukraine further into the EU's orbit.
@alexstubb
@NATO
@kajakallas
@krisjaniskarins
@GitanasNauseda
A fun observation: If both Finland and Sweden join NATO, it will be the first time since the end of the Kalmar Union in 1523 that all of the Nordic countries will be in the same formal military alliance. ✌️🏾🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇮🇸🇫🇴
@NOELreports
1/2 It is specifically people from the Basij militia who are being attacked. The Basij are the regime's volunteer brownshirt thugs. The Islamic regime in Iran are the types of people who execute prisoners, not by hanging like we used to in the West where the neck breaks, ...
I can only imagine what
@MarkHertling
's reaction to this would be, but even I can tell this is no way to run an army at all and only guarantees resentment.
A video emerged that appears to be showing "L/DPR" commander beating soldiers who evacuated two wounded as a group of 10 people, instead of taking a position as they were meant to. (shared by
@DefMon3
)
@Acyn
My country, Denmark lost 44 soldiers in Afghanistan when the US, rightly, invoked Article 5 after 9/11. In proportion to population, Denmark's losses are marginally higher than those of the US, yet
@TulsiGabbard
claims that we do nothing thereby spitting on our fallen soldiers.
@IkaFerrerGotic
@EU_Remain_2017
Dane here. Losing to a strong Scottish team is a hell of a lot better than losing to an English diving class, so well done by your team! I hope to see them at the World Cup next year. 🇩🇰🏴
Danish comedian, Michael Schøt:
"England is like 'THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!" and Scotland is like 'Yay we want one of those too!', and England goes 'Noooo, stop that!!!' ".
#Scotland
#indyref2
#indyref2020
#DissolveTheUnion
To my Scottish comrades:
In light of certain Twitter "irritations" in recent hours, I'd like to remind you of these important lines from Burns:
"Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord,
Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that;
...
The man o' independent mind
He looks an' laughs at a' that."
@IzziDaly
@ScotNational
@Feorlean
Hi, Danish guy here who has supported the Scottish independence movement in spirit since 2009. The problem is that so long as Scotland does not have a legal persona in international law, the EU is powerless to do anything. The second Scotland is independent, the EU will step in.
🇺🇦 journalist: "Thank you so much, again, for ... stepping into this fight for us."
🇩🇰 Air Force Chief: "Of course!! We are in this together. We have a lot of sympathy with the Ukrainian people, and we want to do whatever we can to help, so of course!"
✊🏾🇩🇰🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
@DSA_Intl_Comm
@vansterpartiet
Question for American leftists: Why is it that you never bother to do some research? If you did, you would know that Finland's position since 1945 was not neutrality, but being gagged at the point of a gun. Here's some history from a Finnish leftist:
Greetings again from a Finnish leftist, especially to everyone identifying as progressive or leftist but living far away from Russia at the moment! I'll try to explain a bit how it feels like to live in a country neighboring Russia, and why we seem to disagree about e.g. NATO.1/
@KyivIndependent
I guess it would then be perfectly reasonable for Portugal to take a part or two of Brazil, because why not, Russia can do it according to Lula. 🤦🏾♂️
@jurgen_nauditt
As a Dane, I can add that those remarks by my prime minister are consistent with what she said to the Danish public in her New Year's speech (The video has subtitles):
A message to Ukraine from the Queen of Denmark:
"My first New Year's greeting this evening goes to Ukrainians in Denmark and to the Ukrainian people. May this horrible war end, and may your proud and beautiful country bloom again."
✊🏾🇩🇰❤️🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
@ZelenskyyUa
@SnappyDresserJ1
@AnaKasparian
To be fair, the US has a qualitative edge that makes US aid hard to replace. For example, Rheinmetall does not produce GMLRS missiles for HIMARS, so HIMARS ammunition can only be provided by the US, but it is also true to say that, for example, Europe has provided 100s of tanks.
@DarthPutinKGB
If we imagine the world as the human body, then Russia is rather like the large intestine, also known as the colon, which is the part of the body that turns things into shit, and that is what the Russians do to anything they touch, that is why it is called "colonization".
@HaulausToilling
@akoz33
Well, that is the Russian military in a nutshell! When it fails militarily, it goes back to shooting at civilians like they have been doing in Syria for years. It is all these barbarians know how to do.
@vanillatary
1/3 There's actually a degree of truth and logic in this meme. The Nordic countries are really modern day tribes, a little bit akin to a Western equivalent of the Navajo Nation etc., and so the "tribal" (national) identity overrides everything else in the collective consciousness
@WarMonitor3
In other words: A garbage bag for some of the bravest warriors of the century so far, Putin has clearly been reading Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" 🤣
@ArminNavabi
I see that you got to Kali, Armin! 😂
If you are interested, check out the mythology behind her: "Her three eyes represent omniscience, her voluptuous breasts both sexual lust and nurturance. Her nakedness simultaneously represents carnality and purity."