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Right…who said anything about shooting them? We had the Russians harrassing NATO vessels in the Baltic Sea for decades. I’m sure we can come up with our own creative ways of pestering the Russians, short of just shooting them.

Well, because it sets a precedent. The Russians have once again escalated and will now continue doing this untill they risk either political humilation or the loss of assets. Right now, they risk neither.

We, on the other hand, are put at risk by not responding. The Danes will now risk their crews and helicopters by flying them near Russia vessels and the only way to eleviate that risk is either by deterring the Russians or just not flying at all and letting them do what they want.

By choosing neither, we are actually increasing the risk that things will escalate further as, sooner or later, the Russians will simply screw up and accidentally down a helicopter.

Hardly. Pezeshkian’s head has been on the chopping block since the start of the war.

Preaching for settlement and appeasement won’t win you any favors in the long run, once your side starts ‘winning’ the war.

He gambled and he lost. Pezeshkian has effectively already been sidelined for months now.

Going forward, the role of the president will start to become more important and the regime will want a more hardline president to represent the country in its relations with the outside world.

So yeah, its known that the US has at least some capabilities in space to counter anti-satellite operations, but coming out publically and claiming you’ve built some ‘secret’ space weapon, is an open invitation for all major powers to break treaty obligations and start weaponizing space.

Next time, I don’t know, maybe: shut the fuck up, Donnie?

Next time, instead of summoning the ambassador, maybe respond with a show of force?

Not too sure about this site… their articles seem a bit ‘off’…

Yeah, nah

This is totally not fascism. Not fascist at all. /s

The mere announcement was enough to tank the price of US treasuries: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/trump-payout-pledge-adds-to-bond-market-jitters-as-auction-looms

Seems other countries aren’t to keen to help finance Trump’s tension fart of an idea…

He won’t ever be able to actually deliver, but it’ll probably still work.

Voters in the US are exeptionally gullible when it comes to Trump’s campaign promises. The Republican base will probably also put money before principles: many people are struggling financially, and both the left and the right are generally apolitical and unorganized.

Trump will keep kicking the can down the road and clinging to power, all while he works on ways to either rig the next president elections or outright cancel it.

Yeah, its a little too easy to frame every single tourist by their nationality, but there is truth in these comments. It’s not so much about tourism either, its about the general mentality of certain groups of people towards other peoples and cultures.

And its not like it is at all suprising that people visiting from countries that actively promote ethnic nationalism (Russia, China, Israel) generally tend to act rude and condescending towards ‘lesser’ peoples and cultures.

I am Dutch, and unfortunately yes…Dutch tourists are very stingy.

Its said he used to be quite charming and manipulative, so its not really stupidity. I think he may have a personality disorder. His choices often aren’t contemplated, but rash and emotional.

There’s also a pattern to his actions. Absolutely none of his decisions seem to be governed by empathy, morality, ideology, strategic national interests or even long term personal interests. Instead, nearly all his actions seem impulsive and emotional, aimed at satisfying his short term personal need for gratification, admiration or payback.

His frequent tantrums, his impulsive decision making, his inability to maintain composure, his inability to maintain professional relationships, together they all point to some sort of mental illness.

nottheonion?

Experts warned in advance that a US-Iran war would actually radicalize the regime, break the protest movement and allow the regime to re-establish greater control over Iranian society.

And offcourse to everyone’s complete and astonishing surprise, the experts turned out to be right.

Its not just Trump either. Western media were reprehensibly ignorant of Iranian politics. Most popular media outlets ended up giving a centre stage to monarchist demagogues. You couldn’t even turn on the tv without seeing interviews with ‘Iranians’ calling on the US to bomb Iran, calling Netanyahu a great patron and calling the Europeans cowards for not stepping in.

The thing is, none of these people actually presented the popular opinions of Iranians, despite claiming they did. Most of them had never even set foot in Iran. And those that had included those who’s families held positions in the regime of the Shah and thus fled the country over 40 years ago.

It’s like asking former Ba’athists what they think should be done in Iraq and them answering: the US should bomb the country and appoint the Husseins to help lead the ‘transition to democracy’.

What a joke…

According to the DNB this move has nothing to do with the political climate in the US i.e. Donald Trump.

But I think most Dutchies share in my relive that the bulk of our national gold reserves are now stored in places that are actually safe from foreign interference.

Case closed, Panthera for the win.

Seriously though, Putin can’t back his ass out of the dumpster fire that he himself lit and both Europe and the US have been trying desperately to find a clean and easy way out of this mess literally for years, including throwing him the political lifelines that could’ve gotten him out before it got worse.

The fact that what you’re proposing hasn’t ever been seriously proposed by anyone in the US or EU, is probably because its the absolute dumbest bat%#* insane brain fart of an idea that anyone’s come up with so far…

Just to get this straight: you believe that we should allow Russia to just walk away without so much as a taunt, sticking the EU with the bill of rebuilding a giant gaping hole of a country in the heart of Europe, with the threat that if Russia ever tries anything, we’ll station a non-existent European army, even though we’ve disbanded the organization that’s supposed to command, supply and organize this army, after also excluding its key supplier of weapons, troops and logistics, while hoping he doesn’t nuke us now that we’ve voluntarily broken our nuclear triad, and to just assume till then that the same man who wiped his ass with most of the international treaties that Russia ever signed will actually keep his word and not take advantage of our self-imposed weakness?

Damn, bro… you’re like the spouse lying in the hospital bed with a concussion, swollen face, and broken jaw murmuring: ‘he’s changed, it’s not his fault, I deserved it…’