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Wolf @ametria.org · 29/09/2026

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I thought of Slow Horses but you're spot on.

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Yes, 'simple life' translates into an opt-out of solidarity, society and emphathy, which only halfway healthy young men ever can do, and end up bewildered and angry once they need societies support again in later life.

Wolf @ametria.org · 29/09/2026

Descent 2 with a soundtrack by NIN.

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Wolf @ametria.org · 28/09/2026

When Soith Korea was attacked in 1950, the world came to help. When Ukraine was attacked in 2014 and 2022, Korea shrugged.

Wolf @ametria.org · 28/09/2026

Now go back ten years and imagine this is James Comey.

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Wolf @ametria.org · 28/09/2026

When South Korea was atta ked in 1950, the world.came to its defence. When Ukraine was attacked in 2014 and 2022, South Korea shrugged.

Wolf @ametria.org · 27/09/2026

John has pointed it out as requuired reading a couple of time, yes :)

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Wolf @ametria.org · 27/09/2026

Homemade Beef Bulgogi tonight

An Entrecote beef party cut into really thin slices

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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ich finde ja wir sollten einen MilSky Stammtisch machen einmal im Monat oder so.

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Having just started teaching new undergraduates at uni, I think we're missing a key issue in the debate about AI: these kids do not know how *not* to use AI, full stop. We assume they are 'digital natives' but they are not and a Google Scholar search is as alien to them as an archival card-index.

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(Quoted from Norman Friedman, U.S. Battleships. An illustrated Design History, Annapolis 1985, p. 30)

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TIL about "the greatest crime ever perpatrated against the white race", according to William S. Sims. Behold BB-6, the USS Kentucky, launched in 1900.

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I bet she hasn't.

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Grimmige Wissenschaft. Aber immerhin: Die USA thematisieren das schon jetzt. Ich wäre auf den Stand der Bundeswehr KHs neugierig - auch hier gibt es doch sicher bereits Erfahrungen?

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There seem to be an awful lot of media absolving yoi from responsibility for whatever you did, or what you failed at, or what you aren't these days. All replaicing guilt by shame, shame by nothing.

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Nations are social narrative constructs, not immutable facts.

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Wolf @ametria.org · 23/09/2026

'Nicht "man" sagen wenn Du "ich" meinst' war eine Elternweisheit dazu.

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Man muss die Sorgen der Bürger Ernst nehmen. Wir haben es versäumt, unsere Positionen klar zu kommunizieren.

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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For the first time in the history of the German Navy a female CO will take command of a frigate. Frigate captain/FKpt/Commander Ute Niklas is now CO of F125 frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225), taking over from previous CO Benedikt Eichhorn. Images German Navy/Wikipedia.

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Wolf @ametria.org · 23/09/2026

Doesn't it get tiresome adding 'lol' to every reply? Is that the way you spent your time, mocking ppl you disagree by making things up?

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...party affiilation is much less important. They might know Barrack was a democrat, still he expanded the drone attacks in Afghanistan and the middle east.

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I may have made myself not clear enough maybe: Knowing is not caring. My point was that US foreign politics were up to 2024 pretty consistent. Yes, the conservatives started Iraq and Afghanistan, but democratic administrations have their share of wars and interventions, and for the victims....

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The chart on the US' president popularity abroad was posted thrice in this thread, and in the absence of new arguments I guess we'll agree to disagree.

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Agreed, Trump is pushing that to the limit or, lets say, his second regime is such a disaster you might be right. Also, the original picture seems to have been deleted by now.

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I do not disagree at all, but still would argue that for many the difference matters very little. And please don't post that Trump popularity chart, too :)

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Assuming that I am American is the real ignorance here.

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I'm not from the US and need to wash my hands off a lot of other things, sorry. And I am not saying they don't KNOW, I am saying precicely b/c of the scale of the suffering the party affiliation won't matter (much). I am aware of differences in foreign policy of dem/rep presidents.

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Y'all posting the same graph on how Tump is internationally disliked. Bush was disliked, Barack popular despite intensifiying the drone strike campaign. That doesn't realy matter that much. I concede Trump is extreme, bit the picture could havw been posted 30 years ago and had the same response.

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Having the experience for the very first time that people comment in droves under on of my posts is exiting and sobering at the same time. Most seem not to get the point I was trying to make, which makes me question my English skills. Is that how it feels for people with a following every day?

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I do not quite follow I'm afraid. Most peoples have a rather long memory when it comes to being invaded. Ask any Europen, or maybe a native Indian, if thats closer.

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It is too late for me to calculate that in my head now :) But yes, my argument was that the US had a relatively stable foreign policy since 1944. So?

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You remember it was Americans. Presidents come and go.

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... similar to a fashion company hoisting the rainbow during pride month while continuing to exploit and sexualize people. I thought it interesting how differently reacted to the 'meme'.

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I agree that Trump is pushing it to the limit, however, internationally there were quite a lot of people pointing out those 'imperfections' (Vietnam, Grenada, Panama... long list), and internationally this has often been viewed as propaganda - hence the second bomber...

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I am aware of these differences. Until Trump, however, the differences between presidents from an international POV are much smaller (Obama ordered far more drone strikes than Bush for example). And that international relations have longer traditions than the elwction cycle can be a good thing.

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This is not a popularity contest, I am well aware how Trump is destroying the system the US built after WW2. My argument was about the difference in domestic vs international perception.

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Obama also tripled the number of drone attacks, I am sure lots of people remember those. Kennedy sent more SF, arms and advisors to Vietnam. This is not a presidential beauty contest. I agree that Trump is horrible and Harris or even Sanders would do a better job. My post was about perception.

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Its had not to answer with more snark, and late over here, so please forgive any more typos. My point is that US foreign policy did not fundamentally change from 1944 to 2016, and the party affiliation of the president matters a lot less internationally (which isnt really a surprise).

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...and this national strategy shapes international perception of the US, not the party affiliation of the administration. Yes, Bush and Clintons foreign policy differed, but gradually, not fundamentally.

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I was pointing out how the same picture elicits completely different responses from international readers vs US viewers, and funny enough have been hit with a wall of replies by ppl from the US being somehow angry that stating that US national strategy stays relatively stable (until 2026)

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I am happy to give Biden credit, my point still is that for the affected people his party affiliation did not matter.

I do not dispute that, but do you really think that after 20 years or or so of death raining from the sky people will think "oh yeah, thanks for the three year break, kind democrat"? And selling Afghanistan as a political success ... difficult I'd say.

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I am not talking about approval ratings of your presidents abroad, or how people like the US. Both matters much less for political desicions than you presume with that graph.

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Where do I say that?

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