@waidler@bayerwald.social2026-07-14 11:42:24
Aiwanger deutet das Münchner IS-Urteil zu „Grooming Gangs" und „migrantischen Tätergruppen" um, die der Staat angeblich deckt.
Nur: Es war ein Völkermord-Urteil (§ 6 VStGB). IS-Verbrechen an Jesidinnen, per Weltrechtsprinzip verfolgt – das Gegenteil von Vertuschung. Und „Völkermord" steht sogar in dem BR-Artikel, den er selbst verlinkt.
Er hat seine eigene Quelle nicht gelesen – oder ignoriert, weil Genozid nicht ins Framing passt.
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-09-20 04:53:16
And the answer will be "fine" as long as "the military" is thought of as a block that is treated as an enemy of the left. In the Russian case, leftists intentionally joined the military to radicalize units. In the German case, conscription meant that leftists ended up in the military radicalizing people.
The US is different, intentionally. Vietnam changed a lot. While some people resisted the draft, others rolled hand grenades into their officers' tents. Fragging commanders was a huge problem. After the end of the war, the US military adapted by ending the draft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging
The US military works hard to brain wash recruits, yes. There are *a lot* of controls in place to minimize the probability of the type of revolt that has been part of other revolutions. One of those is "merit based" promotion. But, as we know from the Vietnam War, evrn that breaks down.
And it's easy to forget, or ignore, but the military *does* sometimes radicalize people or people radicalize themselves in response to their experiences in service. Smedley Butler is perhaps one of the more interesting examples, but there have been plenty. Aaron Bushnell should be at the top of your mind, as should Chelsea Manning (and perhaps others like Reality Winner).
Lots of people join the military for reasons other than patriotism, and some of those who join because of patriotism see what the US really is as part of their service. Support our vet comrades. Support those doing the work of trying to radicalize service members. Keep an open mind when talking to folks in the military today. Welcome comrades who are still in the military and have come to realize what's happened. And, most importantly, listen to those who have served to understand other things you can do to support service members who are in the process of rejecting their indoctrination.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-08 20:40:44
Oil and gas prices jumped,
stock markets slid
and government bond yields rose after the US and Iran traded fresh strikes
and Donald Trump said the shaky ceasefire was “over”.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, climbed 5% to $77.86 a barrel.
In stock markets, the UK’s FTSE 100 fell 1%, or 110 points, to 10,556 while Germany’s Dax tumbled 1.6% and Spain’s Ibex lost 2%.
Speaking at a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump also said he was cutting off trade with Spain ov…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-07-09 10:25:02
" the nodding dogs of #USImperialism assembled in Ankara continue to blame the victim for the war."
".. note the backtracking on #Cuba, as countries which have always condemned the blockade —Germany, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands — abstained at the UN this week to suck up to Trump.…
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de2026-07-23 20:51:32
Beihilfe zum Angriffskrieg https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10492
@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de2026-08-31 22:24:38
Kaum spricht ein Jude über #Antisemitismus, dreht die #Linksjugend ihm flugs das Mikrofon ab.
@thomasrenkert@hcommons.social2026-09-04 15:50:25
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-06 23:52:17
What is a sanguine new congressional candidate to do
when the district they thought they were running in gets torn apart by a governor’s efforts to gerrymander his state at the president’s behest?
For Pia Dandiya, a first-time candidate for the Democratic party in Florida,
the answer was simple:
pick up some maps, hit the road, and embrace the challenge of conquering a different part of the state.
Dandiya, a professional educator dipping her toe for the first ti…
@gfp@mastodon.trueten.de2026-09-02 20:00:07
📰 Russlands rote Linien
#Nachrichten
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-01 05:33:50
Five years ago, the West risked a
full-blown diplomatic crisis with NATO ally Turkey
when 10 ambassadors called for the release of a man they saw as a political prisoner,
prompting an angry President Tayyip Erdogan to order their expulsion.
After two frantic days in 2021,
the sides stepped back from the brink with the U.S., French, German, Canadian and other envoys issuing conciliatory statements
and Erdogan saying they would be more careful in the future…