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There's been criticism of the detail (esp re #Poland, which has already delivered Leos) - but @JeremyCliffe's main point is right.
▶️I'd actually take it further (it's not about #Germany but about #Ukraine), which is why we need to talk about #Finland🧵
newstatesman.com/quickfire/2023…
▶️I'd actually take it further (it's not about #Germany but about #Ukraine), which is why we need to talk about #Finland🧵
newstatesman.com/quickfire/2023…
I've repeatedly praised #Finland's approach to standing up #Russia & have written on its own #Zeitenwende in joining #NATO.
I've also repeatedly praised @MarinSanna as a figurehead of #NeoIdealism - who's been wonderfully clear on how & why #Ukraine must win & RU must lose
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I've also repeatedly praised @MarinSanna as a figurehead of #NeoIdealism - who's been wonderfully clear on how & why #Ukraine must win & RU must lose
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So, to be clear, this is not a general critique of🇫🇮or '🇫🇮 bashing'!
- BUT on the tank issue, I think #Finland has got it wrong.
- According to public info they have agreed to send
3 Patria Leopard2R heavy mine breaching tanks
-But NO #Leopard2 MBTs
ip-quarterly.com/en/zeitenwende…
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- BUT on the tank issue, I think #Finland has got it wrong.
- According to public info they have agreed to send
3 Patria Leopard2R heavy mine breaching tanks
-But NO #Leopard2 MBTs
ip-quarterly.com/en/zeitenwende…
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EUROPE'S MAGICAL STRATEGIC THINKING AND MAIN BATTLE TANKS -- thread:
There was and is a paradox, if not absurdity, in the long slowness and continuing partiality of #WesternEurope's decision to provide #Ukraine with #mainbattletanks (#MBTs). /1
There was and is a paradox, if not absurdity, in the long slowness and continuing partiality of #WesternEurope's decision to provide #Ukraine with #mainbattletanks (#MBTs). /1
@Konflikt_Sicher @GSPSipo @EPC_CPE_News @UA_22_Ukraine @H__Ukraine @StimmeUkraine @DUF_Forum @CPD_UA @worldoftanks @AugenGeradeaus These vehicles - more so than most other conventional military technology - were once built and commissioned for a potential fight against Moscow's #imperialism in #Europe - rather than for usage against other potential enemies or for peace-keeping missions around the world. /2
Then, the moment came for these machines to be used for what they had been initially constructed and purchased - rather than being, as hitherto, simply decommissioned and scrapped. /3
#StandWithUkraine️
#StandWithUkraine️
1/ Operational situation update/ #russian_invasion in #Ukraine on January 22, 2023
Just a quick update today as nothing really has changed for the last 36h
#Bakhmut area.
so just a gen map tonight
#UkraineMap
Just a quick update today as nothing really has changed for the last 36h
#Bakhmut area.
so just a gen map tonight
#UkraineMap
2/ Also take the opportunity to war you about several "map maker" i'm "watching" some times to times, making their "stuff".
people showing maps with you full plain color on the edge of battle area are wrong. pseudo villages "secured" is very often diluted in more complex reality
people showing maps with you full plain color on the edge of battle area are wrong. pseudo villages "secured" is very often diluted in more complex reality
3/ People showing you the exact location and advance of Russians are just using Russian direct sources for propaganda purposes & when there is a real dynamic it could trick you to believe it"s ok as it's moving on with the tide.. but i have proven this quite often in past summer
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A huge military equipment and hardware package for #Ukraine from #Sweden
In short:
- #Archer SPH incl Excalibur👍
- #NLAW (Rb 57), CG RR, AT4
- 50 #CV90💪
- Mine clearing eq
- Automatic weapons
- Procurement collab (ex🇺🇦 can use 🇸🇪 DMA/FMV procurement resources and agreements)
A huge military equipment and hardware package for #Ukraine from #Sweden
In short:
- #Archer SPH incl Excalibur👍
- #NLAW (Rb 57), CG RR, AT4
- 50 #CV90💪
- Mine clearing eq
- Automatic weapons
- Procurement collab (ex🇺🇦 can use 🇸🇪 DMA/FMV procurement resources and agreements)
New military equipment and hardware package for #Ukraine from #USA
Interesting is that US and Swedish packages include the mine and obstacle clearing equipment.
Interesting is that US and Swedish packages include the mine and obstacle clearing equipment.
More military equipment and hardware for #Ukraine from Baltic States.
1- #Lithuania🇱🇹
2xMi-8
"dozens" of Bofors 40mm AA guns and ammunition
2- #Latvia🇱🇻
Stinger MANPADS
2xMi-17
Machine Guns
UAVs.
3- #Estonia🇪🇪
ALL of their FH-70 155mm howitzers
122mm D-30 howitzers
Other materiel
1- #Lithuania🇱🇹
2xMi-8
"dozens" of Bofors 40mm AA guns and ammunition
2- #Latvia🇱🇻
Stinger MANPADS
2xMi-17
Machine Guns
UAVs.
3- #Estonia🇪🇪
ALL of their FH-70 155mm howitzers
122mm D-30 howitzers
Other materiel
With the great news that #Poland will supply a company of #Leopard2 Main Battle Tanks & the #UK set to provide #Challenger2 #MBTs, the spotlight is now trained firmly on Berlin. Will #Germany join the coalition to give #Ukraine the tanks -#Kampfpanzer!- it needs?🧵1/
Happily, that looks increasingly likely.
SPD Chancellor #Scholz' coalition partners the Greens & FDP are insisting that #Germany take part & rumours of a no-confidence vote ultimatum are swirling.
@ABaerbock's visit to Kharkiv with @DmytroKuleba & @Makeiev was no coincidence 2/
SPD Chancellor #Scholz' coalition partners the Greens & FDP are insisting that #Germany take part & rumours of a no-confidence vote ultimatum are swirling.
@ABaerbock's visit to Kharkiv with @DmytroKuleba & @Makeiev was no coincidence 2/
But, as we know, #Scholz & co have a history of giving reasons not to deliver only for those to evaporate into excuses. @kuleba noted this on Germany's main TV news show - 'first they say no, vigorously defend their decision, only to finally say yes'
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politico.eu/article/britis…
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politico.eu/article/britis…
25/ We have obtained (with permission) reams of court documents related to the poisonings at #SBUniv.
These reference multiple instances of sexual assault, slander, or abuse, perpetrated by SBU personnel - most members of First Baptist Church of Bolivar.
#SBC #sbctoo
These reference multiple instances of sexual assault, slander, or abuse, perpetrated by SBU personnel - most members of First Baptist Church of Bolivar.
#SBC #sbctoo
15/ Before beginning today's "episode," we make note of several realities.
"How many?" someone asked, "How many babies were killed by the #pesticides."
Is that even the right question?
How many murders does it take to reach some macabre threshold? But ...
#SBUniv #SBC #SBCtoo
"How many?" someone asked, "How many babies were killed by the #pesticides."
Is that even the right question?
How many murders does it take to reach some macabre threshold? But ...
#SBUniv #SBC #SBCtoo
15/ Before beginning today's episode, we make note of several realities.
"How many?" someone asked, "How many babies were killed by the #pesticides."
Is that even the right question?
How many murders does it take to reach some macabre threshold?
But,
#SBUniv #SBC #SBCtoo
"How many?" someone asked, "How many babies were killed by the #pesticides."
Is that even the right question?
How many murders does it take to reach some macabre threshold?
But,
#SBUniv #SBC #SBCtoo
1/14 It appears some believe our questions about embryo genesis are prompted by latent guilt on our parts.
If it relieves minds: No, before God, none of us have ever been a party to an abortion, nor even a miscarriage.
These are ethical questions.
#SBUniv #SBCtoo #SBC
If it relieves minds: No, before God, none of us have ever been a party to an abortion, nor even a miscarriage.
These are ethical questions.
#SBUniv #SBCtoo #SBC
1/ As the only Baptists in an Interfaith Bible Study, we were asked to clarify some issues.
We assumed we could provide answers.
But, we could not.
So, we asked clergy for aid and we were soundly rebuked; our membership in a #SBC church was jeopardized.
#SBCtoo #churchtoo
We assumed we could provide answers.
But, we could not.
So, we asked clergy for aid and we were soundly rebuked; our membership in a #SBC church was jeopardized.
#SBCtoo #churchtoo
2/ As a Study member exclaimed:
"Seriously? They'll disfellowship you for asking questions?
That's bizarre! How else can you learn?
You need better pastoral care!"
Probably. 😞
So, seven difficult #SBC theology questions. 👇
Trigger Warnings!
#Sexualabuse 🚨 #Abortion 🚨
"Seriously? They'll disfellowship you for asking questions?
That's bizarre! How else can you learn?
You need better pastoral care!"
Probably. 😞
So, seven difficult #SBC theology questions. 👇
Trigger Warnings!
#Sexualabuse 🚨 #Abortion 🚨
3/ Question 1: Does this passage in Numbers 8:11-31 depict a forced ceremonial #abortion, which kills the fetus in order to quell a husband's suspicion of his wife's adultery?
biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…
biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…
@GarySweeten2 asked why #SBC doesn't utilize Christian Conflict Resolution.
Exactly!
If #SBC fears theological "contamination" from denominational programs, the solution is simple: create its own.
We're petitioning for such a program - RECONCILE!
first of /11
Exactly!
If #SBC fears theological "contamination" from denominational programs, the solution is simple: create its own.
We're petitioning for such a program - RECONCILE!
first of /11
We're petitioning for RECONCILE!: An Online Restorative Justice and Conflict Resolution Degree Diploma (and Professional Certification) - collaboratively funded and taught by the six #SBC Seminaries and primarily administered and instructed by WOMEN. 2/11
The Scriptural Basis: Women are particularly gifted in empathy, compassion, and reconciliation. They must be permitted to come along side pastors/ministers, acting as they were originally created, as "ezer" - not merely handmaids or helpers ... but as allies and rescuers. 3/11
