Er en nuklear småstat mulig? Og hvor er Danmark på vej hen?

Claus Kold – freds- og sikkerhedspolitisk forsker, TFF-Associeret og ven gennem snart 40 år Mette Frederiksens nylige udtalelser ved sikkerhedskonferencen i München og hendes diplomatiske sonderinger i Paris peger på en opfattelse af, at afhængigheden af USA’s nukleare garanti ikke længere kan betragtes som stabil eller forudsigelig. Konflikten med USA om Grønland har blotlagt en dyb mistillid til, at stormagters sikkerhedsgarantier er uafhængige af deres … Continue reading Er en nuklear småstat mulig? Og hvor er Danmark på vej hen?

Dansk politik øger risikoen for storkrig og er mere loyal med USA/NATO end med danskernes vé og vel

Den 17. oktober 2024 har Danmarks Radio denne historie under et billede hvor statsministeren og Zelenskyj trykker hinandens hænder med hjertevarme blikke. “Frederiksen roser Zelenskyjs sejrsplan. Og hun er klar til at give Ukraine ‘den vigtigste livsforsikring’ Danmark og de andre NATO-lande kan lige så godt forberede sig på, at de skal bruge mange flere penge på forsvaret i fremtiden.” Mens stort set alle vestlige … Continue reading Dansk politik øger risikoen for storkrig og er mere loyal med USA/NATO end med danskernes vé og vel

Folketinget: Det Militær-Industrielle-Medie-Akademiske Kompleks’ (MIMAKs) underholdningafdeling

Dog slet ikke morsomt at det sidste håb om et anstændigt, fredsstræbende Danmark nu er endegyldigt slukket med denne militæraftale. Korte punkter om Folketingets brede “forsvars”aftale til 95 milliarder kroner af 30. april 2024 som den præsenteres af Danmarks Radio. Mere hér. • På tværs af hele det politiske spektrum. Dét kan man enes om. • Ikke ét eneste folketingsmedlem siger fra. • Uden nogen … Continue reading Folketinget: Det Militær-Industrielle-Medie-Akademiske Kompleks’ (MIMAKs) underholdningafdeling

❗U.S. War Secretary Austin just – “frankly” – outlined the road to full-scale NATO-Russia war

This extremely dangerous man, back then, also revealed that the real purpose of arming Ukraine was to weaken Russia. The video below may give you a more than two-hour hearing. Please click on this to see only the two minutes mentioned with his shocking statement. Dear Reader Archive this less than 2-minute video so you will remember who presented this perverse eschatological – end-times – … Continue reading ❗U.S. War Secretary Austin just – “frankly” – outlined the road to full-scale NATO-Russia war

Oberg in Global Times: “China should propose a new global, more civilian, security and peace system”

China’s prestigious “Global Times” interviews Jan Oberg and several topical themes are touched upon. Among them, he comments on China’s new higher military expenditures and says that China would be loved by the world if it proposes a new global system to replace NATO’s outdated and dangerous paradigm. Read the interview here. Continue reading Oberg in Global Times: “China should propose a new global, more civilian, security and peace system”

⏰ Eastern Aleppo’s liberation

Photo – Girl in the Jibrin reception center in Aleppo, December 2016 © Oberg PhotoGraphics ⏰ WAKE-UP CALL Eastern Aleppo was liberated four years ago, in mid-December 2016. Silence today. Denial today. I was one of the few witnesses on the ground, the only person from Scandinavia. My photos and some of my many texts about Eastern Aleppo are available on my Exposure platform. I … Continue reading ⏰ Eastern Aleppo’s liberation

The Corona as an opportunity: Reboot humanity and change security thinking and policies

August 27, 2020 What change toward a New Necessary Normal will have to look like I thought my readers here might be interested in an editorial I wrote recently for one of the leading peace research and policy platforms, Transcend. Below please find parts of the intro and the four solutions I believe we must discuss in relation to the Coronavirus as a security political … Continue reading The Corona as an opportunity: Reboot humanity and change security thinking and policies

Coronavirussen afslører historiens største sikkerhedspolitiske bedrageri

28. april 2020* Coronavirussen afslører historiens største sikkerhedspolitisk bedrageri, men siger statsminister Frederiksen noget? Den vigtigste lære af Coronavirussen er denne: Alt hvad der hidtil er blevet kaldt forsvars- og sikkerhedspolitik har været ét gigantisk bedrageri af borgerne. Nogen må stilles til ansvar og politikken lægges grundlæggende om. Regeringer – ikke mindst bombestaten Danmark – fører krig tusinder af kilometer borte og skaber død og … Continue reading Coronavirussen afslører historiens største sikkerhedspolitiske bedrageri

Grønland: Konflikt med USA

30. september 2019 Jeg falder hér til morgen over en fremragende artikel af konsulent og cand.polit. Ulrik Tarp Jensen med den pikante overskrift “Sådan smider USA danskerne ud af Grønland.” Det er ganske vist tankespind eller scenarieskrivning – men givetvis ikke mere end at fremtiden meget vel kan komme til at forme sig ungefär som han beskriver. Hvorfor? Fordi Tarp Jensen – enkelt og genialt … Continue reading Grønland: Konflikt med USA

War without remorse: A callous tweet about a tasteless celebration

August 23, 2019 Yesterday, the US Ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, tweeted the following: As will be seen below, there were four photos from an event in Copenhagen. The first shows all the people present, including former Danish Prime minister Fogh Rasmussen (also on the 4th photo with the ambassador), the present Danish defence minister, Trine Bramsen (also on the 2nd photo to the right), … Continue reading War without remorse: A callous tweet about a tasteless celebration

Nuclear weapons states are terrorist states and these weapons are indefensible

August 6, 2019 – Hiroshima Day Thought you might like to see a discussion I participated in at the invitation of PressTV in – non-nuclear – Iran. And, like me, you may have wondered why the Western world’s mainstream media largely ignore Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day? Well, I have a nasty mind: Because someone has let it be understood that there is no reason to … Continue reading Nuclear weapons states are terrorist states and these weapons are indefensible

Time to stop visiting the United States

June 1, 2019 I’ve never been “anti-American.” I work with (North) Americans every day at the Transnational Foundation and much of my academic training in both sociology and peace and conflict research has been heavily influenced by American scholarship. I am a great admirer of American culture and arts – from the Abstract Impressionists to Pop Art- and of American movies, music – Bob Dylan … Continue reading Time to stop visiting the United States

Peace illiteracy

And why I am switching balances from the most noble and important – but momentarily meaningless – job to something more rewarding… February 1, 2019 Just yesterday, I posted this extremely important and modest appeal – the Basel Appeal – on our foundation’s homepage, The Transnational, here. It was disseminated to social media, among others, my FB profile, TFF’s and my public figure page. Facebook … Continue reading Peace illiteracy

President Trump moves towards war on Iran

With his speech today – half an hour ago – U.S. President Trump has taken a huge step into uncharted territories. (Here on video).

One that implies a 60-75% risk of leading to a US attack on Iran.

Behind him stands the hardline militarists whom he has himself appointed. 


Secondly, neo-conservative individuals and think tanks who have brought the world only a series of failed wars and unspeakable human misery since the invasion of Afghanistan.

Third, the Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex, MIMAC, that is outside real democratic control and pushes relentlessly for ever-increasing armament and wars and serves the public all kinds of weird, fake images of what threatens the US. 

Further, pro-Israeli and pro-Saudi lobby organisations and extremely wealthy individuals who buy political influence and thereby destroy the very foundations of democracy and free opinion formation.


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Against these numerically tiny elites stand virtually the rest of the world, including NATO allies and the EU.

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Why NATO is obsolete – some arguments

Jan Oberg comments on NATO and the need for a much larger citizens-taxpayers movement against militarism since, for almost 70 years since 1949, NATO has failed miserably in creating the peace it says it aims at. In addition it is systematically violating its Treaty. Continue reading Why NATO is obsolete – some arguments

You’re invited to the Nuclear Denial Party

By Jan Oberg

Lund, Sweden – Hiroshima Day, August 6, 2017

Welcome to the Nuclear Denial Party!!

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Since marketing, omitted and fake news have – to a worrying extent – replaced knowledge and ethics, why not celebrate that the media have omitted every mention of Hiroshima Day today?

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The future of U.S.-Europe relations

“The Debate” with Jim Walsh, MIT and Jan Oberg, TFF Lund, Sweden – May 30, 2017 Last night “The Debate” on PressTV was devoted to the future of European-US relations in the wake of the NATO Summit, President Trump’s words and omissions and the – historic – words, in particular, of Chancellor Angela Merkel immediately after. Undoubtedly, we are at a turning point in these … Continue reading The future of U.S.-Europe relations

NATO should be dissolved – 8 arguments

This is TFF Live on Facebook – the live broadcast I do now and then because live broadcasts have a much larger dissemination than articles, images, texts and Youtube videos. You may find more here. I argue why I believe NATO belongs to the past and should have been dissolved when the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact dissolved in 1989. I also say a … Continue reading NATO should be dissolved – 8 arguments

Lost peace and fake news

By Jan Oberg Proud to join “Middle East With Naskah Zada” at her program in New York and talking about the reasons that peace has become so ‘unpopular’. Touching also upon international law, the new Cold War and the increasing U.S. involvement in Syria. Continue reading Lost peace and fake news

May 1: Where are the workers in the struggle for peace? Nowhere it seems!

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Iran on nuclear deal and nuclear-free Middle East

I had the pleasure and honour to comment on the Iranian defence minister’s views on the nuclear deal, on a nuclear-free Middle East, terrorism and more. Continue reading Iran on nuclear deal and nuclear-free Middle East

Discussing NATO with a former U.S. Ass. Sec. of Defence

A 30 min debate about NATO, Ukraine, Crimea, Yugoslavia, Syria the eternal enemy images and the – obsolete – philosophy on which NATO builds. Time for something new, I argue in the debate with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence under Reagon, Mr. Lawrence J. Korb who at the time was in command of 70% of Pentagon’s budget. Here in TFF PressInfo # 403  is … Continue reading Discussing NATO with a former U.S. Ass. Sec. of Defence

From Obama to Trump

Commenting with David Swanson, leading and sharp peace intellectual, on the inauguration of Trump – also about the legacy of Barrack Obama. For Iran’s international PressTV. Posted on TFF’s blog. Continue reading From Obama to Trump

Aleppo’s evil humanitarians

The third photo story from the days of the liberation of Aleppo in SyriaUnique photos with text from Aleppo’s Jibrin reception center for people finally liberated in Eastern Aleppo December 11-12, 2016.Documentation of the fact that it was the Syrian authorities, the Syrian Army, Russian doctors, the Syrian Red Crescent and volunteering Syrian youth who took care of these destitute internally displaced people.In short, the … Continue reading Aleppo’s evil humanitarians

Why on earth renew old sanctions on Iran?

It’s destructive for all! It’s difficult to see this as rational policy-making. It’s more of an indication of the grumpy super-power feeling that it’s losing influence and credibility. In addition, if this goes through it will only strengthen the hardliners in Iran and weaken the reformist circles. Continue reading Why on earth renew old sanctions on Iran?

“Shadow World” – on your tax money

I’ve felt deeply touched by Johan Grimonprez’ brilliant and frightening documentary “Shadow World” which is based on Andrew Feinstein’s book with the same name. I want to share it with my readers and here is all about the book and the movie. It was shown in November 2016 by Swedish Television with Swedish text but is due to be taken down a couple of month later. It will … Continue reading “Shadow World” – on your tax money

NATO-Russia games

October 26, 2016 Yet another example of how tension build up in this New Cold War situation – instead of doing what we did during the first Cold War: trying confidence-building measures. Today too BBC announced that the US will deploy – permanently – 300 US soldiers to norther Norway, a break with Norway’s policies since it became a NATO member. And Reuters brought the … Continue reading NATO-Russia games

U.S. nuclear policies – two world views

Last night I had the opportunity to discuss nuclear weapons with an experienced,  high-ranking security analyst who has been both a military, a scholar, an assistant secretary of defence, presidential adviser, a corporate man and now a think tank member, Lawrence J. Korb. We were discussing the issues touched upon in this and this article. I would assume that the debate – facilitated by Iran’s PressTV in … Continue reading U.S. nuclear policies – two world views

Dagens DR kalkun…

Nej nej, det skal ikke blive et tema hver dag. Men det kan næsten blive det: Public service DR’s lave standard hvad gælder udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitisk journalistik.

Her en rigtigt fin illustration af Anne Sofie Ellesøe om spioner i det Sverige, jeg bor i. Fremstillingen bygger helt på en artikel, der ligger på det svenske TV’s hjemmeside; der er ingen research eller egne vinkler.

Den eneste kilde eller ekspertviden er militær suppleret med en kommentar fra den svenske forsvarsminister, der er kendt som en rolig/besindig alarmist.

Hverken den svenske eller den danske journalist har tænkt på eller gidet konsultere ikke-militær, uvildig ekspertise men forlader sig helt på en partsinteresse som eneste kilde til hvad der i mine øjne stort set må betegnes som en ikke-historie.

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Når den så alligevel bliver en historie er det naturligvis fordi det anti-russiske narrativ er så gangbart i begge landes medieverden.

Man må formode at det er på grund af manglende kundskaber om sikkerhedspolitik i almindelighed og Sverige i særdeleshed at der ikke gøres mindste reference til den konfliktformation – eller ramme – som Sverige og disse aktiviteter er en del af. Det ville jo nemlig kræve et minimum af viden at sætte tingene ind i en sammenhæng og give brugerne en baggrund og dermed vægte forskellige fakta og skrive proportionérligt.

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DR’s mikrofonholderi for militæret

For Gud véd hvilken gang vælger man på DR’s internetudgave at interviewe en militærekspert om en formodet fejl begået af samme militær.   Journalistpraktikant Rune Stürup Hansen interviewer professor Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen fra Center for Militære Studier.   Centret “leverer myndighedsbetjening” og arbejder tæt sammen med Forsvaret og politikerne, som det fremgår af hjemmesiden.     Resultatet er klokkerent mikrofonholderi for dansk militær:   • Der interviewes kun en … Continue reading DR’s mikrofonholderi for militæret

Danmark fejlbomber i Syrien – og hvad skal vi så spørge om, tro og lære?

Hvor er den officielle danske beklagelse og undskyldning til ofrene? Det vågne, skadereducerende diplomati lige nu?

Er påstanden om at det blot var en fejltagelse den mest bekvemme?

Har Pentagon ladet Danmark udføre et beskidt arbejde uden at vore piloter vidste det?

Hvor stor er splittelsen i den amerikanske udenrigsadministration og var det måske derfor ikke en fejltagelse?

Hvorfor mon vælger forsvarsminister Peter Christensen en så dum forhalingsstrategi og lader som om han ikke ved hvad der er sket? Og i stedet rakker ned på russerne, der fik dette vanvid stoppet med bedre efterretninger?

Kun et meget naivt menneske tror på officielle forklaringer fra krigsførende landes regeringer, uanset hvilket.

Og hvis det er en fejltagelse hvorfor sker den så – dybest set? Og er der noget at lære af den?

Kort sagt, en rigtig møgsag som følge af en møgpolitik.

For mediefolk, der ikke bare er mikrofonholdere, turde der være nok at grave i.   

På en stille søndag aften kommer den tragiske nyhed at Danmarks F-16 fly har været med at “fejlbombe” i Syrien.

Midt under en skrøbelig våbenhvile har den USA-ledte koalition bombet “de forkerte”, nemlig syriske regeringsstyrker istedet for Islamist Stat. er er ifølge forskellige kilder Det hér bør blive en meget meget interessant politisk historie for Danmarks stats-, udenrigs- og forsvarsminister. Gad vide hvilken (medie)strategi man vil vælge for at forklare og forsvare sig?

Tekniske spørgsmål

Hvorfra får danskerne sine oplysninger og koordinater for bombetogter? Hvor mange efterretninger samler det danske militær selv ind? Tør man stå imod med egne oplysninger hvis de ikke stemmer overens med dem, man får fra USA og andre?

Hvem fortæller Danmark hvor de skal bombe og hvorfor? Kan de sige nej til en ordre fra Pentagon? Eller går man ombord i hvad som helst for at se seje ud i  His Master’s Voice’s øjne?

Hvordan vil man beklage tabet og forklare at Danmark samtidig støtter fuld op om våbenhvilen?

Danmarks Radios  stjernerapporter, Steffen Gram, har naturligvis hurtigt den for USA og Danmark mindst dårlige forklaring nemlig at der er dårlig kommunikation og at Danmark har fået forkerte efterretninger. Man “har blot fløjet efter amerikanske instrukser.” Hvordan i alverden man blot sådan gør dét undlader han dog – researchfrit – at fortælle os.

Forsvarsministerens forhalingsstrategi – han har dårlig samvittighed

Forsvarsminister Peter Christensens strategi virker dum: forhalingens “lad os nu vente og se hvad der er sket – hvad der er op og ned i denne sag.”

Angrebet fandt sted den 17. september og allerede samme aften gik den amerikanske CENTCOM ud med en pressemeddelelse, der mere end antyder at der er sket en fejl, at russerne informerede amerikanerne herom – tænk hvis man i timevis havde fortsat og slået endnu mange flere ihjel? – og at man stoppede angrebeneefter at have fået informationen fra russerne.

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The Clintons celebrated – but likely disastrous for the world

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Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated last night by the Democratic Party as its candidate for the U.S. Presidency. She may well win on November 8.

What a tragedy for Western democracy that the leader of what is still called the free, democratic world cannot produce better candidates than Trump and Clinton through a disgustingly commercialized and corrupt political process where candidates like Jill Stein – did you ever hear of that candidate? – doesn’t have a chance because she cannot mobilize the funds.

As a European intellectual with a life-long commitment to peace and democracy, I find little reason to celebrate.

And why the total focus on a few individuals at the top but not the structures that will run them both, such as the Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex (MIMAC); the cancer in many societies, including Russia, that President Eisenhower warned the world about in his farewell speech already in 1961?

How short the media memory! Hillary Clinton’s nomination celebrated all over the mainstream press as a victory for the party – preventing it from splitting – and for all women.

But how can people – women in particular – really believe in such genderism: that she will be a better president for the US and the world because she’s a woman? Hasn’t the world learnt anything from the inverse racism:that Obama would be a great presidentbecause he is black?

How blind the media to militarism, war and other violence: Not one media focuses on the Clinton’s well-documented fascination with violence and war.

It’s time to refresh the memory of the Clintons:

Bill Clinton’s record

From 1994 BC broke all promises made by his predecessors and other Western politician to Gorbachev about “not expanding NATO an inch”. He started out in Tblisi, Georgia. I happened to be there, spoke with the U.S. representative to the country and got a sense what was coming. Later too in Yugoslavia.

There is a straight line from that fatal arrogance to today’s Second Cold War in Europe, Ukraine having – predictably – to be the this-far-and-no-longer country of that mindless and reckless expansion that should never have happened.

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Turkey’s coup – Another example of the West’s disintegration

Here is my take on the July 15 coup in Turkey – why it happened the way it did and what is the least unlikely hypothesis – followed by some examples of regional and international consequences this coup is bound to have. And it ends: NATO comes across as a very tired alliance that should have been closed down or re-invented itself 25 years ago … Continue reading Turkey’s coup – Another example of the West’s disintegration

EU’s so-called refugee crisis – and what should and must be done

Commenting on PressTv on July 22, 2016 after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean. But how much did the media cover that in comparison with the Nice tragedy – and Hollande’s killing of 120 innocent civilians as revenge for Nice (which at the time was not known to have any connections to ISIS or similar). Continue reading EU’s so-called refugee crisis – and what should and must be done

The horror in Nice and elsewhere

Jan Oberg comments on Iranian PressTV (July 19, 2016) some 11 minutes into this program. “The War On Terror is history’s most stupid and counterproductive. If the terrorism problem has increased about 80 times since 2001 we should be intellectual and decent enough to ask ourselves: What are we doing wrong? Nobody asks this question and it will end us up in hell.” Continue reading The horror in Nice and elsewhere

Obama is urged to make closer ties with Iran

In an open letter – hardly mentioned by the Western mainstream press, a group of high-level and rather “Realpolitik” US diplomats, scholars, military and politicians urge President Obama to take concrete steps to intensify the co-operation with Iran. There are obviously concerned that the U.S. shall be perceived as an obstacles for the implementation of the JCPOA, or the Iran Nuclear Deal that, on Thursday the 14th, … Continue reading Obama is urged to make closer ties with Iran

Fearology and militarism – But the real enemy is us

Published on July 8, 2016, the day of the NATO Summit in Warsaw. It’s the 5th in the TFF Series “The New Cold War” Russia and NATO have offensive capacities and MIMACs (Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex) but NATO’s is a much larger potential threat to Russia than the other way around Why does an alliance with such an overwhelming superiority shout and scream and see ghosts on … Continue reading Fearology and militarism – But the real enemy is us

“Peace, Conflict, Democracy”

The West leaves, a multi-polar world comes Jan Øberg – Video lecture – Part 1/3 Continue reading “Peace, Conflict, Democracy”

NATO’s confrontational policy

On June 15, 2016 I participated in a discussion with Mike O’Hanlon from the Brookings Institution on CCTV America – China’s international TV station in the U.S. with up to 75 million viewers. The discussion was lead by Anand Naidoo.You can watch it here. Continue reading NATO’s confrontational policy

If the EU becomes a criminal Union some don’t want you to know

For instance EU and other Western mainstream media. But we are getting out! The European Union is about to sign an agreement with non-EU Turkey to get rid of a large part of its refugees – by paying around € 6 bn to Turkey. Amnesty International and many others have pointed out – in strong words – that this agreement violates basic provisions of international … Continue reading If the EU becomes a criminal Union some don’t want you to know

Denmark to attack in Syria – too

Something is rotten in the State of Denmark and the world will increasingly see it. It’s an unpleasant combination of Islamophobia, militarism and a peculiar ethical and intellectual self-destructive obedience to US/NATO all wrapped up in a pseudo-humanitarian flag. It’s important that intellectuals criticise the policies of their native country and not only and politically correctly criticise that of others. In the case of Danish … Continue reading Denmark to attack in Syria – too

NATO outdated – Abolish war

Commenting on NATO S-G Jens Stoltenberg’s wish for dialogue with Russia – a bit odd after all the other provocative initiatives he has spearheaded the last good year or so. I felt like saying something more general about this outdated paradigm – and why it is dangerous for us all – referring also to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto of 1955. You may also see it as … Continue reading NATO outdated – Abolish war

Sweden soon at war? Yes, perhaps, if in NATO

It was a few days ago when Swedish Army chief, Major-General Anders Brännström stated in a (leaked) internal document that ‘Sweden could be at war within a few years.’ This is, of course, nothing but ‘fearology’ and very bad judgement. He may be a great soldier but a victim of his own system’s bizarre threat perceptions – always pointing as they do to the Russians. … Continue reading Sweden soon at war? Yes, perhaps, if in NATO

Kunne Danmark også gøre noget godt for verden?

Danmarks stadigt mere triste retning i verdens øjne:   • Muhammetegningerne og afvisningen af diplomatisk samtale   • Bombninger, krig, besættelse – fra Jugoslavien i 1999 til Irak 2 x, Libyen   • Beredvilligheden at bombe Syrien   • Medansvar for ISIS gennem besættelsen af Irak   • Generel fremmedfjendtlighed – to say the least   • Håndtering af terrorangreb, der ikke var det – … Continue reading Kunne Danmark også gøre noget godt for verden?

Nye krigsfly? Boykot dem eller brug folkefinanciering

Min klumme i ‘Arbejderen’ den 26. august 2015. At definere ”vores forsvar” som kun et spørgsmål om våben er og har altid været en grundsten i militarismen, oprustningen og den voldelige konfliktløsning. Tidligere udenrigsminister Martin Lidegaard (R) skriver på TV2 om hvorfor Danmark skal have ny krigsfly. Under overskriften ”Hvad vil vi egentlig med vores forsvar?” indleder han med, at “Vi bakker op om kampfly”, … Continue reading Nye krigsfly? Boykot dem eller brug folkefinanciering

Don’t underestimate Donald Trump

Don’t underestimate him, count him out or think he is crazy.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” half-hour interview with Donald Trump is interesting. He has passion and a very fast mind, he seems to have integrity in the sense that he cannot be bought for money by others and he doesn’t mind having standpoints that conservative republicans find odd or surprising.

He is clearly eclectic and pragmatic rather than a theoretician, ideology-bent politician – and seems to build a lot on his entrepreneur experience and sense of reading people.

His vision – “making America great again!” – may be frightening and wrong and it is based on strength, on military but even more on economic strength.

The interesting thing is that he is much more realistic about the internal and external weaknesses of today’s U.S. than the rest of the political elites and decision-makers in Washington who seem all to be in denial of the empire’s relative decline.

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Hiroshima 70 years – think in new ways to rid the world of nukes!

It’s absolutely necessary to remember what happened 70 years ago in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, see the movies from then, listen to the survivors, the hibakusa. But it isn’t enough for us to rid the world of these crimes-against-humanity weapons. And that we must. Hiroshima and Nagasaki is history and it is also the essence of the age you and I live in – the nuclear age. … Continue reading Hiroshima 70 years – think in new ways to rid the world of nukes!