Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
Reminds me of "Freedom Fries"...
Serious question, I just call pancakes, pancakes….
Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda
"Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter.
They taste quite differently.
Thin, thick, size of a plate, sand dollar size, size of your hands... just all called simply pancakes.
I find the thick ones not good.
Theres a chain of big pancakes size of plate restaurants called dedutch pannekoek house, or just dedutch.
A simply unacceptable gamble in my mind! Imagine looking forward to a normal pancake and getting a rubbery American one popped infront of you.
Edit: I googled IHOP Swedish pancakes and they apparently had them for awhile and discontinued them a couple years ago.
Alot of things also passed off as crepe but not...
Not alot of standards lop
And even if we were to get a sane government in 2028 it wouldn’t matter much because Americans have already demonstrated not once, but twice that they will willingly elect an utterly incompetent fool.
The policies of the Trump administration are completely in line with him being one, and it is those actions that are the damage. To review a bit:
- trade and tariff wars with near neighbors and allies
- threatening to steal territory from allies
- parroting openly false propaganda by Putin in the world media
- disrupting the Five Eyes
- mass firings at FBI, CIA, DIA, NSA
- open support of right wing fascist parties in European elections
- withdrawing aid from Ukraine
- threatening Starlink access by Ukraine
Of course he's now stating that the sactions will be ending soon as well.
Honestly, this is actually MORE than I would expect from an agent, because I would assume the KGB or GRU or equivalents would have slow-played him for long term effect.
Complete list of countries USA supports, admires and treats nicely: Russia.
If Russia attack Norway, USA may try to make Norway a colony. Or use to situation to mock Norway, get their oil and then sell them to Russia once they have something.
But Trump loves Putin and is scared of him, so I can see him to make a "deal" and give him Norway with its oil in exchange of something purely ego stroking.
Democrats go!<3
Jeffries, the top democrat in the house, is too busy with promoting his book and anyway has decided it’s all in gods hands now. He had one stop in Oakland on Feb 20, and is scheduled again on March 7.
Gee whiz good thing there’s nothing else pressing going on to get in the way of his book tour stops! /s
When no one relies upon us any more, what makes our dollars and debts so special? What’s to stop everyone from taking their ball and going to play somewhere else? From calling in debts, from reneging on debts to us, from accepting our dollars, from providing land for military bases, from honoring our passports… because that is what happens to nearly every other country not at the Top.
The global order currently only works in our favor because we’re on top. We are the ones who lose the most when other countries don’t need us, not the other way around.
There have been many stories of EU countries choosing the American alternative, even if it was more expensive. In return, they expected some goodwill from US.
So when you read stories about EU countries not spending enough, consider that a large part of what they do spend goes to the US to appease them.
Now, US is changing the expectations
The big ones would be to no longer sell Norwegian oil and gas in USD. Or to move all investments of the Government Pension Fund of Norway out of American companies.
The only thing that US bases in the EU are doing at the moment is contributing to the local economies. Expecting anything more is magical thinking.
Some US bases double as spy bases. For example in the UK, RAF Menwith Hill is an NSA spy base, and RAF Croughton is a CIA spy base. One bargaining chip Europe has is to oust these spy bases from their territory. This would obviously negatively impact the US' global intelligence efforts. In any case, I see little point in allowing a hostile nation have spy bases on one's land.
...does Trump not understand 2nd round effects ?
From afar he seems to be intent on Making America Great for Billionaires at the expense of any country less powerful than the US.
So, no, Trump does not understand that. He is protected from that.
Based on a 10 minute video, 24 hours later, they are cutting off the supply to the US which supports and defends countries like Ukraine in the region and further abroad like Africa.
The US isn't attacking Ukraine, FFS.
This should be illegal, as critical infrastructure Haltbakk Bunkers should have obligations they have been paid for.
Take their request as serious and stop refueling the US in the broader region. Europe will take up the slack of Ukraine and everything else the US does? Europe will struggle to even defend Ukraine. Trump will get his insanely large budget cuts and Europe can be blamed for dragging the world into disarray.
[1] Their Facebook post is down but was real - https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1895896267269808193
> This should be illegal
Sounds like the US messed up cutting ties with the International Criminal Court then. Maybe one day this heinous act will be brought to justice. Maybe.
Quiet part out loud: One or more thin-skinned criminals within the US government are likely to abuse the power of their offices to illegally harm the company in revenge.
P.S.: ... And some people imagine that outcome, and their reaction is intense laughter, rather than disgusted anger.
Edit: “treating your allies like enemies”
Considering the US administration’s childish choices yesterday, what do we expect? Hugs?
- Russia attacked Ukraine
- The US is making enemies out of ex allies
Not the other way around. It seems difficult to understand for americans, for some reason, but the order of the words does matter.
Many of the things Trump is doing right now are unpopular even among people that voted for him.
Please keep in mind that actions of a single company has no effect on the rest of the country. Why does everything have to be blown out of proportions?
Norway's defense minister has made it clear that they support the US presence, and this was the actions of a single company. The ship was given what they asked for.
I'm surprised that Norway, a "progressive" country with a huge welfare state, is only known for their oil extraction as wealth generation.
If they don't diversify their economy, they might face the same problem as Venezuela.