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NATO's supreme commander in Europe spends two days in Ireland, and Shannon comes up.

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  • NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, a US air force general who also commands American forces right across Europe and was reappointed by Donald Trump, was in Ireland over the past couple of days. He met the junior minister for European affairs, who Dooley describes as "another European Union lap dog". The statement after that meeting said Ireland has been "a proud member of NATO's partnership for peace" since 1999, that the arrangement has offered high value to Ireland, and that the two discussed Ireland's defence capability development projects and the national maritime security strategy.
  • He also did the rounds of the mainstream media. On RTÉ he said Ireland has a long partnership with NATO and that NATO has created an "individually tailored partnership" for it. Dooley reads that language as interoperability: drawing members of the Irish defence forces into roles alongside NATO countries that Ireland should have no hand, act or part in. He asks where the European Union starts and NATO finishes, given both run out of Brussels with their head offices essentially across the street from each other. In the same interview the general called Shannon airport an opportunity for the US to "project power around the world" and a base for launching attacks.
  • The interview covered the war in Iran, where the general said countries that did not support the US have felt the consequences, and pointed to what has taken place in Spain recently. He also spoke about stabilising Iraq. Dooley calls that lunacy, and what you expect from a soft interview: Iraq has been balkanised between Sunnis, Shia and Kurds, the US is currently backing the Kurds in attacks on Iran across the border, and over a million people were killed in what he calls an illegal war. On Ukraine, the general said Trump wants to bring the war to an end and that Ukraine can win, without describing what a win would mean, while adding that it is "hard to define what winning means in modern warfare".
  • On the talk of weapons shortages, Dooley's read is that it is a ruse. Production runs just in time, enough to stall a strike on Iran and come back days later, while the €800 billion rearming Europe plan is built on the military-industrial complex, with American arms companies taking the windfall. War is a racket that pays those at the top of a corrupt system, he says. The general also raised the threat of China and the risk to subsea cables, which Dooley places in the same softening-up exercise: get Ireland used to the idea of militarism to protect the corporate trade links and foreign direct investment the agenda actually serves. He closes on standing up for Irish neutrality and Irish independence, and being an active voice for diplomacy in the world.
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Hello everyone and thanks so much for subscribing to

Hello everyone and thanks so much for subscribing to my channel. Thanks very much to Joan who has recently supported me through buying me a coffee. I'm very grateful for your kind and generous support, Joan. Today I'd like to speak about an esteemed visitor to Ireland over the past couple of days. This was Alexis Grinkovich. He is NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe and also the head of the US armed forces right across Europe. Also reappointed coincidentally.

By Donald Trump. Now he is a US air force general and he was in Ireland to meet a couple of politicians including Thomas Burn. He is a junior minister for European affairs and also he went and did the rounds across a number of mainstream media channels to soften Ireland up as a drive towards more militarism in the European Union continues. Now we met Thomas Burn. Thomas Burn is an understudy to Mih Martin and another European Union lap.

Dog. He made a statement following the meeting to say Ireland has been a proud member of NATO's partnership for peace. That's not a joke since 1999. He said this has offered high value to Ireland as they go on and erode Irish neutrality. And he said that they discussed Ireland's defense capability development projects. Interesting. maybe Grinkovich was here to check out how Ireland was progressing in terms of the drive towards more militarism right across the country and also look at the.

National maritime security strategy as well. So probably coming along to get an update on how Ireland are road in Irish neutrality, but also to soften up the approach for the drive towards more militarism across the European Union and ultimately NATO. Really, where does the European Union start? Where does NATO finish? Really, they're one and the same. They're both located in Brussels. Their head offices right across the street essentially from each other.

But interestingly enough, he went on to speak on ORT mainstream propagandists themselves and he went to speak about the Ireland's defense spend and he says Ireland has a long partnership with partnership with NATO. He says Ireland has worked with NATO and NATO has created an individually tailored partnership. Now this is something that is very important in terms of interoperability and in terms of the drive towards militarism across Europe where it's a soften up approach in terms.

02:54

Of involving many of members of the Irish defense

Of involving many of members of the Irish defense forces into these roles with NATO countries which Ireland should have no hands act or part in. But isn't this the world we live in isn't it? And they claim it's for safety and security. He also went on to speak about Shannon airport and he said this is an opportunity for the US to project power around the world and use this as a base in terms of launching attacks as well.

He spoke about the war in Iran. He said many countries that didn't support the US and that have felt the rat of the US. you see what happened in Spain recently in terms of what's taking place and he also spoke really ironically about stabilizing Iraq. Anybody who knows anything about the Middle East in terms of the stabilization of Iraq knows it's been completely bulganized and uh divided between Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds as well. And uh currently the US are.

Supporting the Kurds in terms of launching attacks on Iran as well from various borders in terms of extending Iran in that war. But he won't talk about the stabilization not to mention the over a million people that were killed during that legal war in Iraq and he was speaking and um about the virtues of stabilizing Iraq. It's not just lunacy but what you expect from a soft interview on RTE. Also he spoke about Ukraine and he said.

That he wants to bring the war or Trump wants to bring the war to an end and he said that Ukraine can win it but um he doesn't describe what a win would mean but uh really ultimately deluded in terms of what they're driving towards as well because he went on to say it's hard to define what winning means in modern warfare. So, um this is the uh top NATO commander in uh Europe and right across.

“So, um this is the uh top NATO commander in uh Europe and right across”

Uh for United States as well, but we all know they're one and the same despite what uh Trump was saying over the last number of months in terms of pulling out of NATO. Well, he has his own man at the helm of NATO. And remember when Mark Ruthie spoke about Trump, he said he was a daddy. So, it's essentially US despite all the nonsense that they try and spin. It's about pursuing the same agenda. So don't be misguided by all this rhetoric.

Being pushed around the place or distractions around uh the wararm mongering machine that still continues to this day. And also they spoke about the shortages of weapons or pressures on weapons. But this again is another ruse because it's just they work on this process called just in time where they can manufacture weapons just to stall what's happening in Iran and then they come back a few days later and strike again where they try and ready up what's.

05:49

Taking place right across Europe in terms of building

Taking place right across Europe in terms of building up the 800 billion euro rearming Europe plan which initially is using weapons from the military-industrial complex many American companies as well like RAON and uh lucky Ke Martin and these are making massive windfalls. What's taking place? Well, it's always a racket war, isn't it? In terms of profiting those at the top of the corrupt system. And they also went on to speak about the ultimate threat of China. Interesting, isn't it?

Uh this is what the focus is on as well terms of the bigger picture. But this is really about a soften up approach for Ireland to get used to the idea of militarism to get the risks of subse cables and all this sort of stuff going on and to try us to be part of this war machine because we need to support our economic system and uh the economic trade links between the US and Ireland in terms of the corporations and.

The foreign direct investment and this is always a corporate agenda. of what's being pursued and being aly supported by people like Grinkovich and the Irish media as well. So this is what took place in Ireland. Soften up the approach towards more militarism which we should have no hand back to part of. Stand up for Irish neutrality, Irish independence and be an active voice for diplomacy in the world. So thanks so much for the support. Really appreciate it from.

Dublin. Slangopole.

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13 Aug 2026 · Sovereignty · 7:14

NATO's supreme commander in Europe spends two days in Ireland, and Shannon comes up.

NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, a US air force general who also heads American forces across the continent and was reappointed by Donald Trump, spent a couple of days in Ireland meeting politicians and doing the rounds of the mainstream channels. Dooley reads the visit as a softening-up exercise for militarism rather than a courtesy call. The junior minister for European affairs came out of their meeting calling Ireland "a proud member of NATO's partnership for peace" since 1999, and said they had discussed Ireland's defence capability development projects and the national maritime security strategy. On RTÉ the general spoke of an "individually tailored partnership" with Ireland, described Shannon airport as a chance for the US to "project power around the world", and offered the stabilisation of Iraq as an achievement — a war Dooley says killed over a million people. His argument is that the European Union and NATO are one project run from offices across the street from each other in Brussels, with the €800 billion rearming Europe plan feeding American arms manufacturers, and his close is the one he keeps returning to: Irish neutrality, Irish independence, and an active voice for diplomacy.

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NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, a US air force general who also commands American forces right across Europe and was reappointed by Donald Trump, was in Ireland over the past couple of days. He met the junior minister for European affairs, who Dooley describes as "another European Union lap dog". The statement after that meeting said Ireland has been "a proud member of NATO's partnership for peace" since 1999, that the arrangement has offered high value to Ireland, and that the two discussed Ireland's defence capability development projects and the national maritime security strategy.
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He also did the rounds of the mainstream media. On RTÉ he said Ireland has a long partnership with NATO and that NATO has created an "individually tailored partnership" for it. Dooley reads that language as interoperability: drawing members of the Irish defence forces into roles alongside NATO countries that Ireland should have no hand, act or part in. He asks where the European Union starts and NATO finishes, given both run out of Brussels with their head offices essentially across the street from each other. In the same interview the general called Shannon airport an opportunity for the US to "project power around the world" and a base for launching attacks.
03
The interview covered the war in Iran, where the general said countries that did not support the US have felt the consequences, and pointed to what has taken place in Spain recently. He also spoke about stabilising Iraq. Dooley calls that lunacy, and what you expect from a soft interview: Iraq has been balkanised between Sunnis, Shia and Kurds, the US is currently backing the Kurds in attacks on Iran across the border, and over a million people were killed in what he calls an illegal war. On Ukraine, the general said Trump wants to bring the war to an end and that Ukraine can win, without describing what a win would mean, while adding that it is "hard to define what winning means in modern warfare".
04
On the talk of weapons shortages, Dooley's read is that it is a ruse. Production runs just in time, enough to stall a strike on Iran and come back days later, while the €800 billion rearming Europe plan is built on the military-industrial complex, with American arms companies taking the windfall. War is a racket that pays those at the top of a corrupt system, he says. The general also raised the threat of China and the risk to subsea cables, which Dooley places in the same softening-up exercise: get Ireland used to the idea of militarism to protect the corporate trade links and foreign direct investment the agenda actually serves. He closes on standing up for Irish neutrality and Irish independence, and being an active voice for diplomacy in the world.
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Hello everyone and thanks so much for subscribing to

Hello everyone and thanks so much for subscribing to my channel. Thanks very much to Joan who has recently supported me through buying me a coffee. I'm very grateful for your kind and generous support, Joan. Today I'd like to speak about an esteemed visitor to Ireland over the past couple of days. This was Alexis Grinkovich. He is NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe and also the head of the US armed forces right across Europe. Also reappointed coincidentally.

By Donald Trump. Now he is a US air force general and he was in Ireland to meet a couple of politicians including Thomas Burn. He is a junior minister for European affairs and also he went and did the rounds across a number of mainstream media channels to soften Ireland up as a drive towards more militarism in the European Union continues. Now we met Thomas Burn. Thomas Burn is an understudy to Mih Martin and another European Union lap.

Dog. He made a statement following the meeting to say Ireland has been a proud member of NATO's partnership for peace. That's not a joke since 1999. He said this has offered high value to Ireland as they go on and erode Irish neutrality. And he said that they discussed Ireland's defense capability development projects. Interesting. maybe Grinkovich was here to check out how Ireland was progressing in terms of the drive towards more militarism right across the country and also look at the.

National maritime security strategy as well. So probably coming along to get an update on how Ireland are road in Irish neutrality, but also to soften up the approach for the drive towards more militarism across the European Union and ultimately NATO. Really, where does the European Union start? Where does NATO finish? Really, they're one and the same. They're both located in Brussels. Their head offices right across the street essentially from each other.

But interestingly enough, he went on to speak on ORT mainstream propagandists themselves and he went to speak about the Ireland's defense spend and he says Ireland has a long partnership with partnership with NATO. He says Ireland has worked with NATO and NATO has created an individually tailored partnership. Now this is something that is very important in terms of interoperability and in terms of the drive towards militarism across Europe where it's a soften up approach in terms.

Of involving many of members of the Irish defense

Of involving many of members of the Irish defense forces into these roles with NATO countries which Ireland should have no hands act or part in. But isn't this the world we live in isn't it? And they claim it's for safety and security. He also went on to speak about Shannon airport and he said this is an opportunity for the US to project power around the world and use this as a base in terms of launching attacks as well.

He spoke about the war in Iran. He said many countries that didn't support the US and that have felt the rat of the US. you see what happened in Spain recently in terms of what's taking place and he also spoke really ironically about stabilizing Iraq. Anybody who knows anything about the Middle East in terms of the stabilization of Iraq knows it's been completely bulganized and uh divided between Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds as well. And uh currently the US are.

Supporting the Kurds in terms of launching attacks on Iran as well from various borders in terms of extending Iran in that war. But he won't talk about the stabilization not to mention the over a million people that were killed during that legal war in Iraq and he was speaking and um about the virtues of stabilizing Iraq. It's not just lunacy but what you expect from a soft interview on RTE. Also he spoke about Ukraine and he said.

That he wants to bring the war or Trump wants to bring the war to an end and he said that Ukraine can win it but um he doesn't describe what a win would mean but uh really ultimately deluded in terms of what they're driving towards as well because he went on to say it's hard to define what winning means in modern warfare. So, um this is the uh top NATO commander in uh Europe and right across.

“So, um this is the uh top NATO commander in uh Europe and right across”

Uh for United States as well, but we all know they're one and the same despite what uh Trump was saying over the last number of months in terms of pulling out of NATO. Well, he has his own man at the helm of NATO. And remember when Mark Ruthie spoke about Trump, he said he was a daddy. So, it's essentially US despite all the nonsense that they try and spin. It's about pursuing the same agenda. So don't be misguided by all this rhetoric.

Being pushed around the place or distractions around uh the wararm mongering machine that still continues to this day. And also they spoke about the shortages of weapons or pressures on weapons. But this again is another ruse because it's just they work on this process called just in time where they can manufacture weapons just to stall what's happening in Iran and then they come back a few days later and strike again where they try and ready up what's.

Taking place right across Europe in terms of building

Taking place right across Europe in terms of building up the 800 billion euro rearming Europe plan which initially is using weapons from the military-industrial complex many American companies as well like RAON and uh lucky Ke Martin and these are making massive windfalls. What's taking place? Well, it's always a racket war, isn't it? In terms of profiting those at the top of the corrupt system. And they also went on to speak about the ultimate threat of China. Interesting, isn't it?

Uh this is what the focus is on as well terms of the bigger picture. But this is really about a soften up approach for Ireland to get used to the idea of militarism to get the risks of subse cables and all this sort of stuff going on and to try us to be part of this war machine because we need to support our economic system and uh the economic trade links between the US and Ireland in terms of the corporations and.

The foreign direct investment and this is always a corporate agenda. of what's being pursued and being aly supported by people like Grinkovich and the Irish media as well. So this is what took place in Ireland. Soften up the approach towards more militarism which we should have no hand back to part of. Stand up for Irish neutrality, Irish independence and be an active voice for diplomacy in the world. So thanks so much for the support. Really appreciate it from.

Dublin. Slangopole.

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