VP for Development & Sr. Researcher, The Lisbon Council | Innovation & Governance | Smart Cities, AI & Big Data | EU-Funded R&I | Advisor & Speaker
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Francesco Mureddu retweeted
I have a very good relationship with Giorgia Meloni, and I respect her greatly. I am grateful to the people of Italy and everyone who supports Ukraine. But our gratitude is not just words. We are already sharing our experience. They receive feedback from us on which Italian-made and European-made weapons work and which do not, and what we have improved technologically. We share all of this with Italian manufacturers.
We have established joint production facilities in Italy and Ukraine – these are Ukrainian-Italian companies. We have a very good relationship with Leonardo. We are grateful to them. And they receive a lot from us. I am very glad that we support each other in this way and that the Italians’ level of technological expertise is increasing. Italians work at the enterprises and factories opening in Italy. I think this is also very important. It means not only jobs but also assistance for Ukraine and Italy.
From an interview with Corriere della Sera. (1/3)
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
About 3 years ago, Russia received “shaheds” from the Iranian regime. These are drones designed for the low-cost destruction of the expensive critical infrastructure targets. Iran taught Russia how to launch them and gave it the technology to produce them. Russia then upgraded them. And now we have clear evidence that Iranian “shaheds” used in the region contain Russian components.
So what is happening around Iran today is not a faraway war for us – because of the cooperation between Russia and Iran. And we do not believe we have the right to be indifferent – even if we are separated from human suffering or shared danger by an ocean, however big and beautiful, or by anything else. Ballistic missiles can strike at thousands of kilometers. Drones can do the same. But if evil wins, the evolution of war will cross any distance on earth – no ocean will help, no desert, no mountains. That is why it is worth helping protect life.
The regimes in Russia and Iran are brothers in hatred – and that is why they are brothers in weapons. And we want regimes built on hatred to never win – in anything.
From my address to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (2/7)
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
I am a Democrat. I served in the Clinton administration. I did not vote for Donald Trump and am highly unlikely to support him or his acolytes in the future. I also have serious disagreements with many of the Trump administration’s domestic and foreign policies.
But it is profoundly disturbing that a growing segment of the far left appears to be almost rooting for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian regime, and other forces fundamentally opposed to the United States and our allies. This seems to reflects a corrosive strain of anti-Americanism, dressed up in postcolonial theory, that risks blinding us to the moral realities of our world and the nature of our adversaries.
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🚫First the Iranian regime claimed and re-claimed (five days in a row) that it sank USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Now, the regime claims the aircraft carrier has miraculously resurfaced and "left the battlefield" after "encountering Iranian missiles and drones." NEED WE SAY MORE?
✅Photos from today in the Arabian Sea ⬇️
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
🚨 How can one not believe in miracles?
Just 80 years ago, Jews were being slaughtered in Nazi death camps or living as second-class citizens across the Arab world.
Today, the Jewish state has built one of the most advanced and formidable militaries on Earth.
And today, you’re watching footage of Israeli fighter jets flying toward Iran.
History tried to erase us.
Instead, we came back stronger.
Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
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🛩️IRANIAN JET SHOT DOWN: An IAF F-35I “Adir” fighter jet shot down an Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter jet.
This is the first shootdown in history of a manned fighter aircraft by an F-35 “Adir” fighter jet.
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from the roof of the IDF headquarters and says the war in Iran is about to intensify so much that “painful days are coming.”
Netanyahu says he will unleash the full force of the IDF that the world has never seen before.
Netanyahu says he has waited 40 years for this exact moment.
"This is what I promised."
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
"È chiaro che Israele non è più in grado di attaccare l'Iran".
È chiaro, no? 🤡
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
Today, I am in the Kupyansk sector, with our warriors who are getting the job done for Ukraine here.
The Russians kept going on about Kupyansk – the reality speaks for itself. I visited our troops and congratulated them. Thank you to each and every warrior! I am proud of you! And I thank all of our Land Forces – today is your day!
Francesco Mureddu retweeted
A Muslim asks a Christian man about the Crusades in the Middle Ages.
“Before the Crusades, Islam had invaded the Christian lands of Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Turkey. And was trying to conquer Europe.”
Another Muslim asks about the European slave trade.
“The Islamic slave trade had existed for centuries before the European slave trade, from both Africa and Europe. And it never really ended.
Your prophet Mohamad was a slave trader.”
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