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I find the overall French reaction to the war unbelievable - unless there is something that I do not know. We now have Macron getting involved with Putin to try. And get grain out of Ukraine safely to feed the world. A very opportunistic man. I suppose we will have to stomach. His involvement because it might help to alleviate world famine from occuring

Germany clearly want a convincing Russian victory. A Ukraine in EU dilutes their power, and an alliance with Poland, the Baltic's, Czechoslovaks, Romania forms a powershift due to the numbers.

Germany will have to find another way to rejig the EU to ensure they have the most power. It will be full of the usual threats of joblessness and economic ruin. I cannot believe so many people fell for this act the Germans suddenly have humility after WW2 and have totally abandoned their national psyche, just because they lost.

Mariupol

Scholz

and all because one old man who sits in comfort longs for an idea from the past.

That's a pretty spectacular 1938 reading of Germany. It is really not what they are doing although your warm anti-EU feelings are noted. Sure it may be slow versus the old warrior Biden or the self-serving toe rag Bojo saving his own career but it is still happening. I really don't get this wild rage against one country just because they are not doing what people demand of them or that they are not ranting like some other countries. It's not as if they started this mess. The EU is complex, has 27 members, and rarely comes up with instant decisions. Even if they were doing whatever they are not, this thing would still be going in August.

Nearly 100 days into this, much as Ukraine continues to need military support and Zelenskiy reminds people of it daily, he has an agenda and his Koolaid needs the same caution as Putin's.

The Germans are right to stay out of it, the last time they tried to sort out Russia they got the sh1t bombed out of them by the western powers.

Endured a genocide between 1945-1947 and were left with only a rump state.

I think there's a danger in the Day X of the war narrative in that it gives a linear sense and makes us think one way or another. They are proposing potential solutions, not because they want to do Putin any favours but because their natural inclination is that they want the war to stop. Even if he stopped tomorrow the sanctions would still be in place so that's not much of a win.

Germany has already embarked on a plan to move way from Russian gas and oil but that timetable is far longer than regular broadsides from Zelenskiy. IMO they will do it but not until everything is fully in place.

It is true, what Russia Putinbots fear most is the TRUTH. So let's all make sure the Kremlin will never prevail in suppressing or hiding the truth worldwide. For Russia, all we can do is keep highlighting the crap the Kremlin put out. RT news will be found out by everyday Russians. People over there are already starting to question what's going on. The world is against them and they know it... why the world is against them they will eventually find out. Ukraine will win Russia will lose this is a guarantee no matter how France and Germany drag their feet on the war.