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Certain irony in you saying people never learn from history. Appeasement of Nazi Germany did not work meanwhile you're arguing for that very policy with Russia. People really never do learn.
how little it took to set off this frenzy
How little it took!?
You mean like the largest land war in Europe kicking off at the whims of an absolutely disgusting murderous autocratic scumbag?
Or the recent American administration breaking from 8 decades of foreign policy direction seemingly overnight because Trumps only means of getting a hardon anymore is flirting with said scumbag?
Those little thangs?
Demented drivel. Try harder.
Tbf the person who quoted the tweet is posting misinformation. That's clearly not what he said.
Absolutely agree what he did say is scary though. I keep thinking they can't let him last 4 years but the alternative will be Vance so will that be any better? How do they get rid of both?
Supposed enemy? Invades a neighbour, bombs civillians Bucha , threatens others. No, a real enemy.
Journalist who asked Zelenskyy about the costume in the White House complains about threatsBrian Glenn, a journalist for the far-right network Real America's Voice, who asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House why he was not wearing a suit, complained about the threats.Source: The journalist said in an interview with the BBC, as reported by European PravdaDetails: "Thousands, tens of thousands of comments on social media, death threats, phone calls - I don't know where they got my number," Glenn said.He admitted that people apparently did not understand his intention to check whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy understood the "level of respect" that people entering the Oval Office should have.
Journalist who asked Zelenskyy about the costume in the White House complains about threats
Brian Glenn, a journalist for the far-right network Real America's Voice, who asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House why he was not wearing a suit, complained about the threats.
Source: The journalist said in an interview with the BBC, as reported by European Pravda
Details: "Thousands, tens of thousands of comments on social media, death threats, phone calls - I don't know where they got my number," Glenn said.
He admitted that people apparently did not understand his intention to check whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy understood the "level of respect" that people entering the Oval Office should have.
Easily one of the best things I've read today.
Ye great not quite a hundred years later Germany is building Autobahnen direction east again. Yay. And all of Europe is following. Yay again. And they will use a dirty parliamentary trick to push this through before the new parliament can sit where they wouldn't have the required majority. More yay.
We seem literally drunk with obsession of a new war. I'm not sure people understand this the way they're going on here but a new world war is where we're heading with no sign of stopping atm. The way it's currently going there will be one and it wont be the Russians starting it. And it may well be the last one ever.
People in this frenzy should have a long hard in the mirror in the morning and have a think what this all means and how little it took to set off this frenzy. It's the same madness that set off WWI and WWII and its mostly cheap demonisation of a supposed enemy and big time lies and you're all falling for it again. And when it's all done and there is still someone left to reminisce it will be all 'awww how could we have known this'. People learn nothing from history seemingly.
It’s these clowns protesting outside government buildings today about removing the triple lock that tells me we will have some job getting the country onboard with the need to defend itself.
Trust Sinn Fein to come out with total bollocks about neutrality.
Land of the free??? and Vance had the audacity to try and lecture European leaders on free speech! WTF!
Now look what you done Trumpolini and Putler
You woken Germany who are ripping up self imposed limits
astonished he’s still alive. Solidarity matches back in the 1980s are the first international news story I have a clear memory of.
because retaining American military support , well, trumps everything else given the pass which Ukraine finds itself. Doubt he gives a toss about the minerals…
So why does Z now want to give minerals to usa now? Doesn't trump want to cede land to Russia? Why not just stick with europe who I assume wouldn't want to cede any land and wouldn't want any payment for help? Hard to keep up with it all.
The Poles are ready and would mince the Russians.
Well, I guess he said he'd be a dictator before the elections, Americans are stupid.
Europe really have to start talking less and acting more, no more messing around.
Lech Wałęsa
Despite months of marionetting for Vlad by the prat in chief broad support in the US for assistance to Ukraine has been holding.
2018 and 2019 the US under Trump sold a few hundred to Ukraine. Even this there was muck involved, Trump withheld aid to extort Ukraine regarding Biden
Putin is not to be trusted. Whatever agreement is signed, isn't worth the paper it's written on. Look at the Budapest memorandum of 1994.
the gas thing is and by total coincidence, our neighbour over there is, like myself a sailor, and just happens to have a 41ft cruising yacht so I’ve earmarked that as 1 possible escape route…
Realistically though the only route out will be over water somehow so the plan would be try to get onto any boat heading west…
When did Trump give Ukraine the javelins that Zelensky referred to? Was that not Biden?
misinformation is a hell of a drug
Yes, our problem. Where do you think these refugees are going to go?
what is totally astonishing to me is how astonishingly swiftly MAGA pivoted to follow him. There seems not a trace of the old residual suspicion of Russian actions and intentions. Atrocities, rapes, murdering dissidents, bombing hospitals, kidnapping children, maltreating POWs..they've all been shrugged off as easily as if they were Trumps felonies. its as if Trump has re-wired the brains of millions of Americans. It makes Jim Jones and David Koresh look like amateurs.
Eutelsat has almost tripled its value in recent days, in the perspective that Ukraine may have to replace Starlink with OneWeb.The value of the French satellite group's shares has nearly tripled since Friday's close after the confrontation between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump called into question the future of Starlink in Ukraine.Eutelsat shares rose more than 60% on Tuesday, another massive rise, after rising 68% the day before. Recent geopolitical developments have brought closer the prospect of OneWeb satellites replacing Elon Musk's Starlink in Ukraine."Shares are on the rise from the perspective of the Ukrainian military's contract change from Starlink to Eutelsat's OneWeb, and generally due to OneWeb being the best alternative similar to Starlink," Stephane Beyazian, an analyst at Oddo BHF, told Reuters.
Eutelsat has almost tripled its value in recent days, in the perspective that Ukraine may have to replace Starlink with OneWeb.
The value of the French satellite group's shares has nearly tripled since Friday's close after the confrontation between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump called into question the future of Starlink in Ukraine.
Eutelsat shares rose more than 60% on Tuesday, another massive rise, after rising 68% the day before. Recent geopolitical developments have brought closer the prospect of OneWeb satellites replacing Elon Musk's Starlink in Ukraine.
"Shares are on the rise from the perspective of the Ukrainian military's contract change from Starlink to Eutelsat's OneWeb, and generally due to OneWeb being the best alternative similar to Starlink," Stephane Beyazian, an analyst at Oddo BHF, told Reuters.
France is hands down the most impressive country in Europe.
Post WW2 deterrence (incl. nuclear deterrence) in Europe, which rests heavily on the US military, is looking somewhat shaky, no?
Think I would expect the EU and our current leaders and Ukraine, to use any new funding well.
There is in particular a large incentive present for Ukraine not to waste support, esp. military related support.
I fear I wouldn't trust any politician you would ever vote for to run a bath, let alone make kind of decisions the unlucky ones in charge at the present may be faced with - lol!
I wouldn't trust you yourself with a EUR5 note!
You cant be serious comparing those. Most of those examples/countries were behind the iron curtain within the Warsaw pact and they werent invasions more quelling civil unrest. They werent actually fighting local army. Even the examples after 1990 are completely different as in they were not in NATO.
It makes zero sense saying those would be examples for Russia wanting to invade Poland or the Baltics now. It is an entirely different situation. Plus what would be Russia gaining from invading Poland? Zilch. And the risk would be insane. Again zero plausibility except in Ursulas (and this thread's) parallel universe.
Yes I think it was good. I'm not seeing the supposed climbdown that many are talking about. He has already put a more useful condition on further steps (a cease-fire, no air strikes) than anything being offered by the Americans.
Now its up to the world to see this perfectly reasonable request being accepted, or more likely, rejected by Trump and Putin.
There was no war in Europe since the previous war. And after that there was no war until the next war. Then there was war. That's basically the way history goes. Just because there was no war does not mean there will be no war.
They know they are getting a kickback from the American public so they double down on criticizing Zelenskyy to distract from their own appalling behavior.
» There is being usual deterrence in place since like 1950 and while it's not great nobody has actually been crazy enough to mess with it.
USSR invaded Hungary in 1956. Invaded Czechoslovakia via the Warsaw Pact to crush uprisings in 1968. Georgia in the late nineties, and then again a portion in 2008. Chechnya in the 90's. Annexed Crimea, sparked a proxy war in Eastern Ukraine and then the full invasion 3 years ago.
On paper NATO is strong, but if Trump were to pull the US out, and NATO were to fracture at all, then indeed the Baltics are really exposed. Putin wants a land-bridge to Kalingrad and has constantly threatened them. He will never stop. He is systematically probing and destabilizing Europe - it's all for a reason.
It's why, e.g. Poland is massively rearming. They know that whilst NATO/EU might look "strong" on paper now, we can't know what the situation will be in 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, etc.
Your post reminds me of the state of public transportation in Ireland. They don’t want to invest in light rail (except Dublin) because there isn’t enough traffic now but planning permissions for estates are refused because not enough roads to take the traffic as there is no proper public transportation.
It is the same for military. Why invest money in building factories and most importantly R&D when you are not sure the need is there?
However, now that the need is there, I hope we will see EU countries investing to build and develop next generations of military equipments. If they succeed, they could take a big share from US. Think about Nokia. They were number one by a large margin and look at them now.
Why would Trump take this risk? we will never know.
