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The US has not gun at the moment. They have their own share of problems with China and any conflict in Europe is not in their interest. Not saying that Russia has all the card or anything like that too.


> US has not gun at the moment. They have their own share of problems with China and any conflict in Europe is not in their interest

We don’t want conflict in Europe. But we’re capable of sustaining it.

We won’t go to war over Ukraine, but we’ll economically cripple Russia, at great pain to ourselves and our allies, and line its borders with strike weapons if that happens. Because if Russia can break the agreements it signed as recently as 1994 it’s not unfeasible that it goes for Finland or even the Baltics next.

Putin isn’t bluffing. But he’s more likely to die in power if Russia doesn’t attempt a war.


Yep, there's no shortage of European politicians to sabotage their countries' national interests to do the US/NATO bidding. After all that's how they're funded and annointed. If their local embassy doesn't give the get-go they don't have much of a chance...

And, apparently, there are fellow European citizens who still buy this charade. At least if they're from Poland or something similar easterny, it's their age old beefs with Russia/USSR that are a factor (though it's funny to see them believe Germany has their best interests at heart). But who can say why western european countries want to be the US lapdogs...


Right, we don't have an agency with a budget of $60B dedicated to signal intelligence.


Unfortunately the fact of good funding or even overfunding does not say much, really.




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