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War in Ukraine. I've always been proud of being European, but this event is exposing how shambolic the EU can be in some situations. Fuck, I just saw the headl
by iqkznnft 4y ago
War in Ukraine.
I've always been proud of being European, but this event is exposing how shambolic the EU can be in some situations. Fuck, I just saw the headline "Germany says it can send rocket launchers in August"...
- fractallyte 4y agoYou should have seen the war in ex-Yugoslavia... Many parallels with this current war. Describing the EU (and UN) as "shambolic" is not the word I'd use... :-/
- iqkznnft 4y agoTotally different. Yugoslavia was a deeply divided country held together by a strongman. When he died, if course it was gonna fall apart. No surprises there.
- fractallyte 4y agoVukovar was the parallel I was thinking of. And Osijek, and other towns. Surrounded by invading Serbian forces (which taken over the assets of the 5th largest army in Europe), shelled mercilessly - the worst destruction since WW2. Then the defeat, and massacres - and mass rapes. And an arms embargo on Croatia! Which effectively prevented any sort of defense. Europe has conveniently forgotten...