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Given China's cozying up to Russia, I'd think harder about which countries are really on your side when push comes to shove. As a European you're effectively o

Given China's cozying up to Russia, I'd think harder about which countries are really on your side when push comes to shove. As a European you're effectively only protected from Russian aggression (or re-invasion, depending on which country you're in) because of NATO, which is substantially led by the US. Germany, Poland, the Baltic states, etc. would be completely up shit creek right now if it wasn't for US military involvement in NATO and arms in Ukraine. It's why you see Finland etc. racing to join after years of non-alignment.

Jochim 4y ago
> Given China's cozying up to Russia, I'd think harder about which countries are really on your side when push comes to shove. Why wouldn't China cosy up to Russia? The US has spent much of the last decade tearing apart most of the progress they made over the last five. The Trump administration took an overtly hostile stance to relations. > As a European you're effectively only protected from Russian aggression (or re-invasion, depending on which country you're in) because of NATO, which is substantially led by the US. Germany, Poland, the Baltic states, etc. would be completely up shit creek right now if it wasn't for US military involvement in NATO and arms in Ukraine. It's why you see Finland etc. racing to join after years of non-alignment. Russia can barely deal with Ukraine's largely irregular army. They'd get wiped trying to invade any of the EU states.