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My country, Romania, has no effective say in this matter at the EU level. As for the European Parliament and its democratic legitimacy, the lesser said the bett

My country, Romania, has no effective say in this matter at the EU level. As for the European Parliament and its democratic legitimacy, the lesser said the better. We also used to have “elected” representatives under Ceausescu’s Romania, with the same effective results.

XorNot 3y ago
Your country is going to be invaded and reoccupied by Russia if Putin gets his way in Ukraine and Trump delays article 5 just long enough for it to be "not worth it". Because why should we waste hundreds of thousands of lives on protecting "just some land".
- paganel 3y ago
  Let us care for ourselves, we did just fine before (we actually fought the Soviets/Russians on their home turf before, unlike the majority of the Western countries), and use those troops you mention for the defense of your own realms, we don’t need them here.
  - catlifeonmars 3y ago
    If I was your neighboring countries, I would absolutely not let you “care for yourselves”. That puts my border at risk. Nothing is in a vacuum.
    - justsomehnguy 3y ago
      > That puts my border at risk. Nothing is in a vacuum. Ah, yes, when it is a Western border at risk it is totally fine, it's not fine if that is a Russian border. Hypocrisy.
      - jnsaff2 3y ago
        The russian border was last challenged by hitler and before that by napoleon. Anything after that is just been being pissy about everything. > Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 square miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the earth’s landmass. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2016-04-18/russias-perpetual-geopolitics https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2016-04-18/r...
      - catlifeonmars 3y ago
        I was speaking in general terms. It’s bad strategy to ignore what happens 1-2 borders away. I don’t think that’s controversial?

XorNot 3y ago

Your country is going to be invaded and reoccupied by Russia if Putin gets his way in Ukraine and Trump delays article 5 just long enough for it to be "not worth it". Because why should we waste hundreds of thousands of lives on protecting "just some land".

paganel 3y ago
Let us care for ourselves, we did just fine before (we actually fought the Soviets/Russians on their home turf before, unlike the majority of the Western countries), and use those troops you mention for the defense of your own realms, we don’t need them here.
- catlifeonmars 3y ago
  If I was your neighboring countries, I would absolutely not let you “care for yourselves”. That puts my border at risk. Nothing is in a vacuum.
  - justsomehnguy 3y ago
    > That puts my border at risk. Nothing is in a vacuum. Ah, yes, when it is a Western border at risk it is totally fine, it's not fine if that is a Russian border. Hypocrisy.
    - jnsaff2 3y ago
      The russian border was last challenged by hitler and before that by napoleon. Anything after that is just been being pissy about everything. > Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 square miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the earth’s landmass. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2016-04-18/russias-perpetual-geopolitics https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2016-04-18/r...
    - catlifeonmars 3y ago
      I was speaking in general terms. It’s bad strategy to ignore what happens 1-2 borders away. I don’t think that’s controversial?