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You're joking, right? EU people are quite reasonable, they just don't quite like being bossed around. The Germans needed North Stream blown up and Ukraine inv

by petre 2y ago

You're joking, right? EU people are quite reasonable, they just don't quite like being bossed around. The Germans needed North Stream blown up and Ukraine invaded in order to understand that they shouldn't have relied on Russian gas to grow their economy. Some of Germans I've spoken to still don't get it as of today, regardless how frank the current and former US administrations were regarding this and contributions to NATO. Somehow they fail to comprehend that the US gave them protection during the Cold War and it's also US brokered agreements that led to the reunification of Germany on 15 March 1991. The French being French like stuff done their way and knew they can't fully rely on the US since the '50s. But at least they got their shit together with Germany and are building a new tank platform, the MGCS. Some of the German aerospace industry was already consolidated into Airbus Helicopters and they've also jointly developed the Eurofighter platform with the UK, Spain and Italy. Norway, Denmark, The Nederlands, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Greece and Turkey are buying US weapons systems, no surprises there.

richrichie 2y ago
> The Germans needed North Stream blown up and Ukraine invaded in order to understand that they shouldn't have relied on Russian gas to grow their economy. Some of Germans I've spoken to still don't get it as of today This is like an abusive husband who tells the wife how the beatings are for her owm good!
- petre 2y ago
  No, it's like parents taking their fat stubborn kid to sports camp to get him off ponchiki, setting the ponchiki joint alight and than feeding him doughnuts. All of this because the ponchiki joint's owner used the profits to arm up and attack their neighbour, which they promised to leave alone. (For the record, ponchiki taste way better than doughnuts, at least I'll give the Russians that)

by petre 2y ago

richrichie 2y ago

> The Germans needed North Stream blown up and Ukraine invaded in order to understand that they shouldn't have relied on Russian gas to grow their economy. Some of Germans I've spoken to still don't get it as of today This is like an abusive husband who tells the wife how the beatings are for her owm good!

petre 2y ago
No, it's like parents taking their fat stubborn kid to sports camp to get him off ponchiki, setting the ponchiki joint alight and than feeding him doughnuts. All of this because the ponchiki joint's owner used the profits to arm up and attack their neighbour, which they promised to leave alone. (For the record, ponchiki taste way better than doughnuts, at least I'll give the Russians that)