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European nations, in contrast to the Americas, have been fighting bloody wars between them constantly forever. After WW2 the EU was formed with the goal of sto
by whatever1 2y ago
European nations, in contrast to the Americas, have been fighting bloody wars between them constantly forever.
After WW2 the EU was formed with the goal of stopping the bloodshed. Germans and French became friends!
Europe outsourced their defense to the USA, and instead they started paying NATO and buying defense equipment from US companies.
Yet they stood by the USA in all their fair or unfair endeavors in the Middle East.
The first time that the EU called for actual help, the US seems aligned with Russia.
Things don’t look good.
- rKarpinski 2y ago> Yet they stood by the USA in all their fair or unfair endeavors in the Middle East. France and Germany both openly opposed the US on the Iraq war [1], France even threatened to veto any UN resolutions for an invasion. Hence the whole "Freedom Fries" thing [2] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/22/germany.france https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/22/germany.france [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries
- preommr 2y agoTurns out they were right on multiple levels. Canada supported the US wholeheartedly, and now we're being threatened with annexation. Thanks, America.
- atlintots 2y agoPerhaps it's justice that Canada experience the very thing they supported the US for in Iraq.
- thrance 2y agoThat's a twisted kind of justice.
- rKarpinski 2y agoCanada actually didn't support the Iraq war either, it-least officially [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93...
- nick__m 2y agoCanada did not support the 2003 Iraq invasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_and_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_and_the_Iraq_War
- atlintots 2y agoI'm happy to learn that.
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