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Yes, he really said it (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (38 children)

If EU wants to be treated like a global player, EU should be deploying in Ukraine. Defeat Russia in its own back yard.

Then EU can start demanding to be treated like equal patner vis a vis US

That's the thing about credibility, it requires hard sick power and result. None of which EU shown thus far.

Trump exposed EU for being weak as bitches and instead of EU doing the thing, they do more sumits and thoughts and prayers.

Nobody is stopping anynof EU member states to deploy in Ukraine. Russia got Koreans helping the JFC..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (19 children)

I'll make you recall this comment when a Russian bomb tore your place apart just because the EU started to be credible.

There are 450m EU citizens at risk. Those are the ones the EU member countries have to care about. Yeah, we hate what Putin did to UA but our priority is EU first and there's nothing wrong about that.

Deploying EU troops on UA territory and let them fight Russian soldiers directly will be seen as an act of war. That's not yet another red line that Russia set up and people ignored. Putin will warm up whatever nukes he has left - not as a threat but as a weapon to use.

And then what? Would you risk everything just to prove what a mean boy you are?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Tuck that dick for Putin harder, boy.

Clearly Europeans forgot their own history.

Pathetic.

[–] tabarnaski 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would you have your own country's military deploy in Ukraine? Would you, personally, go help Ukrainians fight the Russian invaders? This ain't age of empires. In the real world, nobody wants to go to war. This is why in a democracy, elected leaders might hesitate whereas dictators don't really mind spending a few thousand lives to make a point.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Us including most of EU invaded Afghanistan over a lot less shit than what Russia is doing

EU also helped in Iraq.

France bombed Gaddafi and regulating deploys in Sahara for "peace keeping"

US has troops in Syria who engaged russians there killing some too.

Turkey shot down a few Russian jets in 2010s to tell Putin to get fucked.

Lets draw the line at Ukraine 🤡

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

When did the eu invade afganistan?

You know, us helping you in your pointless little wars (your welcome by the way)were very unpopular governmental decisions here? Multiple govs failed in multiple countries for doing so!

And yes! We should draw the line at ukraine! Wanna take a fucking gander at why? Maybe, and this is going to be a wild guess so hold my hand, because of Russia’s nuclear armada capable of destroying the entirety of earth?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

afganistan

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_8189.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Armed_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nato is made up of the eu now? Wowsies, germany almost sent in 5k policemen and soldiers while the us sent in a 100k soldiers! Crazies! In a US started war, in which germany had no claims…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You asked about troops in Afghanistan. EU member states sent troops.

Yes, in a US stated war that Germany has no claims. If you can send troops to Afghanistan, which you had no reason to help because Afghanistan didn't attack NATO ( if it was actually about 9/11 terrorists, Saudi Arabia should have been invaded), then German can supply weapons to Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So hungary invaded afganistan in your book with the less than hundred ppl that we sent? Sure bud

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You didn't say Hungary, you said EU. Members of the EU sent troops to Afghanistan despite having no reason to be there.

Ukraine isn't asking for troops. You won't send the aid they need to defend themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So you think that hungary is not an eu member?

And if i can bother scroll up you will see that @sunzu2 said that outrageous nonsense that the eu invaded afganistan for which you linked the german participation in the us invasion :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

So you think Germany is not a eu member? Members of the EU including, but not limited to Germany and Hungary, sent troops to Afghanistan. You were wrong to say no EU members sent troops to Afghanistan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You said that the eu invaded afganistan you geriatric single celled cunt!

But you are right, you were not technically right since the eu is a trade alliance and does not have a standing army of its own! So it has nothing to invade with! Ty, I did thought you found a ridiculous technicality but no! You were fucking wrong! 🤣🤣🤣

And what is Ukraine asking for that we are not giving them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I said members of EU. I used Germany as an example. You then said Hungary.

Members of the EU sent troops to Afghanistan despite having no reason to be there. No amount of personal insults changes that you were wrong to claim no Europeans went to Afghanistan.