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[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I didn't say it was the wrong choice. Just that now it is more of an uphill battle than ever, perhaps with exception of the first month or so of the conflict.

Europe needs to step up and quickly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I didn't think you did. I was more continuing the conversation to point out that there is no alternative. Someone else replied to me with a great point about Churchill being in a similar situation as Zelenskyy during WW2.

It's clear this go around, America is going to join the wrong side of history. That's not a new thing, but it will be the first world war specifically where we are clearly are on the bad side. Typically America commits it's atrocities in smaller skirmishes, and by destabilizing and taking advantage less developed nations for profit. That slavery habit does hard.

The world is fucked, and America is deciding whether to go through a civil war, or to let it be a "bloodless revolution" to quote the heritage foundation president. Europe is going to have to figure out how to defend in a post American world at best, or it's going to have to figure out how to defend against America at worst.

Also,, to your edit... Not just the end of Russian sanctions, but the full official cut of military aid to Ukraine. We're witnessing the beginning of WW3. Hope we both make it through or that tensions die down.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

Importantly Europe needs to step up before the US does.