Indeed, surely the solution would have been to offer Putin an equal number of shells – too bad if they didn’t have the right sort of guns to fire them from.
Andrew Wise
1 year ago
Not much new here, I think that’s why we chose to leave the EU isn’t it.
At least going forward the failures will be our own and we can vote for a different bunch of British idiots try to put it right.
M. M.
1 year ago
Ralph Schoellhammer wrote, “Now this past naivety demands a price, and it does not look as if Europe is in the best position to meet it.”
There is a 3rd aspect to this naivety: dependence on the American security architecture.
By 2040, the United States will cease being a Western nation, due to open borders. By 2040, most Americans will reject Western culture, and Hispanic culture will dominate. In California, 40% of the residents are currently Hispanic. Most residents of the state already reject Western culture, and Hispanic culture dominates.
The European states will remain Western nations after the United States ceases to be one. Expecting “free” military defense by depending on a non-Western power would be a mistake by the Europeans.
For example, the Hispanics in Latin America are typically disinterested in the suffering of the Ukrainians at the hands of the Russian soldiers, and a Hispanic-dominated United States will exhibit the same attitude toward the rest of Europe after 2040. An invasion of, say, Lithuania by the Russian military in 2045 would be met by a muted response from Washington, reflecting the morality of its non-Western culture.
The Europeans must immediately begin distancing themselves economically and militarily from the United States, including exiting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Why should we leave NATO? If the USA don’t want to help us in the future THEY should leave NATO and let us get on with it. NATO has all the European military organisation that we need to counter any other group’s ambitions. Even if (when?) the EU falls apart there is no reason to disband NATO – even the French and Germans understand the difference between commercial and military co-operational needs (I hope).
“Bern refuses to allow the re-export of Swiss made ammunitions due to concerns regarding its neutrality.”
Bit pointless being an arms maufacturer if you have concerns about your neutrality.
Indeed, surely the solution would have been to offer Putin an equal number of shells – too bad if they didn’t have the right sort of guns to fire them from.
Not much new here, I think that’s why we chose to leave the EU isn’t it.
At least going forward the failures will be our own and we can vote for a different bunch of British idiots try to put it right.
Ralph Schoellhammer wrote, “Now this past naivety demands a price, and it does not look as if Europe is in the best position to meet it.”
There is a 3rd aspect to this naivety: dependence on the American security architecture.
By 2040, the United States will cease being a Western nation, due to open borders. By 2040, most Americans will reject Western culture, and Hispanic culture will dominate. In California, 40% of the residents are currently Hispanic. Most residents of the state already reject Western culture, and Hispanic culture dominates.
The European states will remain Western nations after the United States ceases to be one. Expecting “free” military defense by depending on a non-Western power would be a mistake by the Europeans.
For example, the Hispanics in Latin America are typically disinterested in the suffering of the Ukrainians at the hands of the Russian soldiers, and a Hispanic-dominated United States will exhibit the same attitude toward the rest of Europe after 2040. An invasion of, say, Lithuania by the Russian military in 2045 would be met by a muted response from Washington, reflecting the morality of its non-Western culture.
The Europeans must immediately begin distancing themselves economically and militarily from the United States, including exiting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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He’s sadly right though. Our past naivety does demand a price, and it’s the Americans who are charging it.
Why should we leave NATO? If the USA don’t want to help us in the future THEY should leave NATO and let us get on with it. NATO has all the European military organisation that we need to counter any other group’s ambitions. Even if (when?) the EU falls apart there is no reason to disband NATO – even the French and Germans understand the difference between commercial and military co-operational needs (I hope).
Oh, no, not you again! If I’ve read this comment once, I’ve read it two dozen times (with slightly different preambles each time). Are you a bot?