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Originally Posted by Catfish
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It is not the right thing to close one's eyes and dream of unicorns just because realities do not fit one's opinions or expectations, true.
Unfortunately I see it like in the article and you, but the difference is i will not excuse Putin's cynical and disgusting behaviour, and bad-mouth Europe just because it does not play the same game. This "weakness" is the main thing that distinguishes Europe, not only from Russia, or so i thought.
Maybe it is time to change. But if we want to have influence is that necessarily to be on the military side?
Maybe yes. Maybe a build-up of arms again, maybe each single european state bolsters its military forces, or maybe a pan-european army. The latter makes much more sense because of a central command structure and speed of reacting.
I wonder whether this can be Putin's intention, but maybe not all of his plans prosper.
Putin gives Erdoghan a runaround, the latter is cynical but also dumb. Putin is aggravating the situation with his "politics" which are more like a cold war, but a war it is now.
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World is a harsh place and hard power is the foundation of power.
During cold war there were several proxy wars (ie Vietnam) between super powers.
As to the EU build up - independent (from US) EU would support Russian multipolar worldview. The issue EU has is that it is going to be the AHE of 21st century.