Rearming in Europe is not the path to peace
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Rearming in Europe is not the path to peace
The West's insistence that Ukraine is made a bulwark against Putin will do little for long-term peace in the region, argues Chris Nineham Most Western commentators are claiming yesterday’s White House summit as a good result for the European power…Counterfire
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in reply to Michael • • •Gerrit Venema 🇪🇺🌍🍉
in reply to Michael • • •The author puts the blame for Russia's war squarely on "the West". Hard disagree. There was no plan whatsoever for Ukraine to enter NATO and the Ukrainian people themselves drove puppet Yanukovich out, not the USA, the EU or NATO.
And the idea that somehow Russia felt the need for a pre-emptive strike because NATO was somehow supposed to be expanding while European nations were tanking gas in Russia and not spending anything on defense, is quite frankly bollocks.