Posted on 04/11/2014 7:51:38 AM PDT by McGruff
“This is Europe’s problem. It is about time that they grow a spine and deal with this themselves.”
Except for likely Germany and Poland, the rest of Nato’s European partner’s military, including the UK, is just a shell now.
The Italians could only do 40-some total sorties over Libya before they had to stand down, due to the lack of bombs, and broken airplanes. The Russians know this, too.
What a sad spectacle that Europe has become. In time I believe that, (as I’ve stated before) they could become a counter-balance to Russia -— if they were willing to defund the massive social-welfare net and contribute more to their militaries, both individually and collectively...
They could be the cooler head that sometimes needs to previal (as compared to the often hot-headed U.S.) given their penchant for muddling through things. Ah, one can only hope...
-PJ
If you believe that many in Crimea took the Russian offer to join their army, the Russian disinformation officers did a good job. That was not the case. The Ukrainian ships are being returned. Did you read about the Ukrainian naval officer that was murdered in his barracks?
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