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Europe—but Not NATO—Should Send Troops to Ukraine
Foreign Affairs ^ | 4/22/24 | Alex Crowther, Phillips O’Brien

Posted on 04/22/2024 7:17:29 AM PDT by hardspunned

taboo has been broken in Europe. Only a few months ago, it would have been inconceivable for European leaders to propose sending European troops to Ukraine. But on February 26, French President Emmanuel Macron said the deployment of European forces to Ukraine could not be “ruled out.” Since then, other European officials have joined the chorus; the Finnish defense minister and Polish foreign minister have both suggested that their countries’ forces could end up in Ukraine. These comments, combined with existing support for such measures in the Baltic states, show that there is a growing bloc of countries open to direct European intervention in the war.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: alexcrowther; bozomaximus; phillipsobrien; psychomaximus; russia; ruzzia; ruzzians; ukraine; ussr
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To: kiryandil
The Russians have already wiped out French troops and Polish troops in The Ukraine.

LOL, sure the Russians supposedly "wiped out" 20,000 Polish troops in Ukraine without anyone noticing all these deaths in Poland. Idiocy. Stop reading Russian sources.

21 posted on 04/22/2024 7:45:38 AM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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To: dfwgator

DC caused this problem in Europe, not the Europeans. The Uniparty is far from walking away from this neocon CF du jour, as evidenced in that sickening display in Congress Saturday.


22 posted on 04/22/2024 7:49:03 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: dfwgator
They have a history together...

Russians are sad the Germans are not up to the task of dividing Poland.

“Dividing Poland between Russia & Germany is our national pastime. The Germans aren’t the same, though. There’s no one to split it up with.”

~ Dmitry Lekuh


23 posted on 04/22/2024 7:52:31 AM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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To: amnestynone

You hit the nail on the head. You just hit the wrong nail. The warmongering DC thugs started this war in 2014. The Russians are in the process of kicking the a$$es of those globohomos and their neocon stooge NATO thugs. Let’s pray DC doesn’t force the Russians to kill thousands of American boys in the process.


24 posted on 04/22/2024 7:54:07 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: tlozo
LOL, sure the Russians supposedly "wiped out" 20,000 Polish troops in Ukraine

Posting to yourself, tbozo?

I didn't say anything about "20,000 Polish troops", dogsqueeze.

I heard that Polish brigadier general Adam "Raspberry Placki" Marczak had only six seconds of warning before his promotion to placki in Chasov Yar.

25 posted on 04/22/2024 7:57:22 AM PDT by kiryandil (what Ukrainian electrical grid doink?)
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To: tlozo

—> So we disengage from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the rest of the world, and then hope the world somehow ends up better.

Not being the world’s policeman - always on call - ready to bankrupt ourselves and die, does not equal disengagement.

We are engaged in commerce, in diplomacy, in many areas.

You are espousing a neocon straw man.

It must be rejected.


26 posted on 04/22/2024 7:58:36 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: linMcHlp

Scholz has an approval rating in the mid 20s. The problem is the German Uniparty has branded any real oppo party as Nazis and have basically outlawed them. The Trump/MAGA strategy so successfully employed in the US to silence opposition political activity is the latest rage around NATO.


27 posted on 04/22/2024 8:00:30 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: MeganC

We get it, you’re hot and bothered for war and death.
Just so long as it’s others and not you.


28 posted on 04/22/2024 8:00:43 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: tlozo

If you want war so darn bad, you can still volunteer to be a mercenary for Zel.


29 posted on 04/22/2024 8:05:30 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Vendome
"China couldn’t land 500000 people in the Ukraine."

Ruzzia could.

30 posted on 04/22/2024 8:05:57 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova

wonder why they haven’t


31 posted on 04/22/2024 8:12:41 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: kiryandil
I heard that Polish brigadier general Adam "Raspberry Placki" Marczak had only six seconds of warning before his promotion to placki in Chasov Yar.

LOL, so every natural death in Poland is caused by Russian missile strikes in Ukraine. Still waiting for the list of all the NATO officers killed by the supposed Russian destruction of a NATO command center in Ukraine.

32 posted on 04/22/2024 8:15:00 AM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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To: tlozo
Still waiting for the list of all the NATO officers killed by the supposed Russian destruction of a NATO command center in Ukraine.

I don't remember promising you such a list, tbozo.

33 posted on 04/22/2024 8:16:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (what Ukrainian electrical grid doink?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
You are espousing a neocon straw man.

Sure "neocon" like Reagan.


34 posted on 04/22/2024 8:17:01 AM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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To: tlozo

This ain’t Reagan’s America.


35 posted on 04/22/2024 8:17:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
This ain’t Reagan’s America.

Right, so everything he stood for is wrong?

36 posted on 04/22/2024 8:20:54 AM PDT by tlozo ( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
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To: tlozo

What does America stand for now?


37 posted on 04/22/2024 8:21:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tlozo

—> Sure “neocon” like Reagan.

Another logical fallacy.

Reagan never advocated funding and fighting in every conflict on the planet.

“Well, no I never did that.”

- Ronaldus Maximus Reagan


38 posted on 04/22/2024 8:23:35 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

He got us out of Lebanon, when he realized it wasn’t working.


39 posted on 04/22/2024 8:24:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator; tlozo
Incredible how zeeper tbozo just jams words in everyone's mouths, ain't it?

Talk about an annoying little anklebiter.

40 posted on 04/22/2024 8:25:32 AM PDT by kiryandil (what Ukrainian electrical grid doink?)
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