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Originally Posted by mapuc
^ I doubt that Putin takes Biden serious-The US military is another thing and I think Putin respect it.
But a military strength isn't stronger than its civilian part in this case Biden in the White house.
Could be wrong.
Markus
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You are right probably, but I meant Biden and US military as a generalization for "USA". Putin from begining on only wanted to talk
not with Europe but with the US
about Europe. Its a long stratgey of theirs, sicne the co9ld war,. that they want to drive a wedge between the UDS and Europe, and want to weaken the EU by talking to individual European states, not the EU. Trump tried the same: weakening the economic block by wanting to get state to state negotiated treaties, bypassing the EU. Single states are in a weaker position against Moscow or Washington or Bejing, than the whole EU block.