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Originally Posted by MaDef
TBH, I'm not really on board with having to bail Europe out of the mess they've placed themselves in. Putin's actions & motive were pretty clear back in 2014 & 2015 when Russia "annexed" Crimea and then again when they Got involved in the Syrian civil war (which while not front and center in the news anymore, is still ongoing). And yet the NATO countries ignored it in favor of cheap gas and oil.
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I cna udnerstand that, and evens hare that sentiment.
However, I also see strategic interests of the US at stake here that go beyond just an offended ego.
In the long run, however, I see Europe turning into an irrelevanc eon the world stage. This century wont be the century of Europe, but only see its decline. And you are right, the EU as well as individual European state shave brought this fate about themselves by their own hands, needlessly. Idiotic.