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[โ€“] Libb@piefed.social -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure. but that war is lost (and if we had less... leaders less willing to do what US want them to do, it should have been declared so at least two years ago). Now, the priority should not be in buying more US weapons (making us poorer, while making US that is not our ally anymore richer, retarding our own rearmament while Russia (and the USA) are happily working on their own). Our priority should be in making the EU an essential partner in making peace a reality bteween all parties (which also mean we should be willing to listen a little, just a little, to Russia). More weapons needs to be purchased (purchased within Europe) but now what's needed is a somewhat smarter diplomacy. And a lot less va-t-en-guerre as we say in France: threatening Russia while we're not able to fight won't end well without the USA to back us. And the USA won't back us like they made it clear, I think.

That's just my very uninformed opinion, obviously.