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    Quote Originally Posted by Specialka View Post
    I think that is what he meant for him being a pawn. The USA are using Ukraine to humiliate Russia.
    And why would the US have any interest in humiliating Russia?

    Russia has brought itself into this position by antagonizing everyone around them, after democracy was introduced in Russia everyone was happy to work with Russia, there were talks about them joining NATO and what not, then Putin became a de facto dictator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Specialka View Post
    That is why we really should go for an European Army, so we could kick the US and NATO out of Europe.
    For once I agree with you partly.

    Europe should rely less on the US since they might not be a trustworthy partner in the future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by diller View Post
    And why would the US have any interest in humiliating Russia?

    Russia has brought itself into this position by antagonizing everyone around them, after democracy was introduced in Russia everyone was happy to work with Russia, there were talks about them joining NATO and what not, then Putin became a de facto dictator.

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    For once I agree with you partly.

    Europe should rely less on the US since they might not be a trustworthy partner in the future.
    Why do you think the US "might not be a trustworthy partner in the future" since they already are ? They do not care about EU about anything but selling stuff (preferably military equipment) to EU.

    And about Russia, it is a bit more complicated than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gorsameth View Post
    No........
    Yes, well, kinda, I'm definitely on the side of let's drop the pretense and unite into one country already and have our own European Army, but if the US, Canada, Turkey and the UK want to play along they are more than welcome. (added bonus? only one border to defend and that's a lot easier than the various territories.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Specialka View Post
    Why do you think the US "might not be a trustworthy partner in the future" since they already are ? They do not care about EU about anything but selling stuff (preferably military equipment) to EU.
    Trump obviously.

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    There have been several warnings in the thread against derailing it by blaming it on someone else than the country starting it. It has been discussed to death already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Orange Joe View Post
    My mistake @Gigantique
    All good, it speaks for itself that someone faking ignorance just to derail the conversation towards Nazi "codes" (using that term VERY generously) is something that could very well happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Specialka View Post
    And about Russia, it is a bit more complicated than that.
    come on, share your knowledge
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    So, look um, I'm not a grief counselor, but if it's any consolation, I have had to kill and bury loved ones before. A bunch of times actually.
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    I never said I was knowledge-able and I wouldn't even care if I was the least knowledge-able person and the biggest dumb-ass out of all 7.8 billion people on the planet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mayhem View Post
    come on, share your knowledge
    Mods already warned about talking about realpolitik.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Specialka View Post
    Mods already warned about talking about realpolitik.
    So conspiracy theories and made up shit not based on reality, got it.
    Quote Originally Posted by ash
    So, look um, I'm not a grief counselor, but if it's any consolation, I have had to kill and bury loved ones before. A bunch of times actually.
    Quote Originally Posted by PC2 View Post
    I never said I was knowledge-able and I wouldn't even care if I was the least knowledge-able person and the biggest dumb-ass out of all 7.8 billion people on the planet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iphie View Post
    Yes, well, kinda, I'm definitely on the side of let's drop the pretense and unite into one country already and have our own European Army, but if the US, Canada, Turkey and the UK want to play along they are more than welcome. (added bonus? only one border to defend and that's a lot easier than the various territories.)
    AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHAH What!?!?! Sorry mate, but Donald "likely the antichrist made flesh" Trump has a better chance of being the actual son of literal God than Europe does of "uniting into one country". Like, just never, EVER going to happen, short of the entire place being conquered by invading aliens or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Surfd View Post
    AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHAH What!?!?! Sorry mate, but Donald "likely the antichrist made flesh" Trump has a better chance of being the actual son of literal God than Europe does of "uniting into one country". Like, just never, EVER going to happen, short of the entire place being conquered by invading aliens or something.
    Yeah, well, that's like, your opinion dude. Plenty of people I know share this goal, since it'll make life easier. But I do not see it happening during my lifetime, no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iphie View Post
    Yeah, well, that's like, your opinion dude. Plenty of people I know share this goal, since it'll make life easier. But I do not see it happening during my lifetime, no.
    Lots of rulers have tried to unite Europe under one country.

    Hitler, for one. Putin seems to be having a go at it right now.
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    Words to live by.

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    The purges continue. Pootie has sacked four more deputy defence ministers and replaced them with a female relative who got rich through corruption and nepotism and someone from the finance ministry who is the son of a pootie confidant. When dictators start surrounding themselves with loyalist yesmen with no experience in their new roles you know they are getting worried.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaleredar View Post
    Lots of rulers have tried to unite Europe under one country.

    Hitler, for one. Putin seems to be having a go at it right now.
    Yes, and none of those rulers had what the EU is now: a voluntary basis. It's like I said twenty five years ago to a teacher of mine, the EU project is the peaceful continuation of the past 2000 years of European history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iphie View Post
    Yeah, well, that's like, your opinion dude. Plenty of people I know share this goal, since it'll make life easier. But I do not see it happening during my lifetime, no.
    "People" have shared that "goal" since practically as long as there have been people in Europe. Lots of them have even tried to make that goal a reality. It's been a couple thousand years, and none of them have ever succeeded. I'd lay even odds that in a couple thousand more, the result will be the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iphie View Post
    Yeah, well, that's like, your opinion dude. Plenty of people I know share this goal, since it'll make life easier. But I do not see it happening during my lifetime, no.
    Not going to happen, most of the smaller countries are not interested for obvious reasons - I think only Germany and France have been talking about it

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    Oh boy ---- russans are sending now T-62 on battlefield. Maybe the ukraine attacking the refinerys had some serios effect as this tank can run on disel no problem.
    Don't sweat the details!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yunru View Post
    Oh boy ---- russans are sending now T-62 on battlefield. Maybe the ukraine attacking the refinerys had some serios effect as this tank can run on disel no problem.
    Hadn't they been doing that for a while already?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yunru View Post
    Oh boy ---- russans are sending now T-62 on battlefield. Maybe the ukraine attacking the refinerys had some serios effect as this tank can run on disel no problem.
    They had already sent T-54's and T55's in as well. Just waiting on the T-34 now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Azadina View Post
    They had already sent T-54's and T55's in as well. Just waiting on the T-34 now.
    They need to save that one for their parades.

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