Emmanuel Macron and the duplicity of the French

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: This thread is now three pages long and, somehow, none of you have been able to coherently explain why Macron seem to be ok with America's involvement in Ukraine while claiming Taiwan is not Europe's business .

If Russia defeats Ukraine, they will next try to expand into Poland. Poland is a NATO member, so American and French soldiers will have a responsibility to put boots on the ground.

Taiwan is not a NATO nation. We have much more flexibility in how we respond to Chinese aggression.

That’s the difference.

Where do people get the idea if Russia wins in Ukraine, they will then invade Poland/Baltics/Finland? Surely there must be a source for all these claims somewhere right?

Because Putin loves to talk about the mistake of the USSR dissolving and the lost Russian Empire. Here's a member of the Duma talking about not recognizing their sovereignty

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-boot-former-soviet-nations-nato-sovereign-recognition-lawmaker

This is an article about trying to trigger some legal problems for NATO, not for invading foreign territory. I don't see Soviet era nostalgia as much different from Americans wishing we still owned the Panama Canal. It was a mistake to give it up, but we're not going to re-conquer Panama anytime soon.

What I can find is that some time ago, apparently Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland. I guess that was just a long con?

[Anonymous]

US will be kicked out of NATO for Nord streampipeline after peace with Russia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This thread is now three pages long and, somehow, none of you have been able to coherently explain why Macron seem to be ok with America's involvement in Ukraine while claiming Taiwan is not Europe's business .

If Russia defeats Ukraine, they will next try to expand into Poland. Poland is a NATO member, so American and French soldiers will have a responsibility to put boots on the ground.

Taiwan is not a NATO nation. We have much more flexibility in how we respond to Chinese aggression.

That’s the difference.

Where do people get the idea if Russia wins in Ukraine, they will then invade Poland/Baltics/Finland? Surely there must be a source for all these claims somewhere right?

Because Putin loves to talk about the mistake of the USSR dissolving and the lost Russian Empire. Here's a member of the Duma talking about not recognizing their sovereignty

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-boot-former-soviet-nations-nato-sovereign-recognition-lawmaker

Putin also said that whoever misses the USSR has no brain so there you have it.

If Putin was REALLY bent on restoring the USSR, he would have started with the Central Asia stans that are a) poor, b) wanted by no one, and c) would applaud joining Russia since most able-bodied men are there making money anyway. He has shown not the slightest interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This thread is now three pages long and, somehow, none of you have been able to coherently explain why Macron seem to be ok with America's involvement in Ukraine while claiming Taiwan is not Europe's business .

If Russia defeats Ukraine, they will next try to expand into Poland. Poland is a NATO member, so American and French soldiers will have a responsibility to put boots on the ground.

Taiwan is not a NATO nation. We have much more flexibility in how we respond to Chinese aggression.

That’s the difference.

Where do people get the idea if Russia wins in Ukraine, they will then invade Poland/Baltics/Finland? Surely there must be a source for all these claims somewhere right?

Because Putin loves to talk about the mistake of the USSR dissolving and the lost Russian Empire. Here's a member of the Duma talking about not recognizing their sovereignty

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-boot-former-soviet-nations-nato-sovereign-recognition-lawmaker

This is an article about trying to trigger some legal problems for NATO, not for invading foreign territory. I don't see Soviet era nostalgia as much different from Americans wishing we still owned the Panama Canal. It was a mistake to give it up, but we're not going to re-conquer Panama anytime soon.

What I can find is that some time ago, apparently Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland. I guess that was just a long con?

Ukraine is a sovereign nation. And 3 years ago, people who were worried about Putin pushing further into Ukraine were told they were hysterical by Cons. If Russia succeeds in the invasion of the sovereign nation of the Ukraine, what stops him from continuing on to the next sovereign nation? Mainland Europe remembers WWII