Given what we've seen, is there really much to be gained by poking the snake? Let's just get on with what needs to be done and making sure Ukraine gets the support it needs.
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And how will Ukraine get support from "the snake"? I've just seen Trump say Zelensky needs to be nicer to Putin. There'll be no support there - not even after his mineral shakedown. (Telling that a such a metaphorical name should now be given to the US.)
Is there any real support on offer from the US? It doesn't sound like it. Previous administrations have been less hostile to sworn enemies that they were today. Does Ukraine really want to pay the price the US has in mind? Europe has far more to lose and may need to cut the US out of the loop.
Well this is my original point - why *shouldn't* Starmer call out this behaviour as wrong, like other European leaders? It's plain to see Europe needs to stick together. The diplomacy as you call it just gives the bully validation. Make them an outlier, I say.
Bullies (especially MAGA ones) are validated by the outrage of others. I don't think we should give them the satisfaction, let's move on and leave them to stew in their own cess pit; meanwhile let's get on with building a European solution to a European problem.
Perhaps that's true, but fawning adoration and obeisance gives them more validation. Silence here does that for them.
I appreciate the discussion - cheers. 😊
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I appreciate the discussion - cheers. 😊