Ummmmmm… you do know that Germany has massively ramped up spending on its military? So has Poland and the Baltic states… Ever heard of the Marshal Plan? Where America said it would help strengthen European economies after WW2 in return for them giving up their… - ThreadSky

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mosquitoeng.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Ummmmmm… you do know that Germany has massively ramped up spending on its military?
So has Poland and the Baltic states…
Ever heard of the Marshal Plan? Where America said it would help strengthen European economies after WW2 in return for them giving up their…

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mosquitoeng.bsky.social•9 days ago

…claim to any international power? Forming the UN and NATO so that they would need democratic consensus, avoiding any rise of authoritarian rule in Europe?

cyberwest.bsky.social•9 days ago

That's an interesting point about the Marshall Plan. It's very easy to forget history and we do so at our peril.

mosquitoeng.bsky.social•9 days ago

There are very large geopolitical forces moving. Europe was intentionally neutered after 1945 and for good reason. Clinton, Bush and Obama failed to act on Putin when he rolled over Chechnya, Georgia and other places.
Now, with the UN effectively controlled by Russia and Trump tying NATO…

mosquitoeng.bsky.social•9 days ago

… up in knots with threats to Greenland and Canada… what can we do?
The UK is waiting on the strategic defence review… while almost all major European economies are reeling from the events in Ukraine.
This is about authoritarian control… Trump, Putin and Xi being at the top. Europe can’t let what…

mosquitoeng.bsky.social•9 days ago

… happened in the American elections happen to them… yet we see Musk pumping funds into Germany and the UK right wings.

thelion79.bsky.social•9 days ago

Quite right too.

mosquitoeng.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ah… you’re one of them. Poor you.

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