Military historian Sir Antony Beevor on Times Radio on Trump-Putin:
"We should always distrust historical parallels, especially those from WW2...but there is a really very frightening echo of the betrayal of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and the idea that one can deal over the heads of a suffering nation"
"We should always distrust historical parallels, especially those from WW2...but there is a really very frightening echo of the betrayal of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and the idea that one can deal over the heads of a suffering nation"
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Probably thinks Trump is a bit of a softy because Kamala is still alive and not in prison.
Trump is serious about clearing two million people out of Gaza.
And Netanyahu is like one of those minor Nazi collaborators, like those who ran Croatia or Romania.
Securing international trade
Having allies around the globe ( #Asia, #Europe etc)
Overseas bases ( Japan, Philippines, UK )
The British did this to contain Napoloeon - an exponent of a #CONTINENTAL strategy, like #Russia & #China.
it is not clear that #Hegseth or #Trump grasp the #geo-strategic significance of #Ukraine in a #global context.
' From 1999 to 2021 the #European allies of #Nato increased their deterrence investment by 23.9%. In the same period the US increased its figure by 65.7%, #Russia by 292% and #China by 592%.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/eu-failed-trump-proof-europe-humiliation-ukraine?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
I hope for the sake of the free world that a “Churchill character” will emerge, if not then maybe…. 🤔
Meanwhile, the US domestically is still in 1933: #Gleichschaltung.
UK is hanging in there but everyone else is basically gone thanks to Hegseth's speech.
That is definitely not a coincidence.
Selling out a country capable of holding back your enemy just feeds the Blob faster.