I don’t fully disagree but why do these people have to insist that if Europe cuts off from the U.S., the largest economy in the world, it must instead then submit to Russia, a mediocre petrostate economy that doesn’t make the top 10 whose military expertise turns out to be not worth a damn?
I find it funny that the person says to have not possibly ceded Greenland to the U.S. sometime in the future, Europe should have ceded Ukraine to Russia over a decade ago…How would that have made Europe look any stronger?
I don't think the point is that Europe should have "ceded" Ukraine to Russia- Ukraine was never part of the EU to begin with, and was always a border land between Europe and Russia. It should have instead agreed on a course of action that could be satisfactory for both sides- something that would allow the EU to keep benefiting from low cost-energy and Russia to not feel threatened by an eastward expansion of the West's sphere of influence. Instead it blindly followed the US in a head-on collision course, with the result that it has damaged itself and its industry, and it's weaker than ever.
The only bargaining chip the EU has now is its market; it could stop buying US oil and buy Russian instead; and it could seek deeper commercial ties with China (some EU countries pulled back on the road and belt treaties on the request from the US).
Lets see how it plays out. The total economy of Europe is larger than the USA. Economic growth in the USA is largely based on AI and might burst soon. The EU is about to wake-up.
drumpf has catapulted the us into a full govt deconstruction-reconstruction cycle, in the most disorderly & grabass way possible. The consequences of which may or may not require a civil war to resolve. Political pendulums swing, and Putin/Xi knows the coming backlash will complete the decapitation drumpf started. Lincoln’s republic is agonal breathing.
Greenland probably won’t be American. But, yeah, EU needs to get ready for war season, looks like a big one.
I don’t fully disagree but why do these people have to insist that if Europe cuts off from the U.S., the largest economy in the world, it must instead then submit to Russia, a mediocre petrostate economy that doesn’t make the top 10 whose military expertise turns out to be not worth a damn?
I find it funny that the person says to have not possibly ceded Greenland to the U.S. sometime in the future, Europe should have ceded Ukraine to Russia over a decade ago…How would that have made Europe look any stronger?
I don't think the point is that Europe should have "ceded" Ukraine to Russia- Ukraine was never part of the EU to begin with, and was always a border land between Europe and Russia. It should have instead agreed on a course of action that could be satisfactory for both sides- something that would allow the EU to keep benefiting from low cost-energy and Russia to not feel threatened by an eastward expansion of the West's sphere of influence. Instead it blindly followed the US in a head-on collision course, with the result that it has damaged itself and its industry, and it's weaker than ever.
The only bargaining chip the EU has now is its market; it could stop buying US oil and buy Russian instead; and it could seek deeper commercial ties with China (some EU countries pulled back on the road and belt treaties on the request from the US).
Lets see how it plays out. The total economy of Europe is larger than the USA. Economic growth in the USA is largely based on AI and might burst soon. The EU is about to wake-up.
drumpf has catapulted the us into a full govt deconstruction-reconstruction cycle, in the most disorderly & grabass way possible. The consequences of which may or may not require a civil war to resolve. Political pendulums swing, and Putin/Xi knows the coming backlash will complete the decapitation drumpf started. Lincoln’s republic is agonal breathing.
Greenland probably won’t be American. But, yeah, EU needs to get ready for war season, looks like a big one.