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I'm not against joining talks with France.

I just think this is going to be one of those incidents where they say one thing but soon realize that we can't afford to sit this out.

As a result, the part where we're supposed to debate and deliberate these things is squeezed or left out altogether.

Yes, I totally agree with that assessment.

They don't like to end up being at odds with our European allies either, however, so we get this "hit the brakes", "slam the gas", "hit the brakes" motion -

Contradictory statements, rushed decisions, and backpedaling.

Plausible.

It's also possible that our government is feeling the pressure so today they're like "let's not rush this".

Tomorrow, there will be a statement along the lines of "we're going to do this and that's the end of the discussion".

France to boost nuclear arsenal, involve European allies in deterrence France will expand its nuclear arsenal and will potentially allow European partners to host its aircraft on nuclear deterrence ‌missions, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, signalling a major d...

What's this about again?

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Of course, a week later they will be bending over backwards to explain how nothing has changed and no one should, in any way, feel threatened by this.

Valtonen: Suomella ei ole kiire keskustella Ranskan ydinasealoitteesta Kahdeksan maata, myös Ruotsi, ovat aloittaneet keskustelut ydinpelotteesta Ranskan kanssa.

Finland's Minister of Foreign Affairs says "there's no rush" to join the talks following France's European nuclear deterrent initiative.

If this is anything like the Greenland crisis, "no rush" means that we'll have a small nuclear arsenal by next Tuesday.

Lithuania would not get anything in return.

Denmark was one of the United States' best allies and that didn't matter either.

And then there's the whole "collapse of the rules-based international order" thing

Or is it just history you're looking for?

@warinthefuture.bsky.social ?

They simple.

They man.

They like boom. Big boom.

Trump was told in 2025 that Iran and his favorite country, Russia, are allies. He was taken aback by that, but forgot it before the meeting ended.

Trump and his administration are incapable of assessing the knock-on effects of their military campaigns.

It's not a war against Russia but having him think that isn't the worst thing that could happen

2022: Ukraine asks to close the sky
2026: Ukraine is asked to close the sky

What is so maddening about Europe these days is that even in Europe this is not the Big Story. We are so captured by American drama, and the easy content its news providers overwhelm us with.

That reference will go over most Eastern Europeans' heads.

It did mine, anyway.

I don't see why Moscow should decide which troops are stationed on our soil.

Second, I will never leave Donbas and the 200,000 Ukrainians who live there. Why on earth should I do that? Because Putin imposes it as a condition for peace?

⚡ Russia has spent more than its annual GDP to seize a sliver of Ukraine.

A new economic analysis estimates the invasion has cost the Russian Federation $2.5 trillion in lost human capital, destroyed equipment and economic damage.

🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Ukraine did a great job reverse engineering Russian Shahed / Geran drones. You can literally go on the website and see component breakdown - made in Texas, Germany, Switzerland.

Very relevant for Iran warfare.

I suggest you check it out. Share it.
war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/page-ger...

Greece sends warships, fighter jets to defend Cyprus after drone strike The deployment comes after a Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle hit Britain’s airbase at Akrotiri in Cyprus overnight.

Greece has ordered the deployment of a military force to Cyprus following drone incursions on the Mediterranean island that have dragged an EU member state into the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran.
www.politico.eu/article/gree...

❗️🚀Russia fired the most missiles into Ukraine in February since at least the beginning of 2023, — AFP

Russians launched 288 missiles, 113% increase from January (135). The missile attacks were mainly aimed at Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Russia launched 5,059 drones — 13% more than in January.

France has to cover the EU.

Unless, of course, the Nordics and Baltics launch their own nuclear programs.

🇫🇷☢️ Macron: I have ordered that we increase the number of nuclear warheads in our arsenal... we will no longer communicate on the figures regarding our nuclear arsenal.

In order to be free, we must be feared. In order to be feared, we have to be powerful.

It's a win-win. That's rare these days.

And security of supply

⚡️If Russia withdraws from the negotiations, Ukraine will look for other formats to force it to end the war, — Zelensky

Northern Europe's green energy transition is in large part driven by national security concerns

Days tend to turn into weeks and weeks into years

*hundreds