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All this talk of EU and NATO countries needing to spend more on defense to counter the imminent Russian threat is obviously not the real motivation behind increased spending.

If one were to imagine such a world, for the sake of useless navel gazing, what else would need to be true for Russia to not only want to use military force to annex or occupy or even conduct limited air strikes on a NATO member or one of their allies but be confident that it's military could meaningfully conduct such a massive operation while defnding from the inevitable retaliation from the entire west?

Idk I'm baked at work and can't really understand why people are so easily sold on this idea that Russia is about to conduct full scale war on Europe

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[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

fr, i'm not sure even the suicidally fascist germans would go full-tilt without France's nukes, soldiers, and functioning arms industry behind them. all power to melenchon, genocide illimité on le heap de penne and horizon/en marche qin-shi-huangdi-fireball