Our goverments have kissed so much Russian asses after WW2 that it isnt funny anymore and we still have lots of ole people from those eras in significant positions at every parties. Luckily attitudes towards NATO have changed a lot and i think that about 50% people are in favor of joining NATO nowadays.
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Our goverments have kissed so much Russian asses after WW2 that it isnt funny anymore and we still have lots of ole people from those eras in significant positions at every parties. Luckily attitudes towards NATO have changed a lot and i think that about 50% people are in favor of joining NATO nowadays.
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I stand corrected. But even then, I think if they actually were on their way to becoming full fledged NATO members then Russia would step in and do something.
I don't think that's a coincidence either.
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Germany is the lynchpin for the West’s efforts. Without Germany on board, the West as a whole can’t do much. Germany is way too reliant on Russian gas. Sadly that’ll matter more than what Ukraine will go through.
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This. Elder Ring seems RIGHT up my alley (at least cinematically, open world, etc.) yet I'm very concerned I'll lose interest with how difficult it is, especially having never played any of the other 'Souls' games. It's a bit discouraging and I'd call myself a pretty good, frequent gamer.
I also want to try Sekiro but am skeptical for the same reasons.
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I thought about that, possibly true.
It's a shame the best and brightest leaders always seem to be in charge of countries that don't have a ton of influence on the world at large. Probably a big reason for that.
Looks like Ukraine, albeit early are fairing decently too. Also reports of internal military personnel feelings are mixed on why this war is happening. Russian troops also abandoning positions and equipment when fights start.
Yeah this press won't age well given Germany's history. They are on the wrong side of it incredibly early already.
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Read the thread. Cutting them off means billions in loans that would never be repaid.
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PERKELE SIIHEN ET KOSKE SAATANA PAINU HAKEMAA VOITA SEN LEIVÄN PÄÄLLE
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During the formation of NATO Finland was very much under Stalin’s gaze and had to give Russia basing rights. Them joining NATO during the Cold War would have been wildly provocative to the USSR.
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Worse. They just fought a war and installed puppet regimes in most of Central Europe.
Nah, he hasn’t lost any mind. He’s just trying to rebuild the Soviet Union. Don’t think he can rebuild all of it, but will do as much as he can. Stalin still has a 70% favourable view from Russians in the modern time based on polls and he’s ex-KGB (it makes sense why his views are what they are). He also has gone back to many soviet traditions in the military since his time in office.
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Putins actions have largely paralleled the suggestions of the book “Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia”. Foundations of Geopolitics - Wikipedia
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I want so badly the Ghost of Kyiv to be true... shooting down 2 SU 35s with a Mig29 is F legendary.
Touche mate! I forgot where I heard this, but I was listening to a random podcast one time with a ex-communist government member who defected from the KGB/Soviet Union. He was mentioning that the Communist party didn't mind falling in the early 1990s because they already had plans to rebuild the empire at a later stage. Now I am not saying this is what is happening now, but at the same time it's looking pretty dang accurate if we've seen what has happened to Russia in the last twenty years.
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