Europeans ponying up to fund US weapons shipments to Ukraine
www.euractiv.com
Several NATO powers have pledged a total of $1.5 billion to cover the cost of US weapons packages, with European fiscal heavyweight Germany joining this week.
  • Renohren@lemmy.todayEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Oh yeah…

    The ever expansionist NATO that keeps pulling the breaks whenever a new candidate appears because this or that already existing member puts up last minute conditions.

    That Against the secluded empire that pulls no breaks to fuck up it’s neighbours until they accept the membership with the gun barrel pointed at their forehead.

    • join@lemmy.mlEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      My point isn’t who is right or wrong, my point is that this war was preventable. A different security arrangement, for example a neutral Ukraine could have prevented the country from being destroyed. This was not a fringe opinion, many international relations experts and politicians have stated this, yet somehow knowing all this the US pursued. It’s almost as if there is a group of Russia hawks within most administrations that actively seek to escalate conflicts with Russia.

      And if you think the US supports Ukraine altruistically you’re delusional, especially after what they are doing in Gaza. (Or Iraq for that matter).

      • Renohren@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Georgia wasn’t even in talks with joining NATO or even the EU when Russia invaded it.

        NATO isn’t a war bait for Russia. It has never been. Russia hasn’t decided to start this war because of NATO expansionism.

        The only reason the US is getting into this is because the EU is their best client. The US has no interest in defending Ukraine. I understand that, it has been made perfectly clear ( not by you, specifically but by representatives of the US nation.)