• robocall@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Europe has been a vassal state of the US for years. It was clear that America has been spiraling towards fascism, and European leadership did not admit it, even if they recognized it. Europe should have developed their militarizes and not relied on the US military for decades for their protection.

    What the US is doing is wrong, and Europe should have seen this was possible, and took actions to prevent it from being possible. Instead of focusing all of your anger towards Americans, reserve some anger for the leadership that has failed you, and allowed this to happen.

    • teuniac_@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      You’re confusing the complex dynamics of international relations of democratic EU member states and its 450 million citizens with the psychology of a single person.

      The EU isn’t just an entity that can make decisions. European leaders change all the time. Many decisions at the EU level can be vetoed by a single member state. There are many people, even political parties who have wanted a European military for a long time. But… there are others who didn’t.

      What you’re seeing is one person, presumably from Europe, who is angry with Americans. There are other Europeans who feel bad for Americans and yet others who don’t read any news at all.

        • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          10 hours ago

          I dont really care for either of the halves, I’m just saying they are the eastern west, and the us is the western west. They are one half of the western/american empire. After reagan and the cold war ended, nato seems like a raw deal for europe? america got a lot out of it in terms of weapons deals