This is the most important comment I have heard this week — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk:
“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians […] Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but the belief that we are truly a global force.”
I think Tusk hits the bullseye here. Those 140 million Russians are already fully occupied by fighting Ukraine, and our leaders act like we are Liechtenstein.
@randahl the 21st Century is in the nuclear age. In the nuclear age the size of one’s population does not define survivability.
To treat a conflict between nuclear powers in 2025 as if it is merely an echo of world wars from the last century is to mischaracterize the realities of now in vital ways.
"I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - likely falsely attributed to Albert Einstein
@davidaugust I am not seeing nuclear weapons making much of a difference for Russia in Ukraine, no matter the constant sabre rattling.
@randahl @davidaugust I think they make all the difference. If not for the bombs Russia has NATO would be much more aggressive in protecting it's borders. There are several operations NATO countries completed- Iraq, Serbia, Afganistan...
