Quote from: Razgovory on Today at 09:05:34 AMQuote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on Today at 01:56:28 AMEuropean leaders are weak willed, like most of their populations. Combined with an atmosphere of oikophobia and subsequent lack of belief in the superiority of our cultures and societies...
Why would they bother defending? They've been beaten already.
Is that what is causing the housing crisis? People are scared of houses?
Quote from: Sheilbh on Today at 10:14:09 AMI also think there are good signs from Germany but we're not there yet.
Quote from: Josquius on Today at 09:44:08 AMI'm curious though how modern China would deal with such losses.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on Today at 09:26:53 AMI get your point sheilbh and it's not a major difference but I feel the need to push back hard on the reflexive assumption that dominates administration thinking in the US that Russia is a great power akin to the Czars in 1815 or the USSR c. 1960. They just aren't. They are more on the level of Spain with a rusty nuclear arsenal and bunch a demoralized conscripts operating fleets of drones cobbled together from Chinese parts.I think that's fair and we are possibly boh responding to our own political contexts. You have Trump and are pushing back against that.
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We need to build up European military capabilities swiftly.
Strengthening European defence and supporting Ukraine are not separate tracks.
They are mutually reinforcing priorities.
Today's call with defence colleagues from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK underscored our shared determination to move forward on both.
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 11, 2025, 11:34:06 PMEdit: Very long winded but basically if power isn't just a spreadsheet of economy and population etc but an ability to leverage the capacities you have, isn't the pain threshold a really key part of that? If it's high you can do more with less, if it's low you need to build up more.
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on Today at 01:56:28 AMEuropean leaders are weak willed, like most of their populations. Combined with an atmosphere of oikophobia and subsequent lack of belief in the superiority of our cultures and societies...
Why would they bother defending? They've been beaten already.
Quote from: Valmy on December 11, 2025, 09:20:28 PMEven if a Democrat does return Trump has clearly demonstrated a large minority of Americans are their bitter enemies and will return their foes to power over and over again.
Quote from: crazy canuck on Today at 08:02:36 AMQuote from: Jacob on December 11, 2025, 09:49:55 PMIf I were Conservative I would feel betrayed.
I do wonder what the impetus for crossing was.
Just a guess, it looks like PP is going to remain as leader, and that is not a happy thought for some in the Conservative caucus.
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