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Poking the bear A very avoidable war

After the escalating conflict between the Continental powers of Europe and Russia American silence has been telling and has been perceived as pro Russia. To such an extent that even the Russian foreign affairs ministry has said that the new US foreign policy approach largely aligned with theirs.

Talks of withdrawal from NATO has some countries in Europe nervous and others overly confident in their ability to defend their continent. Emboldened by the back and forth nature of the war in Ukraine has European leadership underestimating Russian defensive capability for the third major time in history.

There is confidence and then there is foolishness. The continent would do themselves the favor of remembering the old British saying about their Russian adversaries. That Russia is never as strong as she looks and she is never as weak as she looks. Far better men than Emmanuel macron and keir starmer have tried and failed.