Europe's Sleeping Giant Awakens

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Europe’s Sleeping Giant Awakens

March 3, 2022 at 1:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/03/europes-sleeping-giant-awakens/

"SNIP.......

The Atlantic: “Scholz announced that Germany would end its dependence on Russian gas, spend an additional 100 billion euros on its military, and deliver hundreds of anti-tank weapons and Stinger missiles to Ukraine in order to help its overmatched military counter Russia’s all-out assault. Germany may also be forced to extend the life of its nuclear plants to fill the energy gap created by the halt to Russian gas supplies.”

“Each one of these decisions represents something of an earthquake. Taken together, they are a political cataclysm that no one saw coming—not from a novice chancellor known for his caution, not from a coalition of German parties with pacifist roots, and certainly not from a government led by the Social Democrats, with their history of close ties to Russia.”

......SNIP"

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Dear Vladimir

We’re tired of all your shit.

Best Regards,
Europe

[SWBTATTReg]

2. A shame that it took Putin raping Ukraine in order to get Europe to do more, but still,

I'll take it (not that my opinion matters much anyways to the powers that be), and like this article says quite well, a sleeping giant wakes up. A good thing I think for everybody's sake. Europe is an economic powerhouse, and it's time for it to shoulder (and it has, no disrespect to these friends of ours) more and take on a more pro-Europe stance (vs. a Russian one, or for that matter, a US stance).

[Chainfire]

3. You have to wonder if Putin's experts warned him that things like this could happen?

Now GB needs to get off of their butts and show a little unity. Damnit, we are going to have to hang together or hang separately. England needs a Churchill right now and they got a Johnson...in more ways than one.

[SunSeeker]

4. The Tory government relies on Russian money just like the Republicans. nt