Some countries wanted to stay neutral: How Russia's invasion has quickly reshaped Europe

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON – In just a matter of days, Russian President Vladimir Putin sure has changed a lot of peoples' minds – against himself and Russia.

Germany is shattering decades of pacifism. Sweden and Switzerland are abandoning their notions of neutrality and acting in concert to punish Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.

The result is an aggressive western European unity not seen since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 – plus Cold War-style threats of violence, including nuclear threats from an increasingly cornered Putin.

Though the Russian president may have hoped to divide Western allies over a response to his unprovoked war, the stunning invasion instead triggered an international sea change that forced European countries to reckon with the most serious security challenge to the continent since World War II, according to Liana Fix, a German historian and political scientist who is a resident at the German Marshall Fund.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Putin's goal was to reshape the world. He did accomplish this goal but not in the way he hoped.

[Karadeniz]

2. There is no neutrality against evil; neutrality is assistance. A piece of scripture rarely echoed by

Christians is James's admonishment that to do nothing in the face of evil is evil. James is a favorite of mine, but apparently not much used because he doesn't mention Jesus glowingly. That should tell people something important.