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Feral Finster's avatar

European elites literally cannot imagine a worldview other than pro-EU and Atlanticist, and any suggestion that things could be otherwise would be seen to be as gauche as standing up in the middle of a High Papal Mass to demand loudly that the person who just farted please identify him or herself.

The Atlanticist orientation is especially enticing for Euroelites, because it means that they never have to take responsibility for anything, never have to make any decisions themselves. This is why they grumbled and stared at their shoes when the United States attacked Iraq, but responded with horror at Ukraine, in spite of the fact that the United States has a track record of starting wars over far less.

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Kouros's avatar

"the first time that Europe had encountered the basic problem in negotiating with the United States: that no document signed by them can ever be regarded as binding."

Europe should have paid more attention to the treatment of First Nations and Mexico by the US.

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