▲ 36 ▼ Leaders of Norway, Finland hold rare call with Putin in break with previous European stance (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 1 week ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (3 children) The call: -We're not changing our position. -We neither. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) but the very fact that they called tells you that Europe is in an absolute panic now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) Does it? Does it really? Are they offering (at least) to stop producing fuel for Ukrainian "flamingo" missiles? Pretty sure it's being made in Denmark. Did they offer to stop shipping munitions through Poland? To stop attacks on data centers and factories? Or, hey, since it's Finland, are they offering to stop cutting power lines and data cables running from Russia? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 1 week ago* Oh they're definitely in a panic, everybody understands that there's nothing Europe can do materially to keep the war going on their own. If the US and Russia cut a deal above their heads, they're fucked. And who do you think will be hurt most if Finns cut power off to themselves? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) but the very fact that they called tells you that Europe is in an absolute panic now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) Does it? Does it really? Are they offering (at least) to stop producing fuel for Ukrainian "flamingo" missiles? Pretty sure it's being made in Denmark. Did they offer to stop shipping munitions through Poland? To stop attacks on data centers and factories? Or, hey, since it's Finland, are they offering to stop cutting power lines and data cables running from Russia? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 1 week ago* Oh they're definitely in a panic, everybody understands that there's nothing Europe can do materially to keep the war going on their own. If the US and Russia cut a deal above their heads, they're fucked. And who do you think will be hurt most if Finns cut power off to themselves? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CyberMonkey403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) Does it? Does it really? Are they offering (at least) to stop producing fuel for Ukrainian "flamingo" missiles? Pretty sure it's being made in Denmark. Did they offer to stop shipping munitions through Poland? To stop attacks on data centers and factories? Or, hey, since it's Finland, are they offering to stop cutting power lines and data cables running from Russia? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 1 week ago* Oh they're definitely in a panic, everybody understands that there's nothing Europe can do materially to keep the war going on their own. If the US and Russia cut a deal above their heads, they're fucked. And who do you think will be hurt most if Finns cut power off to themselves? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 1 week ago* Oh they're definitely in a panic, everybody understands that there's nothing Europe can do materially to keep the war going on their own. If the US and Russia cut a deal above their heads, they're fucked. And who do you think will be hurt most if Finns cut power off to themselves? permalink fedilink source parent