Oh no not being accused of hypocrisy.
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TBH it's not like a condemnation would make any difference... it would only enrage emperor Trump and expose EU countries (and possibly Ukraine) to his majesty's retaliations.
The sad truth is that - regardless of Trump - Europe can't currently afford to piss off the US... so the only response can be putting on a good face, buying time, and growing stronger for next time.
This is not to say that all EU leaders are actually playing the long game (eg. Italy's Melony said that US attack on Venezuela was a legitimate act of self defense) and, no, I'm not gonna shed any tears for Maduro or his regime.
Europe can’t currently afford to piss off the US
Yet.
(Hopefully)
Luckily things are actually moving in Europe. Hope it isn't too late.
This will also likely further increase the push for an independent nuclear deterrent in many European capitals, but I don't really know how to feel about that.
This nails it
When Russia does it, European leaders call it aggression. When the US does it, it’s complicated.
I remember i talked to my dad about this like 6 months ago.
I said: "when russia invades, it's considered the worst event that could possibly happen. everybody loses their shit about it and everybody cries from the top of their lungs that russia is an aggressor and a rapist because it doesn't respect the territorial integrity of another country. but when the us does it, nobody even bats an eye. that happened in vietnam, it happened in the middle east, and it will happen again."
my dad just replied: "we'll see, it's a learning process, and next time us invades someone, everybody will cry about it too and condemn it, just like this russian invasion is condemned."
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