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dutch777

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1. Britain did no one a favor with Brexit and EU does no one a favor being so slow in evolving to face the threats

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:58 AM

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With folks like Hungary and Slovakia able to de facto veto quick and meaningful change along any line or issue, it is very hard to beat out China, Putin or Trump on their fast moving problematic nonsense in a meaningful way. Even Spain on the NATO and defense spending front says: "Gee, all the rest of you will blunt whatever Russia throws at NATO long before we are directly in harms way, why should we spend more on defense?". Really, couldn't throw a few more destroyers or something useful into the collective pot?

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Britain did no one a favor with Brexit and EU does no one a favor being so slow in evolving to face the threats dutch777 Friday #1

The UK eventually will rejoin the EU. The price for them to do so will be entry into the Eurozone. roamer65 Friday #2