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  1. 01-24-2022, 04:32 #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
    If you wanted Europe to be a substantial help in any military endeavour, you'd want hawks in both Paris and London. But the UK lost its appetite with Iraq, and now views Europe as an enemy as a matter of ideology. Russia has its hooks in the UK government as well, bankrolling its ruling party. It used to do the same in the US, until you got rid of Trump. If I were the US, I would not trust the UK to do anything practically useful against Russia, nor for it to coordinate anything with the rest of Europe.
    I would disagree only to the extent that Russian agents appear to have played the Trumps for suckers without even having to shell out enough money to buy very many of their people. Gullible AND cheap.
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