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  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoUkraine@sopuli.xyz•Canada’s top general tries to reassure Ukraine as NATO tensions flare
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    6 months ago

    The part of NATO that isn’t USA remains reliable.
    But it is no secret that every NATO country is seeking other ways to ensure military safety around USA. EU hase made the SAFE pact, ehich Canada and Japan have joined.
    UK too is working towards greater European cooperation and independence, leaving only Turkey somewhat in limbo.
    But if needed the political will throughout the countries that were allied with USA is undoubtedly strong to find other ways to cooperate to continue to work for an international law based order, which fortunately China has also expressed their desire to continue.
    So that leaves Russia and USA out of the new global order, which will probably be determined by EU and China together with allies.
    It will then be up to China to reign in Russia and North Korea, but the messaging from China is promising in the face of USA deciding to disrespect international law, and threatening even allies like Canada and Greenland/Denmark with invasion.

    NATO is basically dead, with NATO operations defaulting to American leadership, it is hard to see how NATO can function without USA. And with USA as a rogue country, USA cannot be the military leader of NATO anymore.

    We in Europe are very grateful to Canada for remaining on the right side of the illegal Russian war against Ukraine. And EU and Canada can certainly work together to make a better future for both than when USA was dominating global policies.
    Canada is a smaller, but definitely much better partner than USA has been for decades. Since Bush USA has definitely not been a force for supporting democracy and freedom, before that we believed it, even if it maybe wasn’t really true.

    PS:
    I wonder where Turkey is in all of this? They have been awfully quiet about USA threatening NATO countries, and engaging in illegal wars.

    PPS:
    In hindsight the 9/11 attack was more successful than I could have ever imagined. Because that started the US mindset and rhetoric that Bush expressed as: “You are either with us or against us.” And it resulted in the Afghan and Iraq war, because fuck anyone who tries to oppose USA, and now USA has gone so far, that it is impossible to be with them anymore.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoUkraine@sopuli.xyz•The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 22.04.26
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    6 months ago

    IDK, but I do know that Russian car manufacturers like LADA are complaining that they can’t compete on either price or quality with cars coming from China.
    Russian manufactured cars lack parts that are completely standard everywhere else, like air bags, power steering, ABS, media-center etc. Their engines are also generally weak, and the comfort and driving characteristics are terrible. This is despite in principle having learned how to make somewhat decent cars first by FIAT and later by Renault. But without parts an know how from the west their manufacturing capabilities are absolute shit.

    So I bet there are shortages also in the production of military equipment, and the quality is probably awful on that too, where what they need before anything else is to fulfill government contracts.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoUkraine@sopuli.xyz•The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 11.04.26
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    6 months ago

    A lot of analysts talk about a social contract between the corrupt Putin leadership and common people. That as long as the corrupt regime provides prosperity, the people is OK with not meddling in politics.

    The same analysts say that Putin has broken that contract with this war, and Russia has had successful revolutions at least 2 times before, turning over the Tzar and later turning over the communist regime. So the people are not unfamiliar with revolutions.