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Europe will lose all credibility if Russia wins in Ukraine, warns French president Macron (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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The war in Ukraine is “existential for our Europe and for France”, Mr Macron said in the interview on France 2 and TF1.

“Do you think that the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Estonians, the Romanians and the Bulgarians could remain at peace for a second [in the event of a Russian victory in Ukraine]?” he asked. “If Russia wins this war, Europe’s credibility would be reduced to zero.”

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Second moment in recent history when the french end up being the tellers of uncomfortable truths

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Don't forget about Charles de Gaulle warning Kennedy against a war in Vietnam

You will find that intervention in this area will be an endless entanglement.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they should start supporting Ukraine a bit more then, so far they are lacking in comparison to the rest of europe

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, sadly I see Macron's statement about french troops in Ukraine as nothing more than hot air. The last I heard, France was blocking buying artillery shells from non-EU sources, even though those shells could be shipped right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't Macron like "I talked to Putin, he wouldn't do this"... And then he did it.

The same French whose intelligence organization completely missed the boat on that?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60938538

Why is anyone taking this guy seriously?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That was Putin just lying though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Lying dup's one man. But there was an entire intelligence org that should have been able to prove those words right and wrong. Macron has little credibility by himself -- he loves big, broad gestures -- and he has no apparatus to back up his claims for, or against, anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

He's prone to magical thinking

He's still in denial that climate change can't wait. Same vein.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

The French have always been the heroes we need but don't deserve.