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Francisco d’Anconia's avatar

They have failed in domestic policies so spectacularly that they must look outside for something to blame. There is Russia, as ever, a convenient scapegoat.

The real question is will they dash themselves against the rocks of Russia kinetically once again? Either way they are in the middle of a suicidal fit of irrelevance. They have destroyed their own future by throwing away their energy security. They are in the process of a permanent political fracture as the masks of democracy and tolerance slip to reveal the same old facism beneath.

Perhaps it would be better for them to just suicide by Russian cop sooner, they seem to have their glory days after Russia smacks them down.

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alain's avatar

The West has pushed Russia to focus on Asia, home of the fastest growing economies and rising Middle Class sectors on the planet. Another boomerang policy from the Idiocracy.

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kdafrn's avatar

United States blew up Nord Stream.

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John Brophy's avatar

The 2 failed Brussels organisations, NATO and the Soviet European Union are heading fast for irrelevance on the world stage. No reverse gear and no sense of what diplomacy looks like. Strange Death of Europe indeed.

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james's avatar

europe is following the usa lead.. how is that going to work out for either?? the usa empire has grown old and it's leadership has become more tyrannical emphasizing the stick as opposed to any carrot.. it has become old and rigid and europe is much the same in following it on it's warpath with any challengers... good luck with all this...

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Cynic's avatar

The US now only uses the stick and no longer uses the carrot because USA can no longer afford any carrots!

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james's avatar

cost of fertilizer ya know, lol! no more carrots!

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