He said a lot of other good stuff too IMO.
Finally someone taking the russian and slso the american threat seriously.
UK has typically bowed to US.
France may our only Security Council Veto hope.
UK isn’t in the EU anyway
FYI the EU is not about military, only about economics.
The UK has made the recent JEF with sweden and others for example, so no problem joining up militarily.
The EU is both. There are EU joint battlegroups and a stronger mutual defense clause in the treaties than NATO.
I think the UK has to have US permission to use our nukes so they’re useless now
What in the world makes you think a sovereign nation (UK) has to ask permission from the US to use their military arsenal?! We might have agreements in place, but no way in hell does the US control the UK’s nuclear launch capability.
It’s not as straight forward as asking permission, but you should read about Trident as a missle platform.
To say the UK has a genuinely independent nuclear deterent is not as clear cut as you’d think. But that’s not the same as being absolutely beholden to the US.
That all said, we really do need to swap to the french missle system, but that will take time to retro fit the subs.
They did have to ask the USA for permission about giving permission to Ukraine using their Storm Shadows, because the guidance system is from the USA IIRC.
So not a totally crazy thought IMO.
I’m not expert, just remembered reading something to that effect. The other commenter seems to know more.
There is a joined nuclear planning group of NATO where France is not and never was part of (while the UK is) and thus, preserving independence in that matter.
I know he did some shitty stuff domestically, but hes one of the biggest eurobros.
Agreed. I’d like to see him in Von der Leyen’s job once she’s out.
I can’t take her seriously, the EU needs a strong face and she’s not doing it for me. This isn’t a woman VS man thing, I thought Merkel was tougher than Scholz to be fair.
VdL was the Defense Minister in charge when the German military lost several subs to lack of maintenance from their ultimately not so big fleet in the first place.
She is definitely not the person who should be there, as she seems more interested in pushing through Chat Control than doing any kind of serious policy on Russia.
Doesn’t make a lot of sense though, she’s in control right now and under her a lot has been done.
Don’t get me wrong, I think she’s doing a huge amount of garbage. But it’s not like she’s incompetent.
I read this as euroboros, and now I’m trying to imagine a European snake eating its own tail…,
They should oopsie whoopsie give Ukraine one. Seems fair since Ukraine only gave theirs up in exchange for American protection.
Just having one would be more dangerous then having none. It’s not enough for actual deterrence but it is enough for Russia to “justify” using its arsenal against them.
Oops, here’s a couple dozen, looks like we mistakenly labeled a shipment.
Trying to imagine doing the Cuban Missile Crisis but we’re replacing Castro, Kennedy, and Khrushchev with Zelenskyy, Macron, and Putin.
What could go wrong?
That order doesn’t make sense, does it? It should be Castro=Zelensky, Khrushchev=Macron, and Kennedy=Putin … but even then, it would only really make sense in the context of a prior action by Putin stationing missiles in points at map randomly Belarus. Maybe I am overthinking it, but I think the Cuban Missile Crisis was a different situation, especially as it additionally also occurred during a cold war.
Say it fell out of the plane.
The Americans have lost a few over the years.
Frogs being based as always.
Provide cover to Greenland.
I thought they already had a warning shot doctrine.
Also, Putin has been sabre-rattling for years, so the debate has kind of already been ongoing.
