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[–] felis_catus_domesticus@toot.io 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

@LaFinlandia well, that's been true since 1949..

it's only the Europeans who are suddenly waking up this. DE have been underperforming NATO slackers since day 1.
Now the chickens come home to roost.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, it really looked like we were about to achieve world peace like 15 years ago. EU didn't expect russia to start a war etc.. In my region they minimized the military over and over, as it seemed we had no enemies.

[–] felis_catus_domesticus@toot.io 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

@lurch True, but it seems that since 1991 the Poles and Romanians have operated under a very different perspective and understanding of history. Probably because the threat was closer to their front door.