I would say the rest of NATO should be able to hold against Russia for sure, especially in its current state.

I would just be worried about short-term problems because of disrupted logistics due to the US withdrawing. Or maybe that other countries would follow the US in leaving.

But in the end, that is just my guess.

What a stupid timeline, in which the above is true🙄

First the settlers 2 and Caesar 3, a bit later and with a lot more impact Guild Wars (1).

Eh, a few days from now Trump will say something like “I had an amazing call with Putin. He is a great guy, Ukraine should surrender now”. Dude can’t remember what he said yesterday.

I agree with you, but I would bet Slovenia is not very high on the “where to invade next” list😅

Good advice, that I would definitely recommend in a place like Germany. But still: First rule of Usenet is to not talk about the Usenet. :D

I really got allergic to sensationalist headlines like this. “X goes nuclear and destroys Y”. I’m refusing to click on stuff like that…

Reciting every day in school how great your country is, is peak brainwashing to me. When I learned about that, it was so weird to me.

Only a good guy with a car can stop a bad guy with a car though. Also if everyone in a crowd had a car, stuff like this wouldn’t be possible.

/s for the people in the back

Europa Universalis V confirmed?

Yeah, highly recommend not doing that. Over 30 years after the reunion there are still massive problems because of the divide and I feel like a lot more time will pass until this is somewhat balanced.

Any bets that it will take less than 90 days before we get the next tariff circus?

To avoid a kindergarten infinity+1 problem, one side should just explicitly ban all trade at some point and not just do it implicitly by bringing tariffs to the moon. 🤷‍♂️

But, you know, Trump is always right! What does backtrack even mean? /s obviously 😵

I’m optimistic that it will happen eventually. The EU generally is moving with stuff like this, even though it is slow as fuck. But well, let’s see, not promising anything…

Agree. That is such an america centric view. Why would italians give enough fucks about DOGE to burn a Tesla store about it. Being a Nazi is what is our primary issue with Musk here in Europe.

Remember: Germany is still in the process of forming a government. I hope once that is done we will react a bit faster on the events going on right now. Won’t get my hopes up too much with the CDU in power, but at least in regards to Ukraine they were on the good side so far (arguably more so than the SPD).

Or people not in uniform seemingly. Easiest time ever to actually kidnap people: Get your thugs together, get a van, kidnap your target person from the street, while yelling “shut up, we are the police”. Outcome is essentially the same

Also they might just deport you to some concentration camp in El Salvador for having the wrong tattoo and who knows if you can get out of there ever again. I wouldn’t trust anyone saying “they would never do that to tourists” at this point.

Well, you won’t see me entering the US anytime soon.

Article 7 now! How much more “breaching of EU values” we need to see for something to be done? 😐