The purpose of NATO is to scare Russians with the prospect of a violent and painful demise should they attack a member state and I'm tired of having to pretend that's objectionable

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"We should try diplomacy" The purpose of a gun is for when diplomacy fails which the Russians are very intent on having happen

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"Ukraine should just join a cooperative, non-militarized diplomatic bloc" That's the EU (it also has a mutual defense cause) and that is the entire reason this whole thing kicked off 12 years ago and remains a demand the Russians refuse to budge on

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The Canada–EU Summit is underway. We’re here to build on each other’s strengths. To form a new, ambitious alliance. Welcome to Montréal, President von der Leyen and President Costa.

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And this is it in a nutshell. Of course we notice. Of course we are bothered but we are conditioned to say nothing. In the meantime our reticence is exploited. If one brave woman steps up and says it is nonsense, she is cruel. The attention is diverted away from the men who abuse us & our trust.

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