It was pretty wild how after Merkel govt maneuvered for 20 years to avoid that, next one just plunged headfirst on the concrete. Though to be fair Merkel govt is also complicit (and probably in many ways we don’t know yet), to avoid it they just needed to seriously enforce Minsk accords, which they absolutely had the power to do.
Then again, their motivation was pretty obvious: what’s better than cheap Russian resources? Imperialist control over the even cheaper Russian resources. Pity they forgot to never trust USA.
Indeed, I think Merkel understood that Europe needed Russia to prosper, and she was probably the last leader Europe had with any brains. I agree she was ultimately complicit in what has now unfolded, but at least she had enough sense not to let it happen on her watch.
It was pretty wild how after Merkel govt maneuvered for 20 years to avoid that, next one just plunged headfirst on the concrete. Though to be fair Merkel govt is also complicit (and probably in many ways we don’t know yet), to avoid it they just needed to seriously enforce Minsk accords, which they absolutely had the power to do.
Then again, their motivation was pretty obvious: what’s better than cheap Russian resources? Imperialist control over the even cheaper Russian resources. Pity they forgot to never trust USA.
Indeed, I think Merkel understood that Europe needed Russia to prosper, and she was probably the last leader Europe had with any brains. I agree she was ultimately complicit in what has now unfolded, but at least she had enough sense not to let it happen on her watch.
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