Comments by "Stephen Hill" (@stephenhill545) on "Between fear and deterrence: Can Europe defend itself? | To the point" video.

  1. I spoke to some Germans. For them the war is far away and they don't want to accept times have changed. It's more comfortable that way.
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  2. You're a regional power. To say otherwise would be dishonest. Spending more than you can afford on your military fools nobody.
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  3. ​ @mianmian3488 Europe's main economies are the 4th,5th, 6th and 8th largest in the world. It contains 2 nuclear powers, 800 million people, and its GDP is larger than China's. It is the main export market for both the USA and China. Its economy is 11 x bigger than Russia's. The German federal budget is 3x bigger than Rusdia's. No country has ever conquered it.
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  4. History will force them to arm themselves, whether they want to or not. America might not be there.
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  5. ​ @mianmian3488 yes, Ivan. You hang on to this thought.
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  6. ​ @D.D.-ud9zt  Quite on the contrary. We want Russia to remain intact, but to stay in its borders. That's all. We don't like instability. Its bad for trade.
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  7. Rascism. Aggressive nationalism, changing national borders through force. It's 1938 again. Europe will be at war, and the aggressor will not be forgiven.
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  8. Afraid of who?
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  9. ? We played Croatia in the 2018 world cup, we're playing Slovenia and Serbia this time. I don't think Yugoslavia exists.
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