Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "How Macron Became the Ultimate Ukraine Hawk" video.

  1. I can understand Macrons position before the war, it's always best to try and prevent war by peaceful means, but the warning signs were there for quite some time that Russia under Putin is an aggressive nation. Some countries in Europe, namely Germany and France didn't want to take that warning, but Macron is right about one thing, the European countries in the EU need to get there act together on military and forign policy matters by banding together through the EU. Many eastern EU countries like to lecture western EU countries of the warnings of Russia, but are they taking the warnings of an unpredictable US that doesn't care, especially if Trump were to get into power, we could end up in a situation where some western countries like France could be lecturing eastern EU countries on the US in how they got it so wrong. Now don't get me wrong, I think the EU and US should be allies, but some countries are blinded in thinking the US have our interest, in truth, it looks like they don't care and there are many signs that show that, and because of that, Europeans really do need to start looking after their own interest and they can do that far better through the EU by pooling resources together. But honestly, I think Trump needs to win in the US to drum that message home to some in Europe that think the US is the good guy, and like I said above, be allies with the US but not puppets of the US, as that only serves US interest not European. In any case, Putin and especially Trump are the best allies the EU could hope for and ironically, I don't think either one of them realise that, them two alone are focusing minds in the EU and it's members, they are encouraging more talk on a push for cooperation in many key areas like the military, they are also turning public views more favourable in the EU having a more active military to the point of it having its own military by its members pooling resources together, both Trump and Putin are being seen as a security risk to many in Europe, and many Europeans are waking up to the reality that the best way to protect there interest is through the EU.
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  2. To be fair to France, they might be right about the US, especially if Trump wins power. Honestly, Macron is right, who best to look after European interest then ourselves? After all, some countries are blinded in thinking the US cares about our interest, but when you look closely, many of those countries come across as weak that do as they are told by the US, regardless of if it's in there interest or not. So basically, Europeans in the US should be allies of the US but not dependent on them, especially as the US is becoming more erratic, polarised and less caring about the world. The irony is, how Germany and France got it wrong on Russia, many in other European countries could get it wrong on the US if Trump wins power, the end result is, we in the EU need to pool our resources together so we can look after our own interest, regardless of what the US or others say.
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