Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "We'll defend our interests 'with an iron will': French FM Barrot on Trump's re-election" video.

  1.  @Shenanigans8888  Remind us, US, how did Afghanistan end for you?
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  2. If resource-rich yet economically-challenged Russia wants to do a wealth transfer to developing country India, we won't stand in the way. However, India would do well to remember where its future friends are. Russia is fast becoming a Chinese neo-colony, and when China wants the relationship to be exclusive, guess who's getting the short end of the stick? There's also the little matter of the renewable energy transition, which is in full swing, especially in Europe. It means Russia will have to cap its oil wells sooner rather than later, because the already barely profitable oil business will become unwholly unprofitable for Russia. So, don't get used to your good fortune, because it's temporary in nature. Finally, if China and Pakistan want to make border corrections at the expense of India, you'll have to go hat in hand to the West for arms. For your sake, I hope you'll find us in a good mood.
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  3. Rather, it's more like the Atlantic Wall. The US won't face just France, but the whole of the EU. Trade blocs react in unison.
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  4. Is Dark Africa taking its place? Pfrrt.
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  5. If he's going to sell Ukraine down the river, the mess will get bigger still. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace.
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  6. You don't seem to understand. It's the EU that Trump will face if Trump starts a trade war, not just France.
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  7.  @alexanderlazarev3570  It's true enough. Of the major European powers, France has done a better job keeping its defences up than the others after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Also, its formerly loose alliance with NATO has left France more self-sufficent, whereas more integrated European NATO members rely on each other to a far greater degree.
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  8. You seem lost.
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