Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Does the EU Make War Impossible?" video.

Great story! The union of the European Nations is probably the greatest political miracle of the modern age. It is very easy to break something apart, but to glue disparate nations together into an ever-stronger unity, is extremely difficult and demonstrates incredible wisdom and foresight on the side of those who initiated it.
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The foundation of the EU is economic co-operation. Basically it is a classic Win-Win situations for all parties involved. And by intertwining the national economies, it makes a war both very costly and unlikely as you are not inclined to shoot at your suppliers & customers. Biting the hand that feeds you etc. I do believe the EU needs a military component, but only to defend its interests internationally. Especially against states that would try to bully the EU, like the USA, China and Russia -- though the threat from Russia is much smaller than Russia makes us believe.
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@akosbarati2239 I would still argue that the threat Russia poses to the EU is much smaller than Russia would have us believe. The Ukrainians have demonstrated that quite clearly. It is only those pesky nuclear weapons... But I do not believe that the people in the chain of command will allow those to be fired over Ukraine. Because if they did, it would be the end of Russia. No-one would support them any more, including China and India. The West would quickly mop-up the Russian troops in Ukraine, build a wall around Russia, and check what had happened after a few years.
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@akosbarati2239 Putin is making real threats, that is certain. But he lacks the strength to back those threats up. Trust me, he is not going to launch nuclear weapons just because we are thwarting him in Ukraine, if he knows that NATO will reply in kind whenever nuclear weapons are used. The fundamental question is, is freedom worth fighting for. If it is, we MUST challenge Putin's bluff. Because otherwise he and his successors will not stop at taking over Ukraine, the Baltic states, Poland, Germany, etc, etc, etc. China will take Taiwan, parts of Japan, etc, etc, etc. All because they discover that nuclear blackmail works, that MAD is no longer assured. Unless we want the whole world to become slaves, and e.g. the USA being invaded, Putler must be confronted at some point. It is wiser to confront him NOW, before millions of people have become slaves. Because if we give in to nuclear blackmail once, it will be harder to convince Putin that "this time we really mean it: don't invade Germany or else...". In fact, giving in to nuclear blackmail once, makes it much more likely that in future there will be an actual nuclear war. This really is a situation where NATO must be ready to retaliate for any use of nuclear weapons, in any form.
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@akosbarati2239 There are many Putin operatives in politics all over the western world. I think we will see many of them exposed as the agents they are.
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