Félicien BretonTwo Ukrainian soldiers in a trench:
— What is taking the Leopard tanks so long?
— Germans: they stop at every traffic light.
© Chappatte in Der Spiegel, #Germany https://www.chappatte.com/en/putins-war?page=1
— I spent many years in #NATO - as the Ambassador of Lithuania and as Minister of Defence. I vividly remember how my future allies […] told me: "Listen, you will never be a NATO member."
— Never?
— Never. Well, be realistic! Look at the map, look at the environment, geopolitical interests, stability. These were not official statements, but privately, they told me that. They said, "Your country is nice. Your freedom fight also very impressive. But look, be #realistic."
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/interview/2023/07/7/7165273/
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱Hardly anyone in western governments even seems to be aware of the dynamics of military technology development.
"A German horse cavalry unit was the only one to penetrate into the suburbs of Moscow in 1941."
"Russia is not going to invade Europe, but that’s not the issue. The mere existential fact of its size and power, together with the weakness of its neighbours, will condition political relations between the great power and the rest."
"Stone, Scissors, Paper. / Or, Europe after Ukraine." https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/stone-scissors-paper
#warFare #drones #AI #AIWar #Ukraine #Russia #strategy #troops #NATO #Europe #France #Germany #Poland #Finland #tech #military
How to stop a war?
"Agreements, whether simple or elaborate, whether legal or political in nature, whether written or verbal, have no more effect than the willingness of parties to implement them, and no more significance than the good faith of parties in entering into them in the first place. Thus, if underlying agreement exists, any texts will follow quickly. If underlying agreement does not exist, no amount of detailed text will bring it about."
"All such agreements are completely dependent on the will to take them seriously, and abide by their terms."
https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/when-ukraine-is-over
#defeat #Sudan #war #truce #ceaseFire #negotiations #talks #armistice #demobilization #agreements #treaties #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Zelensky #France #Germany #NorthernIreland #history
"We have a European ruling class which is haunted by fears that it doesn’t fully understand, and which have their ultimate origin in events it only ever studied superficially at school, if that."
Aurelien has an explainer: https://braveneweurope.com/aurelien-trying-to-understand-the-world
#longRead #warInEurope #nationalism #Europe #defense #defence #Germany #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #history #France #war #Poland #EuropeanUnion
The United States was not “protecting” Europe, but rather implicitly involving itself in any crisis with the Soviet Union, and now Russia, which might arise there.
The Russians have the advantage of being a single player and may kick into the open goal presented by NATO.
https://braveneweurope.com/aurelien-the-day-after
#longRead #strategy #military #warInEurope #nationalism #Europe #defense #defence #Germany #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #history #France #ColdWar #EuropeanUnion #weapons #NATO #defeat #loomingDefeat
