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   simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 09:12:13 JST simsa03
   The end of NATO; the alliance of the U.S. and Russia; Europe being exhausted and incapable to keep Ukraine supported (as its stockpiles are depleted); the prospect of an attack of Russia this summer on the Baltic states (as Trump will ignore Art. 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty) – times are not rough, they are hopeless.
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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 04:35:40 JST tinydoctor

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     @simsa03 Hopelessness stands in the same relation to hope as atheism stands in relation to monotheism. Each is the reductio ad absurdum of the other.

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 08:30:16 JST simsa03

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     Why should that be?
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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 01:23:49 JST simsa03

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     In case there is any doubt that this is effectively the end of the NATO alliance. Europe is now on its own vis-à-vis Russia as there will be no Article 5 backup by the U.S.
     
     U.S. Department of Defense, "Hegseth Calls on NATO Allies to Lead Europe's Security, Rules Out Support for Ukraine Membership" https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4064571/hegseth-calls-on-nato-allies-to-lead-europes-security-rules-out-support-for-ukr/
     
     «As an alternative to granting Ukraine NATO membership, Hegseth said that any security guarantees for Ukraine "must be backed by capable European and non-European troops."
     
     "If these troops are deployed as peacekeepers to Ukraine at any point, they should be deployed as part of a non-NATO mission, and they should not be covered under Article 5 [of the NATO treaty]," Hegseth said, adding that there must also be robust oversight of the line of contact from the international community.
     
     "To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be U.S. troops deployed to Ukraine," he said.»