Dot.@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agoWhy Europe should consider putting boots on the ground in Ukraine.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down117
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minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoEurope (EU?) doesn’t have any boots by design. For the same reason any member is free to do so on their own. Any resulting conflict with Russia will not trigger the EU’s security pact or NATO’s article 5.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 days agoRedeploy frontex from hunting refugees in the med to something useful.
minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThey are a small police force without serious military gear. More importantly the EU does not have the authority to engage in wars.
Europe (EU?) doesn’t have any boots by design. For the same reason any member is free to do so on their own.
Any resulting conflict with Russia will not trigger the EU’s security pact or NATO’s article 5.
Redeploy frontex from hunting refugees in the med to something useful.
They are a small police force without serious military gear.
More importantly the EU does not have the authority to engage in wars.