Goldkröte (extinct) | flo on Nostr: "While many Western leaders were shocked by Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...
"While many Western leaders were shocked by Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Hollande said, "There is a great misunderstanding between Europeans and Putin, and more broadly, the West and Putin.
"Europeans don't want to go to war. For them, war has a terrible history, the history of the 20th century, and there is no reason to think that war is possible on the continent today.
"But for Putin, war is possible. That's the disconnect. We are peaceful, democratic nations that don't like death. Whereas for Putin, death is part of the action.""
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"Europeans don't want to go to war. For them, war has a terrible history, the history of the 20th century, and there is no reason to think that war is possible on the continent today.
"But for Putin, war is possible. That's the disconnect. We are peaceful, democratic nations that don't like death. Whereas for Putin, death is part of the action.""
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