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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 17:36:07 JST Aral Balkan

   Can we stop calling the US an ally now, please? It’s getting embarrassing.

   #EU

   • Erik Jonker (erikjonker@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 17:46:09 JST Erik Jonker

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     @aral the reality is we have to play along while quickly withdrawing as possible from partnerships with the US

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 17:46:09 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Erik Jonker

     @ErikJonker We don’t have to play along. You don’t play 3D chess while some asshole plays Russian roulette with your head.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 17:57:47 JST Aral Balkan

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     Hint: the guy who has a gun to your head isn’t your ally, he’s your hostage taker.

     #EU #Ukraine #USA #fascism

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 18:17:41 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Lydia Conwell :mastodon:

     @lydiaconwell Indeed.

   • Lydia Conwell :mastodon: (lydiaconwell@todon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 18:17:42 JST Lydia Conwell :mastodon:

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     @aral The guy now revealing the gun now is merely revealing the paradigm that has existed since the end of WW2, just perhaps Europe thought they were willing participating in it.

   • Napoleon Cornejo (napocornejo@masto.ai)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 19:17:16 JST Napoleon Cornejo

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     @aral Yes! I can't believe why our leaders still hold on to that illusion. Let's work on a powerful European army.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 19:17:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Napoleon Cornejo

     @napocornejo Not personally a fan of militaries but, yes, given the world we have (where we clearly haven’t progressed further than the playground bully philosophy of “might makes right”), I’d rather we can hold our own against fascism.

     The problem with having a powerful army, as the US is now finding out, is that if the government turns fascist, it becomes a hostage situation.