The worst-case scenario is now a possible one: European troops fighting off an invasion largely alone.
It’s by no means clear the Europeans would succeed. Romanian and other European officials at the exercise in Cincu, about 260 kilometers (162 miles) north of Bucharest by road, voiced concerns about how long it would take for NATO allies to make it to the front.
French four-star General Philippe de Montenon said he’s confident Europe could prevail, even without the US on side. “The direction of history is a progressive disengagement of the United States from the European continent,” he said.
Aww poor Russia, they were just trying to “peacefully have its own sphere of influence”.
Give me a fucking break.
And what the US is doing in Venezuela is not a “natural response” to anything, and to try to point to it as a justification for Russia’s actions is actually insane.