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1. Kristof characterizes Europe with "weakness".

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 06:21 AM

Jan 23

But for decades, esp. after the Second World War and the Cold War, European countries have employed courtesy, diplomacy, and tact in negotiations and mediations, not putting out their military at the drop of a hat. That has been the strategy to unite them and to put up a gentle force until now.

That isn't weakness.

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Kristof characterizes Europe with "weakness". no_hypocrisy Jan 23 #1

My read was of a more recent Europe and their interactions with the current occupant of the WH ... cliffside Jan 23 #2