So your thinking is something like:

because Ukraine was invaded in Crimea in 2014 and there after, in 2022 there was the full-blown invasion; you conclude that Europe is willfully ignorant of Russia being badfaith actor and that therefore Europe still naively believes that Ruzzia has peaceful intentions? Weird conclusion.

EU started with sanctions after Crimea was annexed. So no, Europeans didn’t think Russia had peaceful intentions. Also there is the shooting down in 2014 of a passangerplane MH17. So again, no.

European continent appears to be willfully ignorant

Really? You appear ill-informed.

Exactly, for those who can’t keep up with the events, the issue is that Ruzzia has been pushing their luck and EU itself is getting tired of the Ruzz “mosquitoes”, ie the many many on-going hybrid atacks incl. drones, fires, sabotage etc. This is ON TOP of the intensified atrocities by Ruzz in Ukraine and other places fyi. Time to do something, many in Europe think. From the NYT article, the European pov:

"Concern that sabotage is growing ever more dangerous has led some European leaders not just to blame Russia for hybrid activity more frequently but also to talk more openly how they will defend themselves.(…)

“This is a lot about ‘Now, Russia is at war with the West,’” said Charlie Edwards, a hybrid-warfare expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a former intelligence and security strategist for Britain. “That’s an important change.”(…)

Every time NATO and the E.U. don’t do something, the credibility of the alliance is questioned,” Mr. Edwards said, “for the simple reason that there seems to be no obvious, public response.”

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Only the former head of the US forces in NATO, Ben Hodges , has oftentimes said similar lines afaik, like here :

Europe should “quit whining” about the threats it faces and “act like the superpower” that it is, according to a former senior US army officer.

Generally, he’s quite confident about Europe defending itself.

Fucking finally, time to take care of the rouge “state” 🇨🇳

Umm… Lol.

the rouge (or red) state being China 🇨🇳; Or rogue state 🇹🇼 Taiwan?

Technically, the only rogue and red state is China ofc.

Such is life currently: hyperbolic questions in ironic comments like " have you proof about Ruzz agression, because the West…" etc.

Smh, about the contrast between their potential to embrace a grand selfdeception and the arrogant stubbornness to look away from the invasive destruction and killings Shahed drones cause on a daily bases for more than a thousand days.

such extreme moderation.

I don’t have that experience. In the before JL times it was worse, and there where no clear rules set. He and his then team set up some clear rules with the mod team then, discussed them openly with the community, and was strict with the following the rules but usually pretty consistent afaik. That’s quite a rare and important attribute in modding. Doesn’t mean I always agreed, but then that’s impossible. With some people in certain instances and commnuties any sort of good conversation is almost impossible. So there are always some unhappy ones.

Well that’s my take. Don’t have all the bits of his " mod casefile" and that’s not of my business… He’s always operated in good faith and haven’t seen any weird mod shit from him. Good mod.