What I am seeing here in Germany really scares me. And if the worst becomes reality I think it will happen here, in Europe.

I am really surprised by this. My impression was that Putin considers the Kyivan Rus countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine) to be, effectively one country. And that Russia is entitled to its sphere of influence that are the former iron curtain countries, like Poland and Bulgaria and Hungary. Just as US gets the Western puppets (in his mind) and China gets ASEAN countries.

US and Europe upset the apple cart by expanding NATO after promising Russia that they would not. His Ukraine invasion is to restore the balance. He is not looking to attack Germany or other Western NATO countries. Why are Germans talking of war? I mean it's always a good political strategy to get votes, to scare people about a foreign boogeyman, but do they really believe it?

China getting Taiwan seems far more certain than Russia starting WWIII in Europe. Although I heard somewhere that the medieval Turkish word for Europe was "Land of war", which checks out. A bloodthirsty people by all accounts.

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