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> The situation in Ukraine, which has been under invasion by Russian troops for the past two years, was deteriorating. The war was getting bogged down. "In any
by petcat 10d ago
> The situation in Ukraine, which has been under invasion by Russian troops for the past two years, was deteriorating. The war was getting bogged down. "In any case, in the coming year, I'm going to have to send guys to Odesa," said the president before a handful of guests. [1]
This was 2+ years ago and in the years since Russia has captured even more territory and is now bombarding Kyiv. And still no French troops.
Again, France says a lot of things.
[1] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/03/14/war-in-ukraine-emmanuel-macron-s-metamorphosis-from-dove-to-hawk_6618730_5.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/03/14/war-in...
- spiderfarmer 10d agoRead up on game theory. This was just tit for tat. At that time Russia openly contemplated invading EU countries.
- petcat 10d agoWell, you'll notice how Russia just ignored what Macron said and proceeded with their attempted conquest of Ukraine anyway. Because it's just "game theory". It's just "tit for tat". Everyone knows France says a lot of things.
- nolok 10d agoYou have events completly backward, Russia was already invading when Macron said it. If you can't even get years in the right order you're not really arguing in good faith.
- petcat 10d agoThe point is that Russia didn't just turn around and go home when Macron threatened to send French troops to Ukraine. Because everyone knew they weren't actually going to do it. And they didn't.
- spiderfarmer 10d agoDid you notice they also haven't invaded other countries so far? And that France now supports Ukraine's long range strikes? You're bad at noticing the tits for each tat.