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Zelenskyy calls for creation of ‘Armed Forces of Europe’.

www.voanews.com Zelenskyy calls for creation of ‘Armed Forces of Europe’

Call comes amid uncertainty about US support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a unified European military force, saying the continent must be self-reliant amid a persistent threat from Russia and uncertainty about U.S. support -- a situation he described as "this new reality."

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NATO is effectively dead. Artifle 5 wont be honored by America. And the Alliance has trojan horses in it like Hungary under Fidesz.
Time for a new alliance.
Im writing tihs with the expectation that in my lifetime, the US is going to attack my country (Canada). The silence has been deafening on the American Jingoistic / imperialist talk in regards to us.
- And please, this time make it possible to eject someone in peacetime with a 3/4 or 2/3 vote.
  We'll see what happens. Unfortunately the Europeans don't have the same cultural affinity as we do and seem a bit behind on understanding the situation.
  
  I don't know about that. What if Poland goes right wing Russian for a single election. Gets ejected. Russia invades Poland. Then what? If you are then going to protect them, there was no point to the ejection.
  IMO it needs to be a permanent union to be strong. Like the United States after the Civil War.
  
  If you are then going to protect them, there was no point to the ejection.
  The point would be they can't vote on things during that period, and you have the option not to defend them. As it is, with no ejection mechanisms, we're seriously talking about NATO invading itself now.
  IMO it needs to be a permanent union to be strong. Like the United States after the Civil War.
  It's funny choice of example in light of the US being the problem here. That being said, it was after that point a country and not a supranational organisation. They had a federal government with direct elections, and when states got out of line they could and did federalise the local national guard.

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