• Melchior@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    We as Europeans need to do anything in our power to stop them. Spain shows it can be done.

    Going to war with the US for fucking Iran. Hell no.

    Just stay on the sideline and do not dragged into this. Like exactly what European governments are doing, is certainly the right choice here.

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      5 days ago

      I’m not arguing for going to war with the US, wtf.

      Spain shows it can be done.

      And also shows how. Our current stance is not staying in the sideline. Bulgaria and the UK at least have allowed US refueling in their territories. This increases the risks to Europe. Spain has done the right thing: no cooperation with illegal wars. None. If the Americans want to keep at it, let them figure it out.

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        5 days ago

        Technically Spain is sanctioning Iran and not the US too. Refueling US aircraft in the EU has likewise been something that happened before the war and will do so after. It is after all in Europes best interest that US aircraft and weapons are used against Iran and not against Greenland.

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      5 days ago

      Just because European governments aren’t shooting at Iran doesn’t mean they’re “sitting on the sidelines.” European cooperation with America in its feud with Iran (through diplomatic isolation, sanctions, etc) is a crucial part of what made the current shitshow possible. Short of a European JCPOA (that’s actually followed), European countries are almost all on America’s side here.

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        5 days ago

        Technically not, but neither Tehran nor Washington is a true friend of Europe. In fact the current war is in many ways amazing for Europe. It destroys weapons stockpiles, which Iran could have sold to Russia and also keeps the US busy, which means no invasion of Greenland. The big issue is the oil price though.

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          5 days ago

          The big issue is the oil price though.

          Even that - in the mid- to long run - could prove to have some positive effects as it speeds up a shift towards renewables