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US Vice President JD Vance has called on European states to show greater independence, urging them not to be US "vassals." He also said EU governments could have done more to oppose Washington over the Iraq War.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know Americans suck badly at Geography. But this war and Russia is bordering the European Union directly as opposed to Iraq. So it's a completely different thing

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And you’re both going to continue a fight the US started, leaving both the EU & Russia in a weakened state. Which if you look into the leaked communications from the US state dept, you’d see that was exactly the plan.

You’re being played.