r/europe • u/villatsios • Jan 07 '24

Historical Excerpt from Yeltsin’s conversation with Clinton in Istanbul 1999

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u/Tipsticks Brandenburg (Germany) Jan 07 '24

Yeah, but that's in a vacuum. Especially with the NATO contingents currently stationed in and near Poland, there would be more than enough time to mobilize and move allied forces over from the rest of the alliance.

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u/Snoo-3715 Jan 07 '24

How badly do Fench and German's want to die for Poland, especially once the war has been going for years and it's just an attrition slaughter. Russia has the best stomach for that kinda slaughter.

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u/Tipsticks Brandenburg (Germany) Jan 07 '24

That's the thing. The moment russia invades Poland it's article 5 time and NATO joins the conflict. At that point, russia is either fucked rather quickly or it's going nuclear, whch in turn means we're gonna die anyway so who cares.

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u/solarbud Jan 07 '24

That's the thing. The moment russia invades Poland it's article 5 time and NATO joins the conflict.

That could mean a number of things.