Macron just says crazy shit all the time. So read this how you want.
It’s a very extreme statement.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he refused to rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine, but said no consensus existed on the step, at a meeting of 20 mainly European leaders in Paris convened by Macron to ramp up the European response to the Russian military advances inside Ukraine.
Protecting France’s strategic ambiguity he said “there is no consensus to officially back any ground troops. That said, nothing should be excluded. We will do everything that we can to make sure that Russia does not prevail.”
He pointed out that past shibboleths such as sending long-range missiles and planes had been cast aside, adding “people used to say give them just sleeping bags and helmets”. He said: “We must do whatever we can to obtain our objective.”
It is the first time there has been such open discussion of nation states collectively looking at providing troops to support the depleted Ukrainian military manpower.
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Speaking at the end of the meeting, Macron warned: “There is a change in Russia’s stance. It is striving to take on further territory and it has its eyes not just on Ukraine but on many other countries as well, so Russia is presenting a greater danger.”
Among those present at the meeting were the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the UK foreign secretary, Lord Cameron, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, and the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte. Relatively junior officials attended from the US and Canada.
If nothing else, you have to think about how Putin and his people are viewing this.
Russia is building a 2 million-man army.
They think NATO is going to try to start a full war with them.
They are going to start massing troops on the Polish border.
Is this good?
🤡🗣 “Within a few years we must prepare for Russia to attack the 10 countries (…) We are at the moment of a surge which is necessary on all of our part,” says Emmanuel Macron.
He continues to govern by fear, always the same techniques.Russia has never been a threat to Europe! pic.twitter.com/FiZeVOVF2B— France Résistance (@FranceRsistanc1) February 26, 2024