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  1. Unfortunately, I'm seeing the same sort of complacency, naiveté, selfish interests, and appeasement logic throughout Europe that obligated the United States to straighten out more than a few European messes in the last century. How many times must genocide take place before Europeans "get it" that inaction also comes with costs.

    Unfortunately so. In Germany, there are major political parties who still claim that it was wrong to intervene in ex-Jugoslavia. In my experience, inaction for the sake of being "anti-militaristic" is commonly found among leftists (in Europe, at least).

    Funilly this perception saves my post here from being off-topic: we can see the same thing happening right now. At the moment, leftists in Germany are branding everyone who criticises Putin as "warmongers". Sad to see, really.

  2. I would reckon it releases tomorrow. Enough time for a pre-Christmas-Patch if necessary and Battlefront would be right on time for Christmas shoppers :D

    We'll see. John Tiller will entertain me in the holidays if necessary.

  3. Thank you very much for the information and all the links, Steve.

    While I have not covered the conflict myself as thoroughly as you did, I do come to similar conclusions.

    For me, it is really shocking how parts of German society mindlessly believe the Kreml-talk of "fighting the fascists" in Ukraine and still deny russian involvement there. Sorry if that is offtopic, but as a historian with an MA in cold war history, this just grinds my gears too much :D

    Ontopic: I fear it will be a hot spring in Ukraine indeed. I am not entirely sure if Putin will be willing to commit more russian military to the conflict when the ukrainian Army will start an offensive in spring. Which I am nearly sure it will, after it has consolidated its forces over the winter.

  4. I am also considering streaming the creation of a scenario for the next title... it will probably be as boring as watching paint dry for most people, but I'm sure someone would find it interesting. ;)

    That would be great! Also, some CMSF would be nice, I love that game.

  5. If I were Germany I would be seriously looking for alternative sources at this point. No country wants to be beholden to a dictator like Putin and he has certainly shown Western Europe his true colors now.

    This is already happening. In the news a few days ago, some experts were talking about fracking and its opportunities. It seems as if the US could support us with a huge amount of liquid gas in the coming years.

    Corcerning the Crimean Area: I also think this is a done deal. No way the Russians will pull out of the Cremean peninsula. Nonetheless, and without warmongering, I suppose NATO will draw a line in the sand in the coming weeks.

    Poland in particular isn't all too happy of the Russian actions that might follow this crisis.

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