Originally Posted by
minigundiplomat
And so, when the EU’s ambition outstrips capability, it will go horribly wrong. Ukraine is a prime example of EU miscalculation in foreign policy, and possibly a portent of future mis-steps.
As I've remarked in other places, compare the map of Europe from 1990 and the present day... the front-line between NATO and Russia (nee the Warsaw Pact) has moved east by a few hundred miles - yet Comrade Putin is made out to be the aggressor!