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▲ kergonath a day ago

> Still waiting for France to send troops to Ukraine or ask the United States to get rid of their European military bases.

That’s such a bizarre take. No NATO country is officially sending troops to limit risks of escalation. The US do not, either. And it’s not up to France to decide whether there are US bases in Germany or Spain.

▲whatsThisBtn4 21 hours ago | parent [-]

But macron said he'd do it.

▲kergonath 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You mean, about the bases? He cannot do it (and I am doubtful he’d actually say that; it’d be a diplomatic faux pas at a time when he needs consensus). What he said repeatedly is that Europe should be less reliant on the US.

▲autuni 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Since when do we measure based on what some politicians say they'll do. I mean just look at what Trump says all day long.

I recently saw some stats (unfortunately can't find it) about the percentage of election promises that are actually being tackled at all by the winning party for many different countries and it was real depressing across the board.