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Macron again declines to rule out Western ground operations in Ukraine 'at some point' (www.france24.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Saturday evening that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point”, days after meeting with German and Polish leaders.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

I mean russia ruled out attacking Ukraine and we saw how that went. So why would Macron rule out anything.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I hope that these declarations will be sufficient to bring back Putin to the negotiation table

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Good. Ukraine must win, no matter the price.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can a NATO country put boots on the ground without triggering article 5? Even back line support would be extremely helpful. I mean, if putin pushes the nuke button there won't be a Russia anymore.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Article 5 is only triggered when a NATO country is attacked in their territory, so no.

The problem is that Russia might interpret it as NATO officially entering the conflict and react accordingly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In which case all of NATO would be drawn into the conflict. Something Russia probably wants even less.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

He's probably hoping (and almost certainly working behind the scenes to make it happen ie Trump and similar) that NATO wouldn't join in. We're paying the price for our inaction amd policies over the past seventy five years or so.

It's now going to be even more expensive in money, suffering and lives.