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Re:Germany records first monthly trade deficit since 1991 as... by mr_toad on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:06AM (#31984886)
At this point any two of the UK, France or Turkey could probably take on Russia by themselves. Turkey could probably do it by themselves.

None of them want to get in an expensive war. And Putin is probably bluffing about using nukes, but who wants to risk it.

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Re:Germany records first monthly trade deficit since 1991 as... by v4dok on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:51AM (#31986659)
IMO, you severely underestimate how difficult wars are now. Russia has not even general mobilization active, Moscow is running "business as usual" (AFAIK). Taking any "modern" military completely out is a guaranteed war of attrition at this point (and a MAD in itself)
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