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Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by protomolecule on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @09:09AM (#40926466)
>we are not vassals of the USA

Aren't you? In 2003 Russia, Germany and France were strongly against illegal American invasion of Iraq. The US invaded anyway, ruining the country. What have France and Germany done about that?

Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by boricj on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @09:53AM (#40926927)
France among many nations called bullshit on the WMD claims, we threatened to veto the UN Security Council resolution authorizing a military intervention and we refused to get involved in that mess.

The fact that the US government decided to unilaterally invade Iraq anyway is not our responsibility to bear. What could France have done more, try and enact economic sanctions or wage war against the USA over this?

Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by protomolecule on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @03:36PM (#40930622)
"What could France have done more"

Everything it is doing now towards Russia.

Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by boricj on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @04:45PM (#40931309)
Giving weapons and ammo to Saddam Hussein?

Besides the logistical, economical and industrial challenge of supplying enough kit to even make a dent against the expeditionary forces of the USA, which were still doped sky-high on Cold War hand-me-downs, that sounds like a terrible idea.

Hussein's Iraq was not Zelensky's Ukraine and not just because of strategic reasons. The Gulf War happened because Hussein wasn't a friendly neighbor to Kuwait.

Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by protomolecule on Thursday July 11, 2024 @03:51AM (#40934527)
You are confusing the Gulf War, which was in defense of Kuwait, with the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003 based on false pretenses.

"Giving weapons and ammo to Saddam Hussein?"

The US is giving weapons to Azov [0], Ukrainian neo-Nazi ultra-nationalists.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Brigade

Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by actionfromafar on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @10:14AM (#40927129)
They did not participate?
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by protomolecule on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @03:39PM (#40930660)
That was very brave
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by actionfromafar on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @05:14PM (#40931532)
Not very but look at the countries participating. Weaker or intertwined (UK)
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by protomolecule on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:21AM (#40934646)
"Weaker"

Poland, being Poland, was after Iraqi oil [0].

France kept doing business as usual with the US despite American illegal war.

[0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3043330.stm

Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by se0 on Thursday July 11, 2024 @01:43AM (#40933968)
Yeah, so ? Did you expect France to fight the US ?
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by protomolecule on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:23AM (#40934656)
France is a nuclear power. But you are right, a vassal can't fight his suzerain.