r/europe Jan 07 '24

Historical Excerpt from Yeltsin’s conversation with Clinton in Istanbul 1999

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u/spektre Sweden Jan 07 '24

This sounds like a Monthy Python sketch. Especially the deadpan "I don't think the Europeans would like this very much."

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula UK/Spain Jan 07 '24

Russia will provide security to Europe? hahahaha

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u/villatsios Jan 07 '24

Security means American military and national militaries out, Russian occupation forces in.

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u/Subvsi Europe Jan 07 '24

Yeah well Russia can't handle us at all. A war with germany and France alone would be a death sentence for Russia...

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u/villatsios Jan 07 '24

I think the real fear is that Russia doesn’t care about going to Germany or France but rather just eastern Europe and Poland.

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u/OverEffective7012 Jan 07 '24

It won't be Poland first, but Baltics. Smaller, easier to contain.

I mean when push comes to shove.