Seizing frozen Russian assets is ‘an act of war,’ says Belgian PM
Seizing frozen Russian assets is ‘an act of war,’ says Belgian PM
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Seizing frozen Russian assets is ‘an act of war,’ says Belgian PM – POLITICO
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We are at war last time I checked. Attacks are below a threshold for response (sabotage, inciting domestic terrorism). This is a similar, non-conventional and adequate response.
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Russia has committed dozens of serious acts of war against Europe, but no one dare touch the capital. /S
For self described nationalists ECR politicians all sound like a bunch of russiaboos.
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Even if so, it was Russia that started that war. So its an act of defence.
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Is the Belgium prime minister aware of reality?
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Oh he is. You don't go so easily against the system. Remember the whole capitalism works with trust. You take trust away and in few years you have serious problems.
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While I personally think that we should just give everything seized from Russia to Ukraine I understand the problem at hand. There needs to be quite a bit of global discussion and agreements on things like this. Global agreemeent to seize whatever you can from a country which invades another one seems like a no brainer, but that blade cuts both ways. With Russia the global effect is pretty minuscle (I think) as most of the global west is already out of there, but if the same situation was with China and Taiwan it's a whole different matter as practically all the western investments in there would just vanish overnight. And should China just decide to stop all exports it would be pretty catastrophic to western wold, military included. And it's pretty much the same picture with USA vs EU, should USA really end up in a dictatorship.
But after that, if EU just decides to seize all Russian assets in order to help Ukraine I would be that it would have pretty much global acceptance behind.
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Capitalism “works” 😂😭
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Versus Russian missiles 'accidentally' causing death and destruction in Poland near its border with Ukraine?
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Politically, De Wever [The Belgian PM] has described himself as a conservative and a Flemish nationalist.[47] He is an avowed admirer of Edmund Burke and his political philosophy, and has described British conservative writer and social critic Theodore Dalrymple, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Austrian economist Friedrich Hayekas influences.
To these types the sacrity of private property and abstract finances is more important than real people’s survival and rights to self determination.
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He is an avowed admirer of Edmund Burke and his political philosophy
Fun fact: Edmund Burke is a monarchist who created conservatism as a framework within which an aristocracy can still exist under democracy.
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so? we are at war
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Considering the shadow fleet, attempted assassinations, and assorted sabotage Russia has committed against the EU, I think a formal declaration of war would be warranted. The longer that Putin and Russia is allowed to live, the more likely that the US and Russia would spit roast Europe.
It is best to kill Russia before the United States formally declares war against the EU.
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Not the financial markets! Oh please, please don't spook them!
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Common economic liberal take. Anything that endangers their "natural rights" to property is an evil action.
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who da fock is this twat?
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Oh no.
Anyway.
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I don't vote for this guy's party, but he does put his heart into it. He's always the pessimistic kind, rather always wants to play it safe.
His promise during elections was to lower the spending of the government, so that our debt would lower.
But as we all need to happen, he's okay with major investments in defense.
The EU gave the green light.
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He’s an ostrich
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