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<blockquote data-quote="Next Day Err" data-source="post: 6079281" data-attributes="member: 107379">It was the application of a bribery scheme by which we formalized Europe following our lead by doing what we wanted trade wise and letting us do the heavy lifting when it came to running security. So yeah, kinda? But we didn’t extort but really made it clear to our enemies that we weren’t <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ing around. We didn’t do have to constantly threaten our friends like the mafia would by collecting their little payments.I’m not saying it’s a bad idea to get our friends to pony up more. I’m saying be careful what you wish for. If they do decide to spend a lot more on militarization then we can’t expect them to always do what we want into the future nearly as easily. Blowback is a thing.It’s good to be the leader but I get it that’s it a weight to bear. Putin desperately wants us out of the European picture. We’re fools to lose what we have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Next Day Err, post: 6079281, member: 107379"] It was the application of a bribery scheme by which we formalized Europe following our lead by doing what we wanted trade wise and letting us do the heavy lifting when it came to running security. So yeah, kinda? But we didn’t extort but really made it clear to our [I]enemies[/I] that we weren’t :censored:ing around. We didn’t do have to constantly threaten our [I]friends[/I] like the mafia would by collecting their little payments. I’m not saying it’s a bad idea to get our friends to pony up more. I’m saying be careful what you wish for. If they do decide to spend a lot more on militarization then we can’t expect them to always do what we want into the future nearly as easily. Blowback is a thing. It’s good to be the leader but I get it that’s it a weight to bear. Putin desperately wants us out of the European picture. We’re fools to lose what we have. [/QUOTE]

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