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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair, it really looked like we were about to achieve world peace like 15 years ago. EU didn't expect russia to start a war etc.. In my region they minimized the military over and over, as it seemed we had no enemies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

@lurch True, but it seems that since 1991 the Poles and Romanians have operated under a very different perspective and understanding of history. Probably because the threat was closer to their front door.