Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 26 May 2022 22:10)
US is the Strong Wolf and Nato is her pack.
Russia is the Weak Wolf and lost her pack which used to be the Warsaw pact.
You Poland as part of the pack listen to the pack leader.
There is another up and coming wolf in the East ( China )
And another up and coming wolf in the South ( India )
And to survive in this world
We ( South East Asia ) are the foxes. We have to balance on both ends.
Foxes will stay away as much as possible from these wolf packs and lone wolves.
They are happy eating small rodents every now and then and perhaps steal a chicken or two if there is a chance.
And what country is yours? You sometimes speak about Singapore, yet your location in your profile shows Hong Kong which is now occupied by China.
We are not Wolf in a meaning we dont have any imperial ambitions ourselves. But its true we stick and help USA, because its strategic alliance. You can say that we are voluntary USA vassal state.
Usa says "Hey buddies, lets make a trip to Iraq, there are some bad folks there" and we go there without really asking questions.
In our location of Europe, right on Russia border, a country needs to make a choice if they want to be USA vassal state, or become a country occupied by the Russians.
We are also part of EU, but really EU is not much more than a trade association of Independent small countries, and those Independent small countries in EU care mostly about themselves and their short term business, so this isn't really an alternative to USA, sorry.
Maybe someday EU moves further to unite, to create something like United States of Europe, that would be cool indeed. But I dont see it coming.
USA is a decent country, and people are free and rich, while Russia is a negation of that - choice for Poland is clear.
We can only hope, that when worst comes, and Russia attacks us, USA will help at least a little bit.
Ukraine wanted to stay neutral, and see what it became to them.