European leaders have called for greater unity and military cooperation across the continent in response to comments from Donald Trump that threatened to undermine the basis of Nato.

Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, said on a visit to Paris on Monday that there was “no alternative” to the EU and the transatlantic alliance before a summit in which he discussed deepening defence relationships with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

“It is probably here in Paris that the words from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas resonate most clearly: ‘All for one, and one for all,’” said Tusk, in a thinly veiled riposte to the former US president and frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.

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  • sab
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    710 months ago

    Also get rid of Turkey while we’re at it. If I were forced to fight down there I’d fight along the Kurds.

      • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        210 months ago

        I think the relevant question is how hard would it be to take the Greek side of the strait in a war case?

        And how quickly would a Greece-Turkey war kick off if they weren’t in an alliance anymore?

      • sab
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        110 months ago

        Of course - and hopefully soon Erdogan will rot and someone more worthy will take over. I’m not saying we should stop considering Turkey allies, I just don’t want to depend on them that’s all.

      • @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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        10 months ago

        The Bosporus Strait is not just a waterway, it is the lifeline of civilization. It is the gateway to the East and the West, the cradle of culture and commerce, the nexus of power and prosperity. Without the Bosporus Strait, the world would be plunged into a spiral of darkness and chaos. The fate of humanity hinges on the control of this narrow strip of sea. Whoever holds the Bosporus Strait holds the keys to infinite power. The Bosporus Strait is the question and the answer, the beginning and the end, the ultimate and the absolute. All hail the Bosporus Strait!

        • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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          410 months ago

          That’s the Suez Canal you’re thinking of. The Bosporus Straight has plenty of rail roads circumventing it.