Macron Came To The Conclusion.

Obviously Russia and France (and EU) have drastically different views on Syria and they are irreconcilable. Ukraine? Ukraine is under external control from Washington D.C. and, partially, from Berlin. Europe as a whole still remains and will continue to remain a US’ slap bitch, so nothing strategically meaningful can be discussed in Paris, other than some tactical questions and protocol cliche’ pleasantries about “Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok”. And then there is this:

Pay attention to how the article is formulated–see highlighted in yellow. Oh, the ambiguity, oh, the Minitrue mentality. Russia, obviously, will move her forces if the Land-Based Tomahawks (or whatever their current derivative) and possible modern iteration of “Pershing-II” will be deployed to Europe–Russia already has instruments to respond to this, but here is this “Europe” thing: Poland, Romania and other “new” Europeans are certainly contemplating such a move and neither Paris nor Berlin have any say over it. So, let Europeans (or whoever passes today under this moniker) and Americans sort it out between themselves before looking at Russia as some kind of instrument in domestic political processes, plus, as I repeat it ad nauseam–combined West is simply non-agreement capable, because the United States is non-agreement capable. Period. So, no amount of visits and pleasantries can change the situation, especially among people who know dick about Russia and her history.

UPDATE (same day): I know, some Russiagaters may have suffered a stroke, while many Russians got really tense, as in: Thanks, but no thanks.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believed Russia should be invited back into the Group of Seven club of industrialized nations. “I think it’s much more appropriate to have Russia in,” Trump told reporters ahead of his trip later this week to France where he will join other G-7 leaders at a summit.

Frankly, I already got tired of commenting on that–7 most “industrialized” nations? I am sure China has issues with that. And no, Russia is not “European” or “Western” nation by the metrics of contemporary Europe or US.