The Russia-Ukraine war has entered its third year, and the war situation has undergone significant changes.
Macron, the biggest appeaser in 2022, has turned into the biggest hardliner.
Here's the thing: On February 26, 2024, Macron made a surprising statement after attending an international conference in support of Ukraine in Paris:It is not ruled out that troops will be sent to Ukraine.
He also stressed that it is necessary to ensure at all costs that Russia cannot win the Russian-Ukrainian war. France is one of the five permanent members, a nuclear power, a military and political leader in Europe, and a member of NATO.
Russia has a huge gas canister that can destroy human civilization by blowing itself.
There is a good saying: the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal is afraid of the flute, the flute is afraid of the dead, and the one who does not want to die is afraid of the dead.
As soon as Macron's words came out, the major powers expressed their positions one after another, with few supporters and many opposes.
Adriana Watson, spokeswoman for the White House *** committee, said in a statement on the 27th. "Biden has made it clear that the United States will not send troops to Ukraine to fight. ”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that "Ukraine will not have ground troops and soldiers sent by European countries or NATO countries, and Ukraine needs more military aid." ”German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said: "Sending ground troops is not an option for Germany. ”A spokesman for Spain** expressed his position at a press conference: "We do not agree with this proposal. ”But there are also supporters, and so far, five countries have supported sending troops to help Ukraine. They are the Czech Republic, Estonia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Canada.
Why did France, the Czech Republic, Estonia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Canada support sending troops to help Ukraine?
First, the reason why France changed from appeasement to toughness.
External causes: The refusal of the U.S. House of Representatives to aid Ukraine in the past five months has led to a shortage in Ukraine, and the important town of Avdiivka has been lost. The Western anti-Russian front, which lost its leader for a short time.
Britain withdrew from the European Union, Germany was a defeated country in World War II, and France became the new leader in aiding Ukraine.
Neoin: Macron wants to be the boss of Europe. Only France was the only country that surrendered to the Nazis, and France's entry into the P5 was forcibly pulled in by Roosevelt of the United States through a balancing strategy.
For a variety of complex reasons, "Gaullism" appeared in France.
The core of De Gaullistism is to maintain the independence and status of a great power, and to establish the European Union with France as the core. Therefore, among the three countries of Britain, the United States, and Germany, France is the most dissatisfied with the United States, and it is also the most anti-American in NATO. The Russian-Ukrainian war has entered its third year, Russia's defeat has been revealed, and the United States has temporarily lost the leading power to aid Ukraine due to party disputes.
The French nuclear submarine Pearl )
Second, the Czech Republic took the lead in breaking the ice to help Ukraine.
The Czech Republic is the most anti-Russian of the former Warsaw Pact countries.
Czech hatred with Russia began with the "Prague Spring".
In January 1968, Czechoslovakia launched economic and social reforms under the leadership of Dubcek, which was strongly opposed by the Soviet Union, which dispatched more than 500,000 Warsaw Pact troops to occupy all of Czechoslovakia on the night of August 20.
On August 26, 1968, a Czech girl yelled at the Soviet troops: Ivan get out. Hundreds of thousands of Czech troops were disarmed, and NATO did not have time to react. Dubcek did not organize resistance, and 80 Czechs were killed in this incident.
In the Prague Spring, the Czechs confronted Soviet tanks. )
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Czech Republic has been helping Ukraine as much as possible.
On May 11, 2022, the combined AFP and the Associated Press reported that the Czech ** Zeman specially approved a request on the same day to allow hundreds of Czech citizens to fight in Ukraine. On August 7, 2023, the Czech Republic** approved 14 Czech citizens to join the Ukrainian army. It is no coincidence that the Czech Republic became the first country to officially send troops to Ukraine to help in the war. Third, the reason why the Netherlands supports sending troops to Russia. 1. Values and political reasons: The Netherlands is now far right. 2. On board the Malaysia Airlines MH17 passenger plane shot down by the East Ukrainian militia using beech missiles from the 20th Red Banner Army of Russia, 193 Dutch citizens were seated. Supporting Ukraine and sending troops to help the Ukrainian people was seen by the Dutch as revenge. On March 2, 2024, the commander of the Dutch Defense Forces, Enno Echelsheim, said that the Netherlands was willing to send troops to Ukraine. He stressed that in order to help Ukraine defeat Russia, we cannot give up all options to support Ukraine. Sending troops to Ukraine is the last option.
Fourth, the reasons why Estonia supports sending troops to Russia.
1. Historical reasons: Estonia was ruled by Russia for 300 years and also rebelled for 300 years.
Alas, the most famous anti-Russian organization is the "Forest Brotherhood".
In 1918, the Soviet Union declared sovereignty over Estonia, and many resistance groups emerged in Estonia, and the Forest Brotherhood was born. On September 28, 1978, Auguste Sabi, the last Estonian "Brotherhood of the Forest" partisan, was pursued by the KGB and committed suicide by jumping into a lake.
Estonian Forest Brothers. )
b, on June 16, 1940, the Soviet Union launched a blitzkrieg against the three Baltic states, and the entire territory of Estonia was occupied. As soon as the Soviet army took over, it carried out a "reshuffle" in this area, first arresting key personnel and anti-Soviet people, and then supporting pro-Soviet people to take power. After that, 200,000 Estonians were exiled to Siberia, 100,000 Russians were in the magpie's nest, and the proportion of Estonians in the country fell to less than half for a time.
2. After the Russian-Ukrainian war, Estonia saw an opportunity to completely solve the Russian threat. Fifth, the reasons why Lithuania supports sending troops to help Ukraine.
1. For more than 1,000 years, from the 5th to the 6th centuries AD to 1569 AD, Lithuania has always appeared on the map of Eastern Europe as an independent political entity and an independent state entity. 2. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the largest and most populous country in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and was a great power in Eastern Europe. Since then, it has been divided three times by Prussia, Austria, and Russia. 3. Lithuania became independent in 1918 and was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, and ethnically, Tsarist Russia pursued Great Russianism and exercised oppressive rule over other non-Russian nationalities. 4. If Russia wins the Russian-Ukrainian war, Lithuania is very likely to become Russia's next target.
6. Why does Canada support sending troops to help Ukraine?
Canada is one of the "Five Eyes" alliance, and World War I, World War II, and the Cold War are all on the side of Britain and the United States. During the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Canada was also the first country to follow the United States to impose sanctions on Russia, and until now, almost all of the more than a dozen rounds of sanctions against Russia can be seen in Canada's shadow. In mid-2023, Canada also announced in a high-profile manner that it had seized Russian transport planes, and also planned to "confiscate" these seized transport planes and hand them over to Ukraine for use. On March 7, 2024, Canadian Defense Minister Tony Blair announced that an army unit would be sent to Ukraine in order to train the Ukrainian army, but the unit would not participate in front-line combat.
Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help! At present, the use of force to resolve territorial disputes in the world is bound to be spurned by the vast majority of countries.