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Brussels has shifted into crisis mode, with emergency meetings piling up Saturday and Sunday.

As European leaders raced to respond to the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, the crisis exposed fault lines inside Europe — and across the Atlantic.

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Brussels moved quickly to strike a cautious tone. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned on X that the situation was “perilous,” while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed it was “of the utmost importance” to prevent further escalation. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola also urged restraint.

At the national level, however, Europe’s message was less unified.

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 78 points 4 days ago (2 children)

With them saying the bombing was a result of a breakdown in negotiations, it's hard not to see the rest of the article as complete propaganda. This was not a breakdown in negotiations.

[–] breakfastmtn@piefed.ca 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It says the attacks came after ("followed") stalled negotiations. They did.

Almost the entire article is direct quotes.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those were not negotiations, they planned this shit in advance. If the choice is give us everything we want or we kill you tomorrow, it's not a negotiation. I hope they "negotiate" back at us the same way now.

[–] breakfastmtn@piefed.ca 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying they were negotiating in good faith. Personally, I don't think they were. But they're still called 'negotiations' because they were taking to each other. That talking preceded the attacks. There have been articles for days about the talks not going anywhere.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good faith negotiations simply weren't going to happen after Trump cancelled the deal that was in place an assassinated Iran's top general in his first term. This war was pretty much inevitable at that point.

Maybe if Harris were President and Trump were in jail trust could've been rebuilt and the war could've been avoided. Oops... I forgot I was on the "both sides are the same" website, nevermind LOL

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean Biden certainly didn't do much to (re)earn Iran's trust, and Israel did bomb Iran during his term to little to no US resistance.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gonna need a source for your claim on an Israeli airstrike on Iran during Biden's term.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh right there was a missile exchange. When you said "bomb Iran" that implied the use of warplanes, which wasn't what happened. It was a tit-for-tat missile exchange, kinda meh compared to the war with Hamas and the war with Hezbollah which was happening at the time.

The missile exchange deescalated very quickly, but I guess you wanted a big speech from Biden condemning Israel rather than a diplomatic effort to get both sides to deescalate?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

I didn't want it to happen in the first place. The only reason the Israelis started it was because they knew they'd get away with it, and they did.

The negotiations stalled because Israel wanted them stalled and the orangeboi regime played ball.

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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The only thing Europe is scrambling to figure out is how to reaffirm their servitude to the US. They are just so pathetic.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yep, it is embarrassing to see how much they want to polish that pedorapists knob instead of standing for the values the EU is supposed to mean.

Venezuela was already a deep low, but that shit now is even worse.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you are american, and haven't risen up in arms to topple the tyrant (despite that being one of the excuses for the 2nd) you have not earned the right to call Europe/Europeans anything. Let me remind you that in Europe, every so often, a president/premier is toppled by the people, through massive, constant movilization, general strikes, etc. Get your house in order. and then comment on others, if you wish.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What would you have them do?

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (6 children)

What they did to Russia, cause there is no difference in their actions.

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[–] Xorg_Broke_Again@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Stop ALL trade with ameriKKKa, effective immediately.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

this is worse than a youtube comment section

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago (20 children)

Which Youtube comment section? OP is not a Youtube link.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Every US/Israeli lie is still true, just some concern trolling over head of state assassinations and school bombings. "Urging restraint" while saying US/Israel is right on all points, not condemning them, is full moral support for the warmongering/demonism and any moral/legal opposition to their own future assassinations.

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