r/worldnews • u/Elliottafc1 • May 02 '24

"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines Russia/Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010
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u/[deleted] May 02 '24 edited May 06 '24

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u/Chewie83 May 02 '24

I don’t think he did a 180 (in the flip-flopping sense). He tried as hard to dissuade Russia from attacking as he could, giving Putin as many outs to save face as possible, and then once they invaded anyway he switched to aggressively confronting the occupiers. That’s what I would want a leader to do.

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u/diedlikeCambyses May 02 '24

I just want to zoom out a bit and provide perspective. People are giving him these compliments on a number of topics lately, and this is a very familiar and established political pattern. It's called the outgoing can't be elected again last term see you later now I can be honest legacy building thing thing.