saxitoxin wrote:Europe is not America's to do with as it likes.
Europe belongs to Russia.
I quote William Ewart Gladstone who said that Russia "is the historic guarantor of peace in Europe." Trump is the new Gladstone.
Or do you hate Gladstone?
Europe belongs to russia? Don't make me laugh. Europe belongs to the europeans, all europeans. That includes Russia, but not Russia solely.
FYI, you're picking a quote from a period when the British empire was desperately seeking reconciliation with Russia due to Russian presence in Manchuria and Central-asia. And a period when the Russian pan-slavism constantly put it at odds with the Ottoman Empire and the Austrian-Hungarian empire(supported by Prussia). The balkans back then were the biggest threat to european peace, as proven by WWI two decades later. I hardly think that's still the case. Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has been pushed by NATO in a defensive position. Right now the guarantor for peace seems to be the pacifists among NATO-members, most notably Germany.