Until now, US President Donald Trump has shown no real interest in the Ukraine conflict, beyond wanting to put it to bed in time to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. Now, suddenly, he’s publicly adopting the position that Ukraine could not only “take back their country” from Russia on the battlefield, but also “maybe even go further than that.”

Does he really believe that? Not likely. But there’s money to be made in peddling American weapons to NATO countries, notably in Europe, under the pretext. Guess he figures that if this isn’t going to be wrapped up before the peace award deadline, then he may as well just take the war profits as a consolation prize. As long as America doesn’t have to get its hands dirty, since the EU’s continental geniuses keep saying how keen they are to do all the dirty work.

But European NATO seems to have found a new scheme that could drag Trump deeper into the whole mess. Because have you ever heard so much whining about supposedly offside aircraft than in the past month?

“The Kremlin needs a clear stop sign. A clear message to Russia that every military border violation will be answered with military means, up to and including the shooting down of Russian fighter jets over NATO territory,” said German parliamentarian Jürgen Hardt.

A stop sign. For air traffic violations. Like when your town decides to put in a roundabout at a problematic intersection. Or, you know, just starts straight up shooting at cars. Same thing really, this German lawmaker apparently figures. And so do Czech, Estonian, Polish, and Lithuanian........

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