Comment on can European intelligence substitute the American one?
boonhet@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoPeace with ME is easier than peace with Russia. ME countries mostly don’t have territorial ambitions in Europe, but Russia does.
Having just Turkey and Iran on our side would likely be enough to keep Russia’s army out of our borders, if it came in the format of a strong military alliance. Technically Turkey is already an ally of most European countries through NATO. Iran also has pretty good intelligence AFAIK?
However, an alliance with Iran can only come at the expense of dropping Israel as an ally. Morally speaking I’m down with that. Luckily they’re not a NATO member either. But realistically that also means one of the top intelligence powers in the world would have a massive grudge against Europe. And those fucks will kill your family just for believing in the wrong god, imagine what they’d do in retaliation for being backstabbed diplomatically. I can almost see why world leaders choose to ignore the genocide… Not that I agree with it.
alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I agree, except that I wouldn’t classify Israel as a top intelligence power.
Their dependence on the USA is immense.
For European purposes, Egypt (Suez) and Turkey (both Bosporus and the land link to Asia) are the most important regional allies. Both or very populous and could become a new source of cheaper labour, now that Eastern EU countries are becoming more expensive.
Iran, Iraq and the Gulf countries are important as long as we can’t have Russian and/or American fossil fuels. But even then, Turkey and Egypt are the broker between us and them.