As an ordinary person reading all of this from far away, it seems that some Europeans are addicted to war. If there is not enough, new ones are started from all sides. There is no "good guys" in these comments.

from a cold-war diplomat interview "What I experienced in the decades of my service was that each side constantly assumed the worst of the other. In each situation, if anyone had doubts they would make stories about the intentions of the other. .. If somehow people could stop doing this, much suffering could be reduced".. something like that, IIR