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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/europe-must-be-stronger-or-it-will-die/
The most pressing need for Europe now is to invest in its own defence. In the wake of two horrifying world wars, countries from Italy to Sweden understandably preferred to spend money on schools and pension schemes than on soldiers and fighting jets. And since America emerged from the first half of the 20th century with vast resources and an abiding commitment to the western alliance, they could outsource much of their security to Uncle Sam.
The era in which Europeans could reliably outsource their security to the United States is now over. It will not come back – not even if Kamala Harris or Pete Buttigieg or the ghost of John McCain were to be elected president of the United States in 2028. Unless Europeans take their fate into their own hands, they tacitly agree to put themselves at the mercy of the great military powers on other continents: a communist government hungry for international influence in Beijing; a neo-colonial dictator hungry for revenge in Moscow; an increasingly unpredictable wrecking ball with a penchant for chaos in Washington, D.C. Europeans must be able to defend their own continent with their own forces.
https://archive.ph/GROJh
The most pressing need for Europe now is to invest in its own defence. In the wake of two horrifying world wars, countries from Italy to Sweden understandably preferred to spend money on schools and pension schemes than on soldiers and fighting jets. And since America emerged from the first half of the 20th century with vast resources and an abiding commitment to the western alliance, they could outsource much of their security to Uncle Sam.
The era in which Europeans could reliably outsource their security to the United States is now over. It will not come back – not even if Kamala Harris or Pete Buttigieg or the ghost of John McCain were to be elected president of the United States in 2028. Unless Europeans take their fate into their own hands, they tacitly agree to put themselves at the mercy of the great military powers on other continents: a communist government hungry for international influence in Beijing; a neo-colonial dictator hungry for revenge in Moscow; an increasingly unpredictable wrecking ball with a penchant for chaos in Washington, D.C. Europeans must be able to defend their own continent with their own forces.
https://archive.ph/GROJh