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Arthur Sido's avatar

Without the U.S. to back them up, the UK and France aren't even capable of fielding a mildly credible deterrent in Ukraine. Their militaries were gutted to begin with and having given a bunch of gear to Ukraine they are in worse shape. It is hard to remember that 80 years ago the nations of Western Europe were fighting a global war, now they couldn't even engage in a mild scrimmage.

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Ukraine is interesting because it really highlights how toothless Western Europe is, not to mention how totally deluded their leaders are about their position. It's also a demonstration of the utter incompetence of the US foreign policy establishment, which frankly has done almost nothing right this century.

There is a lot of caterwauling about the Trump Administration's re-orientation of our foreign policy and defense relationships but to me it looks very clear sighted. China is the biggest geopolitical player we will have to deal with, driving Russia further into China's arms is moronic, and American subsidy of Europe has led them into making catastrophic choices that they won't reckon with unless they feel some serious pain.

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