^^ On the contrary, I have said over and over, the US has been playing Ruzzia, is still playing Ruzzia and will keep playing Ruzzia (and Europe). For starters, 75% of the tanks, APVs and many other armoured vehicles carefully stored during the Soviet times and later have been destroyed along with quite a bit of other equipment. If anything happens with China, these will not be at the back in a decade or more.
Your cherry picking does not impress anyone here. The NYT says that, others say this...
Now, "the real world" may actually show how Europe may take the chance offered by Trump. Macron is a pedantic snob, but he is not stupid and is calling for Europe to use their funds to buy and create a European native full set of military capabilities. France is starting to see itself as a future leader of Europe, Poland has asked to hold US nukes and that has been rejected... 3,2,1 until Poland decides to get Nukes (congratulations Putin).
What ever the NYT publishes changes nothing of these.
And how many APVs, tanks, artillery, air defense, shells etc etc etc... did the west loose that it had before this at their disposal or had an option to procure? And how many drones, drone operators, new warfare technologies, experienced battle hardened military, and military industrial complex did Russian gained instead of those soviet tanks?
Oh you don't like the source? How about Ukrainska Pravda for you
EU confirms US withdrawal from group investigating Russia's war crimes in Ukraine I would love to see at least one source that says that US is not leaving International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. I'll wait...
So Macron will destroy France's quality of life, and switch France's industry from butter to guns and war footing (that will probably take decades to complete) because Macron really thinks that Russia is going to attack France? Or he really cares about expanding NATO into Ukraine without US so much? Even if he does try that, what will happen to the far right's Marine Le Pen's chances on the next elections?
Sorry, at this point i feel like i'm even destroying your dreams, that you're desperately trying to hang on to. I'll scale back on engaging your hypotheticals.
Not that many compared to the immense stocks of Bradleys and Abrams that the US holds in the deserst across the US. The GDP of the US and Europe allows for restoring stocks. Ruzzia has lost some equipment that can no longer be produced (the supply chains, components and know-how are no longer there) and it would take 10 to 20 years at the current rates to replenish the old Soviet Stocks. This is not by chance, the US knew and kept the stalemate to make sure this happened.
Again, irrelevant information no matter the sources. It is unlikely that those crimes will be punished, simply because as of now it cannot be enforced.
On the contrary, Macron and France have built their weapons industry and capabilities pretty much independently of the US. France is the one NATO country that buys little from the US. Capturing a large part of the financial budget for EU's rearmament will be quite profitable for France.
France does not need to "switch" the economy, it will enhance their existing means - 90% indigeous from the tanks to the air-defence, carriers and both Mirages and Rafale.
And yes, thanks to Putin now Europe cares about providing security guarantess to Ukraine - which in essence are security guarantees for all Europe.
You seem to always be misinterpreting what is going on. Why not get rid of the stocks of Bradleys and Abrams? They are (except for some minor improvements) WW2 war machines. Let's get rid of them and move into the future, like we are doing with drones and satellite observation.
Any of Europe, even in the building and updating of their military, are so far behind in their ability to do anything, that they are outdated before they start. Macron is starting to improve his military with
WW2 equipment that is outdated before he starts. Really, why would anybody do this except that they don't really know what is happening in the modern world, even when they look it in the face in Ukraine and Russia?
Thanks to Putin, the Russian military has advance so greatly that Europe is being shown that Russia isn't the same old USSR. Russia has moved into the modern world of international trade rather than 'conquer by force'. And it would go a lot better for the US and the EU if they would follow Russia's lead -
yes, I say lead - and get out of 'money by debt contract' (fiat), and into gold, silver, and commodities trade the way Russia is attempting (even though she is playing the fiat game with the West).
You must be invested in military armament companies. It shows by the way you constantly promote more of the same.
Europe Goes Full Totalitarian And Puts The Entire Western World At Risk
https://alt-market.us/europe-goes-full-totalitarian-and-puts-the-entire-western-world-at-risk/The outcome was predictable for many of us in the alternative media and the situation is only going to get worse in the next few years, but what does this mean for the rest of the world? With the European elites casting off their humanist masks and going outright Orwellian, what kind of chaos can we expect to unfold?
First and foremost I want to point out a key piece of irony here For decades in the US we heard the tiresome argument that our 2nd Amendment gun rights are meaningless because they are "unnecessary in maintaining our freedoms". Anti-gun rights activists and politicians commonly used Europe as their sterling example:
"If gun rights are so important for freedom, then what about the Europeans? They have strict gun laws and they're not losing their rights
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As Americans who understand what it means to fight a rebellion against tyranny and win, our response to this claim has always been the same: "Just give it time
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Of course, we were right and they were wrong. I'm sure a large number of people among the 95% of EU and UK citizens that are disarmed are probably wishing desperately for firearms right about now. The reasons why are numerous and horrifying.
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