Comments by "Pantherparatrooper" (@506thparatrooper) on "Why NATO may have to stop a Russian invasion - without the US" video.

  1. That political squabble is a porous southern border with millions of illegal immigrants including military aged males from China, Russia and Iran, and 10 IEDs smuggled across it by drug cartels and found in Tucson, Arizona this past week. If NATO faces war with Russia in 3 years, Europe is to blame! In the decades since the end of the Cold War, weakened European armies were tolerated by governments across the West because an engaged America, with its vast military muscle, underpinned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and defense policy in Europe. The U.S. accounted for nearly 70% of NATO’s defense spending last year. Much of Europe’s industrial capacity to make weapons has eroded over years of budget cuts, and turning that around is a challenge at a time when most governments face budget constraints amid slow economic growth and aging populations, as well as large political opposition to cutting back on welfare spending to fund defense. Europe has “systematically demilitarized itself because it didn’t need to spend the money,” thanks to the lack of an apparent threat and U.S. military dominance around the globe, said Anthony King, a professor of war studies at the University of Warwick. “They have basically gone to sleep.” WSJ 8 DEC 2023
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