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Originally Posted by Pierre
Europe has been taking the piss for 30+ years.
When Trump went to Germany, first time around, and correctly stated, that they were spending billions protecting Europe from Russia, But Europe was giving Russia billions in gas and oil purchases funding the very threat America was supposed to be protecting them from.
I think the US should have a very healthy scepticism of Europes capabilities and intentions.
We need to prove we can do it without the US……….then maybe the US may help back us.
We are , Europe generally, a very poor partner to the US.
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Europe can’t afford to have American foreign policy as a noose around its neck and pay US price premiums for gas and technology to support American interests and not ours.
Scaremongering over Chinese involvement in technology and infrastructure, and objecting to buying Russian gas, are about protecting American interests and nobody elses. Both Russia and China are making inroads with soft power in the global south, and America is threatened by that.
If you suggested a mere 18 months ago that America could have kill switches in advanced weapons it sells or queried the independence of the UK nuclear deterrent you’d have been dismissed as a hard left crank. How there’s legitimacy to asking these questions as America proves itself to be an unreliable ally.