Obviously, we should care about war and strife, but is this our fight? I would argue not. Some years ago, I was looking at comparative economies and was astonished to find that Russia was quite unimpressive. According to 2017 numbers, the USA had a $19 trillion economy, China was at $12 trillion, and Russia was $1.6 trillion. Canada had a bigger economy in 2017. Germany has twice the economy of Russia. If just the big names of Europe (France, Germany, UK, & Italy all have bigger economies than Russia) pooled resources, they have an $11 trillion economy. Hey, what if we added Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, and so on combined resources? That would be roughly $18 trillion. Why can't they deal with the comparative pauper of Russia? It's in their backyard, not ours. No, let's have the US taxpayer bail us out again, as they have been doing since World War II. The combined population of France and Germany is 150 million. Russia is at 145 million and falling. Europe has more than enough resources to deal with Russia.
Only 6 months ago, the Biden Administration fled a backwater where the opposition was armed with AK-47s and little more. Too tough. Oh, but nuclear-armed Russia with tanks, jets, missiles, artillery, and so forth is a fight that we can handle. Nope. Europe has spent the last 77 years outsourcing its defense to the United States. I think it's time they resume control.
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