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This is the most important comment I have heard this week — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk:
“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians […] Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but the belief that we are truly a global force.”
I think Tusk hits the bullseye here. Those 140 million Russians are already fully occupied by fighting Ukraine, and our leaders act like we are Liechtenstein.
Also, lingering trauma from WW II, perhaps, where American troops did swoop in and rescue many.
If Europeans are behaving like trauma victims with unresolved fear, might be helpful to help them re-learn to fight back.
@northernlights @randahl but in WWII, a half of Europe fought with another half...