Forwarded from An Appeal To Pragmatism
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โNo longer focused on defending Europe NATO 2.0 drifted toward out-of-area operations and things that had nothing to do with war fighting at all.
Instead of tanks, fighters, and air defenses, the focus has been on gender equity, climate change, and defense austerity.
Europeโs borders flew wide openโwelfare states expanded, defense budgets cratered along with Europe's belief in itself. Those are lost years we are not going back to, and that's why we have cut troop levels back to pre-2022 levels and grown our own industrial base."
Instead of tanks, fighters, and air defenses, the focus has been on gender equity, climate change, and defense austerity.
Europeโs borders flew wide openโwelfare states expanded, defense budgets cratered along with Europe's belief in itself. Those are lost years we are not going back to, and that's why we have cut troop levels back to pre-2022 levels and grown our own industrial base."
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