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I keep reading where around 1990 - after the USSR imploded . . . That many of the European countries slashed their defense expenditures.

And I keep reading that Russia be screaming "We MUST have Ukraine as a bulwark against NATO aggression".

Well, No. NATO has always been a defensive alliance and, post 1990, NATO Europe has become a toothless paper tiger.

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Europe Just Proved Trump Right About NATO

http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/04/30/europe-just-proved-trump-right-about-nato-n4939369

April 30, 2025
In a shocking-not-shocking exclusive report in The (UK) Times, Europe "would struggle to put 25,000 troops on the ground in Ukraine" as part of a postwar peacekeeping force. Defense Editor Larisa Brown "was given a rare insight into conversations between Europe’s defence ministers and military chiefs as they thrashed out plans for a 'coalition of the willing' force," and the results are as disappointing as they are sobering.
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The article does continue.
Once upon a time NATO was a powerhouse. Able to field the troops, tanks, and other resources necessary to defend themselves. But not any more. Europe has the GDP and the manpower . . . Perhaps they lack the will?

'Euroweenies' seems like an apt description.

Zim.




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