For more than 70 years, the United States has practiced what it calls extended deterrence, which includes the so-called “nuclear umbrella” for its NATO allies in Europe. Countries under the umbrella agree not to develop their own nuclear weapons with the understanding that the U.S. could use its nuclear weapons on their behalf in certain circumstances. In addition to some 80,000 U.S.
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Arms-races are a natural consequence of armed-adversaries.
All of nature’s ecologies work show that to be fact.
The fact that “political-will” is fickle guarantees that such dependency turn into undermining-treachery, sooner-or-later.
So, choose: EU dependent, undermined, & dead, XOR EU armed, autonomous, & living?
There is no “3rd option”, as Trump & his mentor Putin get closer & closer to their true-aligning, against their mutually-reviled enemy: wokeness & civilrights.
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