Europe Can't Defend Itself - DAVID STROM

Europe Can't Defend Itself - DAVID STROM

"One of the many, many, MANY things Trump got grief for during his presidency is his cajoling of Europeans to spend more time, attention, and money on defense.

• Trump was being mean to our European allies.
• He was threatening NATO.
• He was being a bull in a china shop.
• You name the accusation, and Trump was guilty of it.
• He threatened our Atlantic alliances, and thank God the adults are back in charge...

As on many other issues, Trump was right and his critics wrong...
With the end of the Cold War, Europeans went all-in on the “peace dividend” and, over the years, have essentially disarmed themselves, partly banking on the US commitment to the defense of our European allies and partly convinced that history had ended and peace would reign–at least on the Eurasian continent. 

Russia may direct its military forces south but would never dare to look West.
The result? 

European countries don’t really have militaries at all–and that is hardly an exaggeration. 

If the US chose not to defend European countries from an external attack, they would collapse like a house of cards...