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Except that Russia doesn’t actually hate Europe. Their propaganda is designed to convince gullible American Republican idiots that Europe are freeloaders, not innovative, etc. The end goal is, as always, isolating America from its allies.
The reality is that the entire computer semiconductor industry is dependent on 2 European companies: ASML who manufactures the worlds most advanced semiconductor fabrication equipment, and Zeiss who manufactures the extremely precise optical equipment used in the UV lithography process itself.
Russia’s goal is for Trump to finishing trashing our relationship with our European allies just in time for China to make a move on Taiwan. The end goal of all of this will be to lock America out of advanced chip fabrication altogether.
None of this would be remotely possible without the treasonous Republicans in general, and Evangelicals in particular, who have elevated Trump into the position where he can do Russia’s bidding for them. Their propensity for betrayal and willingness to lie constantly to get what they want is precisely why Russia worked so hard to align themselves with Republicans and Evangelicals to begin with.
It's not just right wing. American liberals don't like you that much either. Non-stop shitting on Americans and America online and at the same time expecting American kids to die to protect you from other Europeans, when you consistently refuse to protect yourselves. America has been pushing the EU to federalize, integrate an Army of Europe, and foot your own defense bills. But you'd all rather do nothing while continuing to bite the hand that feeds you. Mark my words, no American will give his life for Europe until they pick up their end of the couch.
When the US goes to one of their many pointless wars, Europe follows with good men. When Europe needs help with war almost at home it's "pick up your end of the couch". Shittiest ally ever.
You're kind of leaving out the 20+ years of us telling you guys "hey you need to spend more on defense" and you guys saying "nah, we're good." That absolutely changed the relationship.
I didn't leave it out, it fits well in my narrative. The US gives no help, only gives lessons.
This is a perfect example of the deluded obstinance Americans are completely fed up with. We warned you, time and time and time again, way before Trump came into the picture. But you just won't hear it. It's always someone else's responsibility with you people. The American taxpayer has spent close to $400 billion on European defense in the last 20 years. $115 billion on Ukrainian defense, and not to mention the $40+ billion per year on EDI spending. "No help" is fucking insane.
Shut the fuck up dipshit. You don't speak any American "Liberal" let alone any American.
No, he has a point. In Europe, we need to step up and do more to help Ukraine. If you think things are bad now, wait until the tanks roll into Latvia or Finland or Poland..
It seems it is only the right wing - because the left knows past US administrations never wanted Europe to be able to protect itself, they wanted Europe to always need the US so the US would have leverage. This worked well for as long as the USSR existed, since having US help against the USSR would always be highly beneficial even for Europe.
Since the fall of the USSR however, the threat of USSR against the entirety of Europe disappeared. Many even hoped Russia would become a liberal democracy.
Nowadays Russia is a threat mostly only to it's neighbours in Eastern Europe, such as Ukraine and the Baltics. These are the only countries who would ever "beg" the US, or NATO, for help against Russia.
If you actually look at what Europeans say about US presence in Europe today, people in Western Europe are calling for US troop withdrawal from Western Europe.
Many would still prefer the US to help Ukraine, especially if they want to claim to be an enemy of Russia. And you can't claim Ukraine are not doing their part, "picking their end of the couch" against Russia - they are doing everything they can to survive.
US giving up military presence in Western Europe - most definitely, not needed.
US giving up on Ukraine and allowing Russia, an enemy of all democracies, to gain influence instead? Bad for not just Europe but the US as well, since Russia most definitely considers themselves an enemy of the US.
That is so unbelievably cynical I don't even know how to respond. The United States is not trying to fuck you guys. The whole point of federalization and a united army is to make Europe independent and strong. And the reason we are so needed in Ukraine is because the rest of Europe CAN'T help. What little you can and have done is commendable, but you just don't have the capacity to alter the balance. And you don't have the capacity because you all collectively fell into the fallacy of "the end of history" for the second time in a hundred years.
I will add that in all these angry responses I've gotten nobody has acknowledged the lack of defense spending and the endless brush offs the United States has gotten for trying to tell you guys you need to be ready. It's all just "you're a bad friend!" but in reality you guys are the unreliable ones. You won't lift a finger to help yourselves, why should anyone else?
And as far as US forces leaving Europe, I promise you nothing in the world would make the American voting public happier.