Europe is capable of sustaining Ukraine’s resistance against Russia, even if the United States were to decide to completely halt its military support to Kyiv, the senior military official in charge of coordinating Germany’s arms supplies told Reuters.
Major General Christian Freuding said NATO’s European members plus Canada had already exceeded the estimated $20 billion worth of U.S. military aid provided last year to Kyiv.
They accounted for around 60% of the total costs borne by the Western allies, he said.
“The war against Ukraine is raging on our continent, it is also being waged against the European security order. If the political will is there, then the means will also be there to largely compensate for the American support,” Freuding said in an interview.
I don’t think America can ever be considered reliable or an ally during my remaining life ever again.
Just curiosity, which generation are you? Personally, I had this feeling during the second Iraq war.
Clearly. That’s when they showed that they’d attack anyone out of greed. Like they did in Irak.
Sadam was a brutal dictator, and I’m glad he’s gone, but fabricating proofs of weapon of mass destruction as casus belli…
I remember well that some, like the French, did not fall for it (having their own spy satellites sure helps, I suppose), but I do remember the mockery about the French surrendering once again. Well they were right in the end. I remember some GoP politician trying to rename French fries to Liberty fries. A petty way to try to get back at them, I suppose.
I kinda feel the issues happening in the US will be resolved soonish. And by resolved I mean, either the US will fall apart, and add you said will continue to be unreliable, or trumpisn will be defeated
Even after trumpism is defeated, there’s a lot of trust for the US people to rebuild with their allies.
If the people are so willing to vote in dictator idiot maniacs, then how can other countries trust those same people to not do it again?
It’s the same for European countries at the moment as well. The UK is fairly less trusted right now because they vote idiots like Farage, Hungary is snubbed because Orban is a Russian колбаса sucker - so on and so on.
Those generations that vote these people in will still live a few more decades and as such any goodwill towards them is diminished.
The root goes further than Trump. But Trump sure showed the ugly face of US then hidden shadow.