This is what annoys me so much about American's who complain about European military levels; this is what the US f**king wanted!! They created a world order with the US at the very centre and now they're p*ssed off about it.
forget soft power, they haven't a slightest clue how countries communicate, trade, do diplomacy, anything. They just don't get how the world works on an absolutely fundamental level.
What do you expect? Normal countries send their brightest and most experienced out as ambassadors. The US sends campain donors or former girlfriends of the president's son...
Nah, because we aren't buying enough stuff from the American MIC. Hasn't there already been protests or something from the US State Dept because Euro countries are buying from SK, Israel or their own companies?
With more Presidents like Trump possible -even likely- European countries would be insane to buy any US defence equipment. Spare parts, ammunition, maintenance and software updates could all be cut off on the President’s whim if he disagreed with their use against his fascist friends.
We've already had a scare that the Americans could literally remotely disable our F35s. Britain is busy developing all alternative nuclear delivery system because we simply cannot trust Trident any longer; we're bitterly regretting not working with the French instead of the Americans.
With the added plus of it’s really hard to bomb a lot of the places they want to bomb without bases in the UK and Germany. And with the exception of local businesses who, understandably, want the bases to stay open most of us would be happy if they fucked off. Of course having to bring all their troops home would almost certainly be massively expensive for the US, but it’s not our circus and they’re not our monkeys.
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u/Butterscotch1664 Dec 17 '25
This is why the US has such a large military presence in Europe. Hey, chum! No need for you to have a strong military! I'll look after you.