European defense stocks didnt skyrocket out of nowhere.
>Soviet Russia had a struggling economy in the 60s and 70s,
Europe is struggling now.
>The Soviet-Afghanistan war weakened the USSR's traditional force composition
Feeding weapons to Ukraine has severely depleted European stockpiles.
>Europe already avoided over-arming themselves like the USSR
Theyre literally preparing to do just that.
>they have a modernized economy
Im not sure Id feel comfortable rejecting an argument based upon the notion that the country that put the first man in space was a country of backward savages.
>and they aren't fighting proxy wars against forces they can't beat.
European defense stocks didnt skyrocket out of nowhere.
>Soviet Russia had a struggling economy in the 60s and 70s,
Europe is struggling now.
>The Soviet-Afghanistan war weakened the USSR's traditional force composition
Feeding weapons to Ukraine has severely depleted European stockpiles.
>Europe already avoided over-arming themselves like the USSR
Theyre literally preparing to do just that.
>they have a modernized economy
Im not sure Id feel comfortable rejecting an argument based upon the notion that the country that put the first man in space was a country of backward savages.
>and they aren't fighting proxy wars against forces they can't beat.
Ukraine is quite literally that.