“Suddenly, there is talk everywhere of war in Europe.”
“A glance around the world confirms the multiple threats to our security, the most significant of which for the UK is President Putin’s continued aggression in Ukraine. At the same time, voices in the United States query whether our [Europe’s] armed forces are even in the second tier of military capability, let alone the top tier.”
“More will need to be spent on defense; armies and navies will need to grow; complacency will need to give way to vigilance.”
“There is another theme too, that Europeans can’t rely on America to bail them out. The U.S., they say, is preoccupied with our Pacific rivalry with China, a far more formidable adversary than Russia. We Americans, Europeans are saying, expect Europeans to be mostly responsible for dealing with a threat to Europe. Which is not unreasonable.”
“The 20th century was mostly defined by conflicts that originated in Europe. For a time, it seemed that such armed conflicts were a thing of the past. But perhaps not.”
Comment:
Armed conflict is always a thing of the present.
Peace is abnormal.
Peace everywhere on earth at the same time? Never happened. Never can happen? Never will?
