"What #Vance and his colleagues seem to have forgotten, though, is that what #America now wants — essentially for other #countries to have the capability to fight #wars all by themselves — is exactly what, until very recently, America did not want at all."

https://www.thetimes.com/article/7652c5a3-7201-4de6-857b-958d25f2c9a4?shareToken=62152a9c5d20d803e216658472138ab4

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A quick history lesson for the US from the European freeloaders

For decades the US required allies to be militarily subservient — and President Trump should be careful what he wishes for

The Times