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Randahl Fink Mar 2, 2025

This is the most important comment I have heard this week — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk:

“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians […] Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but the belief that we are truly a global force.”

I think Tusk hits the bullseye here. Those 140 million Russians are already fully occupied by fighting Ukraine, and our leaders act like we are Liechtenstein.

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Big Kumera Energy

@randahl one way to muscle up is to start issuing ITAR right back at the US.

The US doesn't make all of its own weapons, and relies on Europe for a bunch of weapon components. Maybe Europe gets to start saying where the US gets to use or transfer weapons with European components.

That was kind of handwaved away while the US was a friendly ally and global hegemon. But if things are going to be fraught and transactional....