Comment by nradov
12 hours ago
If Europe has "pulled ahead in infrastructure and policy" then why do they have nothing to show for it? They can't even protect their own sea lines of communication.
12 hours ago
If Europe has "pulled ahead in infrastructure and policy" then why do they have nothing to show for it? They can't even protect their own sea lines of communication.
Have you been to Europe?
The comparison is stark.
I wish my country had achieved half as much in terms of infrastructure.
And in terms of protecting themselves, if the US stopped protecting Russia, the situation there would be a lot tidier.
Yes, I've been there many times. It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
Then we can both agree that it’s surprising what people like and value.
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Sounds like your only metric is military strength? Then sure, the US dominates, though it pays a lot for that privilege.
US just showed the world its military strength.
It couldn’t open the straits and begged for help from is ‘weak’ ‘allies’.
Europe wouldn’t have been all that impressed.
There are a lot of metrics, take your pick. But if you can't obtain reliable supplies of energy and other critical resources then none of the other metrics matter.