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RainCaster

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30. And the best part is...

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:11 AM

Mar 2025

The US Military Industrial Complex will miss out on all those sales. Their hero caused this big change.

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Europe is rearming itself. [View all] drray23 Feb 2025 OP

The UK and France should build more nuclear warheads to aim at Putin. dalton99a Feb 2025 #1

I would encourage Germany, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan to look into it newdeal2 Feb 2025 #9

+1. Japan has the knowledge and wherewithal to produce nuclear weapons within a year. dalton99a Feb 2025 #12

Yes, do it Japan. Everyone in any position of leadership in WW2 is decades dead. /nt artemisia1 Mar 2025 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2025 #33

Looks like NATO is dead, or on its last legs... Wounded Bear Feb 2025 #2

Because they lived it D_Master81 Feb 2025 #3

Um, some of our earlier generations lived it, in WWi and WWII.... Sogo Feb 2025 #6

We were not invaded state side. drray23 Feb 2025 #8

Uh, yes, we weren't invaded, but we liberated those who were. Sogo Feb 2025 #11

Point is--direct "lived" experience manifest in a completely different mental construction. n/t slumcamper Mar 2025 #32

And all the Americans who personally took part in WWII are gone by now, or pretty close. ShazzieB Mar 2025 #35

Japan occupied Alaskan territory JoseBalow Mar 2025 #25

Hardly the same as the European theater, where entire countries were invaded and occupied... Wounded Bear Mar 2025 #39

It was a much smaller attack TomSlick Mar 2025 #37

EXTREMELY insightful comment. slumcamper Mar 2025 #31

They really don't have much choice under trump/vance. We'll pay for this long-term, if not soon. Silent Type Feb 2025 #4

Trump and Putin have just awakened a sleeping giant? Sogo Feb 2025 #5

I hope so. Trust_Reality Feb 2025 #17

last 30 years US runs between 3 and 5 percent of GDP BootinUp Feb 2025 #7

Europe needs a unified defense force and it's own MIC. radius777 Feb 2025 #10

+1. Europe can absolutely do it on their own. And it's going to be formidable like Airbus vs Boeing dalton99a Feb 2025 #13

Russia's military is seriously hobbled at this point. Sogo Feb 2025 #14

Russia is hobbled, but they still have vast MIC radius777 Feb 2025 #19

Ukraine's bravery has proven Russia's capabilities to be wildly over-estimated. Justice matters. Mar 2025 #22

Most Western European nations homegirl Mar 2025 #27

TY.. As Well they Should! Cha Feb 2025 #15

If I were a European country Horse with no Name Feb 2025 #16

Yes, we have been severely compromised...by snot-nosed 19 year olds! SunSeeker Mar 2025 #29

Good Meowmee Feb 2025 #18

Europe has a considerable sum of frozen Russian assets Bev54 Feb 2025 #20

The Roman Empire is about to be reborn. roamer65 Mar 2025 #21

Appropriate. moondust Mar 2025 #23

And, remarkably... BurnDoubt Mar 2025 #26

Good. And France and England have nukes. Fuck you, Putin. SunSeeker Mar 2025 #28

And the best part is... RainCaster Mar 2025 #30

The U.S. MIC will benefit timvrip Mar 2025 #34

RWNJs have been saying "US out of the UN" for decades now. eppur_se_muova Mar 2025 #36

Zelenskyy needs to work a deal with Europe to utilize its mineral deposits n/t AntiFascist Mar 2025 #38