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paleotn

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12. Agreed. Except one point.

Reply to fujiyamasan (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 06:10 PM

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It was US policy throughout the Cold War to keep Europe militarily weak. Initially due to the fear of a resurgence of nazi politics. Really, it was a means to keep Western Europe pliable and in tune with US interests. After the damage was done, decades of inadequate military spending to protect themselves without US help, that's when we started bitching that they weren't carrying their NATO weight. Go figure.

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