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Joao Azevedo's avatar

Always a pleasure to read your posts, Hugh, even when it hurts (an European like me…). Still, to tame my pain, let me share my hopes that necessity may change this sad state of things. One side of the problem is of course the fragmented leadership. But is also the absence of need. USA was there, the world was getting better every year, a Fukuyama kind of feeling prevailed (for too long). Now the combined menaces of Imperial Russia and Trump may, hopefully, become a awake call. I even resorted to AI (Copilot) for console, asking “were US army forces any good before WW II (their moment of need, pulling the nation out of isolationism) and guess what I found: in 1939 the US armed forces were smaller then Portugal’s (a fascist regime, by then…). WW II was US moment of need. Hope the current geopolitical storm wakes up Europe.

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Harry Backhouse's avatar

Great Article Hugh!

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