For decades, European NATO members curbed defense spending to fund other priorities. What remains, in the view of some US military experts, is a ’Potemkin Army’ that couldn’t stand up to an invader without American support.
Indeed, Europe is going to be in a panic after NATO loses in Ukraine and it’s going to translate into unlimited military spending at the cost of austerity. The oligarchs have always resented the fact that the European working class enjoyed a decent social safety net, and this will be a perfect excuse to dismantle it.
Indeed, Europe is going to be in a panic after NATO loses in Ukraine and it’s going to translate into unlimited military spending at the cost of austerity. The oligarchs have always resented the fact that the European working class enjoyed a decent social safety net, and this will be a perfect excuse to dismantle it.