Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End
From the article: &quot;It needs to move toward more military integration, which means streamlining procurement. European armies use too many different weapons systems: seventeen main battle tank families compared with just one for the U.S.; 20 types of fighter planes compared with just six; and 13 kinds of air-to-air missiles compared with three.&quot;<p>While I dont doubt there are efficiencies to be had, I feel they fail to recognise diversity . Any of these weapon systems will have pros&#x2F;cons. The diversity can be a strength.<p>And the article talks about european NATO spending doesn&#x27;t cut it... well go look at the stats. UK&#x2F;France&#x2F;Italy etc vs Russia spending. Russia is vastly outspent by the NATO forces, almost the same spend via UK and France individually. Who else is this European threat coming from? It hogwash Europe is not militarily self sufficient. Maybe not US style dominant but hardly weak.<p>It feels to me there is so much &#x27;fear the bear&#x27; information being coming out it feels like soft propaganda on the other side building to something. Sure Russia is behaving badly with Ukraine and Georgia. And they deserve international punishment for this, and hopefully pushback at some point. Syria I&#x27;m not so convinced Russia are the bad guys. They are supporting a long time ally and stable government while the west is the the one pushing regime change. Do you really think Assads replacement will be an improvements? This is geo-politics, nothing about improving the nation.<p>Russia has good reason to be worried about their defense. The western powers have been doing most of the invading lately.<p>End of the day its a shame the people in power create all this. Most of us want to enjoy life and live in our bubble. Don&#x27;t let the governments let you believe any nation is bad. And take these articles with a pinch of salt. Some extreme minority nationalists&#x2F;religious nuts aside, people want to get along.