I totally disagree with this analysis. As bleaker wrote above "Europe's continued dependancy on US security stems exactly from the naiveté of various Europeans in thinking they could have reasoned with Putin". If Merkel (and Sarkozy as a follower) did not have put a veto on Ukraine joining NATO in 2008, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine. Here was the second mistake and naivete. We all know Merkel was already tied by Russian gaz dependencies (as the first mistake).
So the US is still the policeman of the world. Frankly I prefer having the US, a democratic country, playing this role, rather than the Putin Russian kegebist aligarch mafia or Xi Jinping China putting cameras in our bedrooms and microchips under our skin or deporting Uighurs.
I totally disagree with this analysis. As bleaker wrote above "Europe's continued dependancy on US security stems exactly from the naiveté of various Europeans in thinking they could have reasoned with Putin". If Merkel (and Sarkozy as a follower) did not have put a veto on Ukraine joining NATO in 2008, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine. Here was the second mistake and naivete. We all know Merkel was already tied by Russian gaz dependencies (as the first mistake).
So the US is still the policeman of the world. Frankly I prefer having the US, a democratic country, playing this role, rather than the Putin Russian kegebist aligarch mafia or Xi Jinping China putting cameras in our bedrooms and microchips under our skin or deporting Uighurs.