Alan Zweibel

And China controls most of the supply of rare earth's. As a certain President learned to his chagrin.

And yet the US defense industry depends on them for many high tech products.

First off, you'll note he said the US and the EU need each other. On top of that, he included nuclear weapons in expenses. France already has them. And the UK, while not an EU member, also has a nuclear force. In fact, the EU provides a lot of high tech components used by the US defense industry.

On a nominal basis the EU is the second largest economic entity in the world. On a PPP basis it's third. That's your idea of irrelevant?

Another retreat.

That's what was said about Ukraine too. Russia's economy is already straining under the burden of the Ukraine war.

Once again, I can offer you links to material to read, but I can't make you read it.

Fascists who elected a Jewish person as their president. Fascist political parties in Ukraine have fared miserably in the 21st century.

Deflecting much?

I can offer you evidence but I can't make you read it.

It beats taking on faith andassertion from an anonymous person on this forum. But if you have a problem with links in general or the links on using, take it up with the mods.

Apparently, in your world, it's either All or nothing.

You make a claim and instead of backing it up with argument or evidence you say people don't care. That's a retreat.

You offer a comment on backed by reasoning or evidence and you say I have nothing?

Are you telling me the Europeans can't create sophisticated military hardware? Maybe you're confusing the EU with Middle Earth and you believe that wizards roam there and can with a weight of their ones make the most complicated and sophisticated weapons. The reality is quite different. The implementation of EDIP introduces specific benchmarks for the European defense sector. According to a report by the École Militaire, the programme aims to shift the procurement patterns of member states, targeting a minimum of 50% of military equipment purchases from within the Union by 2030. This objective follows data indicating that between 2022 and 2023, 68% of EU defense acquisitions were sourced from the United States, while joint investments among the 27 member states accounted for 18%. [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Defence_Industry_Programme?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Another white flag waver.

There's a word in English called "some". It's located somewhere between "all" and "none". You should make its acquaintance.

You made an assertion, and instead of defending it, now you claim you don't care.

Wow! Zombie ukrainians have come back from the dead. In fact, ukrainians elected as the president a Jewish person. And as the Wikipedia article noted, a poll from the Pew trust show that ukrainians are the least anti-semitic people in Eastern Europe.

There are different degrees of sophistication in military hardware. You made the claim, now back it up. I won't hold my breath.

Well, that's one way of waving the white flag.

Well a lot of that money is going to buy American arms. It's just that the Americans are almost giving nothing to the ukrainians.

You mean their manufacturing the equivalent of Patriot missiles and ATACMs? You sure about that?

You actually think that:s relevant? That is the Jews back then really had killed Jesus, modern Jews would still bear their guilt and, to mix religions, suffer the consequences of karma?

You actually think that:s relevant? That is the Jews back then really had killed Jesus, modern Jews would still bear their guilt and, to mix religions, suffer the consequences of karma?