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3. Good. Europe must learn how to defend itself without unreliable "partners" because a partner

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 10:03 AM

Friday

today might not be a partner tomorrow, as they have just figured out.

For too long they have said, when America asks for help, needed or not, we'll back them, because when we need help, America will stand with us. What they never understood is that the U.S. is like what the American companies have become - short term thinkers. Go to war in an instant. Quit when we are tired of it, no matter what the effect is on the locals.

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