As threats from Moscow rise and support from Washington dwindles, the German military is reinventing how it researches, funds and wields 21st-century arms.
The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. The post European Rearmament Is a Trap appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs European Rearmament Is a Trap The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that a plan by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to announce sweeping troop cuts in Europe had been blocked. Per the WSJ : The U.S., [Hegseth] planned to say, was preparing additional cuts to its forces in Europe that would go beyond the canceled deployment of an armored brigade to Poland and the earlier withdrawal of an infantry brigade from Romania… But Hegseth’s proposal was nixed after it was shared with Marco Rubio—President Trump’s…Open
After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries.
Germany is now pursuing a debt-financed expansion of both its military and defense-industrial base.
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