The new arms race is intra-European
From our UK edition
I think I’ve finally figured out why the leaders of Europe are so upset at the United States. The never-ending outpouring of rage from European and British elites, directed at the US and the Trump administration, makes sense to me at long last. It’s not because the Europeans are worried about having to spend money on defence against Russia; their combined economic might is ten times that of Russia. Spending on their militaries may accelerate economic problems in a few places, but in many it will be net positive. It’s not like Europe opposes government-funded social programmes, either, which is what most of their militaries are. They’re certainly not war-fighting organisations – not outside of the frontier states.
