It was Mark Steyn that predicted, when the Defence Secretary position was only a steppingstone to the Healthcare Secretary position, then a nation had truly turned the corner. This happened in the UK in the 1950s. It is not a recent event.
All the formerly great nations of Europe are such. None of them has a military worth a d-mn and they therefore cannot fight to save their lives. All those great former traditions of the Norwegians, Germans, French.
It's also hilarious to think that these transformations to socialist utopia was underwritten by the USA. All belonged to NATO but 90% of the expense was paid for by the USA. All the while the liberals in western European nations were busy passing laws to promote their little socialist lands.
I hope the UK are not in that ‘not worth a damn list’.