The EU encompasses 500 MM people almost 4 times Russia’s. The GDP of the EU is over $17 trillion compared to $1.3 trillion for Russia. Europe has all the resources to defend itself.
I keep pointing this out. Europe has over 500 million people and a GDP larger than America’s.
Russia has 145 million people and a GDP that is not even in the top 10 in the world. It spends about 3.5% of GDP on Defense.
Why pray tell, should Europe need America’s help defending itself from Russia?
A lot has occurred since the mid-1970s. I would suggest that Russia has no serious economic interest in destroying or screwing with Europe...it is dependent upon them for the purchase of their oil/gas. Without any true enemy, the time has simply come to disengage from NATO and reallocate our funding.
I would suggest the same for the Middle East...there’s just not any reason to continue this fake defense talk without any real threat.