• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Great speech but there is still too much wishful thinking regarding the US. The fight in the US is just barely starting and it is nowhere near getting to the worst parts. Europeans need to assume that not only is American help not coming back in their lifetime, but that there is a good chance that they might need to arm themselves against American aggression. Maybe not all out war but certainly in skirmishes.

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      3 days ago

      I hear that. I took those comments in a couple of ways:

      1. he is at least to some degree describing real things that are happening
      2. more so, I took it as an expression of faith that America has deep reserves of reason and dignity which are not exhausted yet
      3. it was also a subtle cue to those of us who think we’re part of those reserves to get off our asses