Europe under extreme duress

[number9]

Firing MANPADs near a highway with people driving on it is what happens when you don't have a functioning NCO corps!

 

[Gatordev]

This looks as disorganized and chaotic as an ISIS video.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Will be curious to see which tariffs Europe applies on Chinese imports and how high the tariffs will be:

A new trade war may be brewing. This time, Europe is taking a page from Trump’s playbook — ‘We no longer live in a world of pink ponies and rainbows’

China's goods trade surplus with the EU hit 360.6 billion euros in 2025, up 15% from 2024. And in the first four months of this year, the gap has expanded by 10%.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Randy Daytona]

Excellent article in the WSJ. One can see, more easily in a Parliamentary system, the same issues that precipitated the rise of both President Trump and Senator Sanders:

https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/the-forces-that-broke-the-two-party-system-in-the-u-k-30137b8a?mod=mhp

And an interesting article from Foreign Affairs, of mote that there was not a single mention of the Visegrad group of nations, especially as Poland is building one of the strongest armies in Europe.

The Only Way to Save Europe

The continent must act like a country.

www.foreignaffairs.com

 

[Randy Daytona]

Looks like the Russians are building quite a few aircraft shelters:

Russia Is Building Huge Protective Shelters For Its Strategic Bombers

In a break in decades of doctrine that left its prized bombers exposed, Russia is building shelters for them at a highly-targeted air base. Satellite imagery shows multiple large shelters under construction, underscoring Moscow’s efforts to harden its most valuable aviation assets against...

www.twz.com