Europe Might Want To Rethink Its Assumptions

Dear Europe, I know you feel outrage. I have talked to many of you on the phone.

I know politicians and media on both sides of the Atlantic are furious. I attended a conference with mostly Europeans. The worry and frustration was palpable.

I get it too. You are dependent on Middle East oil and aluminum and fertilizer and shipping and LNG. Dubai is a vital travel hub for you. Vital.

But don’t worry. Trump will lose the midterms and Congress will flip and side with you.

Or maybe not…

I live in the bluest town in the bluest state, where protests are practically a seasonal sport. I drove over eight hours across New England this week past the usual corners where outrage normally lives.

This time? Nothing.

Left, right, center. I’m hearing almost no one talk about this war. MAGA doesn’t even care.

Ask someone and you’ll get the expected talking points. But in coffee shops, kitchens, real life? Silence.

Hard truth: most Americans just don’t care.

And since the weather warmed, not a single keffiyeh in sight.

So when Trump says you need to go protect the ships and airports that are vital to YOU, I think he means it.

Because the vast majority of Americans don’t care.

And it’s not that we want to see you spin into an energy and food shortage. It’s that even the most TDS-inflicted liberal American is getting tired of your BS.

Hating Trump is one thing. Almost half of America is OK with that. But your anti-American vitriol and arrogance and weakness is exhausting.

Nobody likes a needy person who is angry and thinks they are better than you. It’s literally the worst combination in a person.

And you might not want to admit it, but you are needy. You need us to reopen Hormuz. You need our banks and our markets. You need a lot.

“We will not participate in this war” is fine. Nobody is asking you to bomb civilians. What’s weak is you won’t surge defensive missiles and planes to protect European-owned ships and property.

When exactly did defense make you a participant?

Defense of innocent life and property isn’t a “war crime.” And you DO own the majority of ships getting attacked.

Ships that you are unwilling to defend maybe because you outsource the labor to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Ukraine.

You are the wealthy lords who abandoned the mansion but told the help to stick around and defend it.

So you might want to send a few warships and missile defense units to protect YOUR property.

Or at least leave them at anchor and send the innocent crews home.

You want us to defend the Strait because we started this mess?

That’s reasonable. Problem is the reaction from most of America to your demands is:

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