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How does kicking out the US army improve GDP?
Which sanctions are causing the problem?
Which US wars are impeding growth?
The economy seems to be a black box. Understanding how to turn the knobs is so much guesswork. At least it appears that way.
You kick out US army to gain independence, to grow up, to sit down as a major player.
I mean, it's going to be a lot of expenses, but it's the crucial first step if EU wants its own independent policies.
That said, just my personal opinion. I could be wrong. Maybe it's perfectly fine to have someone else's army on your soil. Maybe you already have independent policies but just happen to agree to the other side more or less. I'm not of EU or US citizen so I could be wrong.
Sanctions on Russia and the US refusal to allow Europe to buy cheap energy from Russia.
> Which US wars are impeding growth?
The US proxy war in Ukraine. The upcoming proxy war in Taiwan.
Is Ukraine free when the US is meddling in its internal politics and orchestrating coups to protect ‘American influence’? Where is the freedom and riches you promise in all the countries the US has bombed over the past 60 years?
Protecting ‘American influence’ = an unending payday for the corrupt military-industrial complex monopolies and nothing more.
> - Emancipate both politically and economically
You just proved my point about US imperialism and "protecting its interest" around the globe is the main economic hindrance for both Europe, and the rest of the world.
You can't be rich if you are under the control of an evil empire. Even if you claim that being colonized is for their own good, the US is still an evil empire, since all empires are evil by definition.
Europeans passed laws to cut it off. Nothing American did. Europeans don't want to fund the guns that will be used by Russians when they decide who to invade next.
The EU makes the explicit choice to live under the US security umbrella, not form a competitor power to the US, and gradually get rich.
Get rich quick schemes, as ever, lead to disaster.
Do you really think that the US will wage war against Europe if they refuse to keep the US army on its soil and pay for protection? You mean they won't just leave peacefully and let the Europeans take care of themselves?
I don't think so, US is a democracy. That would be illegal.
Or maybe, just maybe, US will find a passing explanation why it is a good idea to start a war against Europe.
Now, how we spend it is up for debate. But I’d be careful about throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Why does your government push Europe to pay more for the military? Why would that interest you? Why don't you just move out your army and stop caring about Europe?
> The Ukraine conflict at least seems to have woken some Europeans up to the fact that they need to contribute equally to NATO instead of just relying on the US.
So the Ukraine conflict pushed Europeans to do more of what the USA wants them to do? It looks like it was beneficial to the US, after all. Pure luck that it started so suddenly :)
> But there doesn't seem to be much of an appetite in Europe for trading social spending for defense spending. It's more fun to dunk on American healthcare and pretend that Putin just really wants to be buddies.
I think your army should just stop "protecting" those evil and condescending Europeans. Just leave Europe and let them suffer for their choices.
Not your continent, not your damn business.
Then, you turn around and say " look at how much killing religion/ideology/etc has done" but at the end of the day it pales in comparison to the kills the military industrial complex has racked up and you defend because a guy with the opposite political affiliation than you can't ever be right. But hey, think of the GDP.
Also the EU countries don't get to be part of NATO I guess without an American base or two there. When shit starts rocking...who are those EU countries going to come ah knocking to? and oh its ah rocking!