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Does the US really want to be facing a Europe with multiple nuclear powers and thousands of warheads?

Europe is a sleeping giant. America has long seen it advantageous to keep the giant sleeping. Now it is dancing around shouting "nee-naw" while the giant slowly opens its eyes.

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> Does the US really want to be facing a Europe with multiple nuclear powers and thousands of warheads?

Why not? There is no causus belli to fear, and Russia and China already have lots of weapons.

Europe is not really a sleeping giant. People here are in denial about the decline of the west (as shown by downvotes) but Europe is simply not the power it used to be. Just look at the GDP of Europe as a a proportion of global GDP. It has been the slowest growing region for decades.

Hence "sleeping".

It’s going to be very sleepy even after it wakes up.

and no giant.

A young man and an old man taking a nap are both "sleeping," but one has his life ahead of him and the other is in his twilight. Europe is the latter.

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