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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by roenxi on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:51AM (#24678646)
> Can you look at the last decade of US military actions and say this has increased European security?

Here is a video [0] of the borders of European countries over the last 1500 years. There is potentially a correlation behind their stability since 1945 (11:16 in the video) and the US having a number of troops stationed in Germany comparable to the German army.

It is debatable whether it was all to do with the US; but the circumstantial evidence is substantial. The border redrawings may resume one day.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P0QSxlnI

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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by adrianN on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:12AM (#24678791)
There hasn't been a credible outside threat to European security since the fall of the Soviet Union. Intraeuropean wars between major powers have become a lot less likely because of increased economic integration thanks to the EU.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by inglor_cz on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:59PM (#24681835)
Oh, just the small problems like Transnistria and Donetsk and Crimea.

I do not mean to be sarcastic, but Baltic nations are really happy to be protected by NATO. They are in Russian sphere of interest and cannot defend themselves on their own.

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