It's about time! In my opinion Europe was a bit asleep about the realities of the world.<p>Very grateful to all what the US is doing, but in the end this is a war within Europe, and we must know we can't always count on others to be the main contributor of something that is happening "in our neighbourhood".<p>Also, Europe must really start to consider itself as a world power. Maybe I'm too paranoid, but the democracy within US seems very fragile to me (the 2 party system, all the extreme nutcases that live within).<p>The Ukraine war has shown us how important it is to defend democracy within and outside of our own borders. And that 'power' cannot always be only manifested through diplomacy.
This is good news for the US, good news for the EU, and good news for Ukraine. The rare news that is good for everyone. Well, except Russia I suppose—but they could just leave.
We certainly hope so. It was a bad joke last year that the fighters protecting the whole Europe from fascist hordes were mostly equipped by the USA. Germany's initial offer of 5000 helmets will live in infamy...<p>However, there are certain types of equipment only US can offer, being so technologically ahead of EU. StarLink (with all its controversies) comes to mind.