On: But how to get to that European cloud?

[cachehit]

>It seems we are pushed into major conflicts

>so her friends can build expensive tanks that will never see a battle

I am not sure how you consolidate the two statements. It seems to me that there is a very real risk of armed conflict in Europe over the next decade.

[sunshine-o → cachehit]

Yes there is good chance we are being pushed into one.

What I mean is the tanks, aircraft carriers or F35s probably won't really matter.

You can create enough pain on current western societies by other means such as major cyber disruption so that the classical battlefield won't really matter.

[cachehit → sunshine-o]

You could have said the same about Ukraine. Assuming rational (even if transactional) moves from dictators seems naïve.