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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Of course, that's why I specified (in terms of dollars). I guess my line of thinking is that if Norway declared tomorrow that they had dumped 150 billion EUR into buying weapons, and would buy from whoever could deliver the fastest, we would probably see an increase in weapons manufacturing on European soil the likes of which we haven't seen since WWII. That's what we need right now.

The second element (which I honestly think is at least as important) is showing the rest of Europe how it's done. By pushing ahead and doing something symbolic like immediately picking up the slack from the US (in dollars) we can hopefully shake other countries into recognising how high of a priority this should be. It may also help people shake off the "what are we going to do" feeling, by showing what we're going to do: Prioritise this above all else.