That is the difference between an wartime economy of generally cheaper labor (east Europe) oriented primarily to provide resources for war, greatly (although not sufficiently in my opinion) supported and backed by the European Union and a slow bureaucratic economy known to be inefficient, time wise and monetary wise, economy. We hope that the European Union keeps together. And we certainly dont want to be forced to fight a war the way like Ukraine has to. No question Europe (if it stays united and doesn’t slowly bleed states to Russia’s control) would win a conventional conflict but the questions are at what cost? I rather win such a war in weeks than months, rather in months than years, and preferably with less missiles landing in my neighborhood.
I won’t claim to know the best way to beat a Russian invasion quickly, but in any case such a thing would be obvious from a mile away (like their invasion of Ukraine was), so there’d be ample time to prepare. Meanwhile if you want to prevent a Russian invasion the way to do that is to pump as much money and weapons as humanely possible into Ukraine while cutting off Russia entirely. Resources are limited, so doing one will naturally compromise the other.
That is the difference between an wartime economy of generally cheaper labor (east Europe) oriented primarily to provide resources for war, greatly (although not sufficiently in my opinion) supported and backed by the European Union and a slow bureaucratic economy known to be inefficient, time wise and monetary wise, economy. We hope that the European Union keeps together. And we certainly dont want to be forced to fight a war the way like Ukraine has to. No question Europe (if it stays united and doesn’t slowly bleed states to Russia’s control) would win a conventional conflict but the questions are at what cost? I rather win such a war in weeks than months, rather in months than years, and preferably with less missiles landing in my neighborhood.
I won’t claim to know the best way to beat a Russian invasion quickly, but in any case such a thing would be obvious from a mile away (like their invasion of Ukraine was), so there’d be ample time to prepare. Meanwhile if you want to prevent a Russian invasion the way to do that is to pump as much money and weapons as humanely possible into Ukraine while cutting off Russia entirely. Resources are limited, so doing one will naturally compromise the other.