"Every time Trump or members of his administration have lashed out at Europe, including Ukraine, Europeans have absorbed the blow with a forced smile and bent over backwards to flatter the White House." (...)
"While a systemic answer to Europe’s security conundrum is not in sight, Europeans do have the levers to prevent Ukraine’s capitulation and create the conditions for a just peace."
Obviously there are regional differences, e.g. US vs Canada vs EU. I think the tendencies are the same but the degree is different at any point in time.
I will point out that in Canada, there's not much money in politics. We don't have a Citizens United equivalent. Pretty sure European countries are more like us, although each one has a distinct system.
It’s an essay format, not a deductive argument so the thesis is stated, then it’s given support. Not saying you should be convinced, just explaining why it seems like this.
Alright, I guess I've delivered as much rebuttal as is appropriate, then.
It’s also a light year away from an exhaustive analysis. I can’t do that here and now. It takes books to do this.
You know, too much length on each analysis itself actually reduces strength, in my experience. If one's idea is that complicated, they need to put it in a modular, structured form (so not prose), or are guaranteed to have made logical errors somewhere inside.