[jfman]

I'm at the front of the queue to argue that Europe needs political, economic and military independence from the US. I don't think arguing over a third of Ukraine populated by ethnic Russians is likely to be the line in the sand for it though. Easier to tell Zelensky to get his pen out, arm the expanded NATO front line and develop from there.

The bogging Putin down argument has lost value for the Americans there's no reason to believe it should have more value this side of the Atlantic.