alt Hacker News> Europeans now expect America to fight Russia for them, not with them.
As an European: nobody has this expectation, unless you're using some strange subreddit comment as a source of information.
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bobthepanda • yesterday at 6:18 PM
This is essentially what happened in Libya when Cameron and Sarkozy badgered Obama into participating
Compare the strength of the militaries of Europe with the United States and you'll see how that claim is believable.
That's changing, but for many years European nations did not spend very much on their militaries. A large part of why is the protection of NATO and US bases in various countries.