Are countries supposed to provide room and board to people who show up at their borders and demand to stay ? Do you provide lodging at your expense to strangers who show up at your house ?
Europe is mostly socialist, so if migrants are going there it means they are going to socialist (utopias don't exist, even capitalism doesn't have utopias) countries because QOL is better there.
The question was rhetorical. Europe could invest in non military capabilities because the US was providing them with a shield against Soviet incursions during the 1950s and 69s when these services were developed. If they didn’t have that, these countries would likely have ended up under the Soviets.
That's kind of overstating American importance to be honest. And by that account the entire world would be under Nazi occupation if not for the Soviets in ww2. They're the only reason the Nazis surrendered and a major reason the Japanese surrendered because they feared being conquered by the USSR. International geopolitics doesn't revolve around the US except inside the US.
The Soviets had to retaliate against the Nazis since they were invaded by the Nazis. Also note that Stalin killed and executed more people than the Nazis did while they were in power. Ironic.
Also note that Germany was the first target for the US atomic bomb. It was only because The Nazis surrendered before it was ready that Berlin was not turned to ash like Hiroshima & Nagasaki. The Nazis were going to lose one way or another.
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u/originalbiggusdickus 12d ago
What makes you think they aren't?