The Europeans have been living in their parents (USA) basement for too long and now are taking on more of the responsibilities found in the real world.

Some folks on this board have a very stilted understanding of the word "alliance". An "alliance" isn't a thing where one member of it pays all the money and provides all the effort while the other "members" hang out at the bar. Sadly, that's NATO right now: it's us, the Brits, and sometimes France when it suits their purpose. We can also count on smaller nations such as Poland to pull their weight and then some.

But how about Germany, the patron saint country of mega social services? Well, paying for that stuff comes at a price...of having zero military. And that's where they find themselves. It's so bad they're thinking of conscripting Germans to join the Bundeswehr. Maybe they thought all those middle eastern migrants would come on in and join u- oh, right. They don't give a rip about the Fatherland.

As far as border security goes, I love our libs here. At any time a clean bill that secures the southern border can be passed but the democrats won't do it.