Poland Has Invoked Nato's Article 4. What Comes Next?

Compared to Biden-era US, the UK, Europe’s own Nordics's (relative scale) and the other frontline states, and Europe’s own capacity and stated goals, the EU has lagged in sanctions enforcement and loophole closing, energy decoupling, defense production, and timely delivery of critical weapons. The standard isn’t perfection—it’s matching peer action and Europe’s *core* full-scale capabilities relative to the stakes.

Among many others, look at the weapons hesitancy: Delays on long-range strike (e.g., Taurus) and limited Patriots/air defense transfers materially affected Ukraine’s ability to suppress glide-bomb and missile attacks.

Furthermore, the EU as a whole has a chance here to practice bona fide Keynesianism by ramping up production and arming Ukraine to their actual needs: it would be a win-win for Democracy.

Russia is definitely the perpetrator here no question about it.

When I said the saber rattling I meant everything after and including the Georgia offense, not just Poland or Ukraine.

Let’s hope we don’t make the same mistakes of the previous generation just to learn the same lessons the hard way.

Whatever happens, I hope you do survive and get to see the better days that come after.

Too few, too slow.

Ukraine’s military supply needs are under fulfilled.

Europe should mobilize its formidable industrial might to fully supply Ukraine, and, replace EU’s US-made military equipment, while we’re at it.