Those are the things I take pride in. Not a new airforce jet. But those things would never have happened without US defence spending, because the Europeans wou

Those are the things I take pride in. Not a new airforce jet. But those things would never have happened without US defence spending, because the Europeans would have had to spend that money defending the Fulda Gap from the Third Shock Army. Doing that and funding a welfare state would indeed be something to be proud of, but don't kid yourself that Europe achieved this by its own effort.