Last century was defined by east europe and the us. I fail to see how western europe, which collapsed at its first war with a significant power, could amount to

Last century was defined by east europe and the us. I fail to see how western europe, which collapsed at its first war with a significant power, could amount to anything on its own. Germany alone erased most countries in a matter of years and after that germany itself was split between america and britain on one side and east europe on the other. Western europe can win wars against peaceful or backwards countries, not against serious military powers. Even the war in ukraine shows that continental western europe has significant gaps in terms of defense technology. It can print money but it surely cant extract the wealth that matters - resources and energy. Where are holland or germany going to get the oil and metal needed to build tanks in case of war at their borders? There’s no amount of arrogance and self flattery to compensate, and money burn faster than bullets.