When I think 'competition' I'd usually expect it to be from organisations that aren't hosting US military bases. The EU and Japan are in a poor position to resi

When I think 'competition' I'd usually expect it to be from organisations that aren't hosting US military bases. The EU and Japan are in a poor position to resist the US when it insists on something stupid. > https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1665053372402081792 https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1665053372402081792 There is a lot of precedent for taking unreliable components and gluing them into a reliable system, the complaints he makes aren't strong ones. Also, the format reminds me of that famous joke [0] about all country stereotypes have strengths and weaknesses. [0] Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organised by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, the police German and it's all organised by the Italians.