Originally Posted by
Xeptu
Because France and Poland are the only NATO member countries on continental Europe that are militarily capable of defending Europe.
Against whom? There's good confidence Italy and Greece will swipe the Mediterranean Sea clean no matter who might even start the fight.
That leaves all the countries with Baltic shores to secure the North with their navies.
Land invasion remains. Against whom, unless you really mean Türkie. Russia is out of military resource to even reach Dnipro River, let alone cross's it and establish itself.
Belarus won't push across Poland as you rightly put and if attempted total air dominance over their teriiroty would be established wihtin 48 hours. Without the US. Political coup over there organized within a week. There are reasons nobody of the west pulled the plug on that special political operation yet, but as the Moscowites went apecrap regardless there are only few benefits left of not doing so. Even in a peace time.
If you think Austria will start to expand, then bro shutting down the circuit breakers from CZE and GER will have them watch candelights by 5 afternoon thirty.