The report is absolutely scathing. Some choice quotes:
But when the next crisis came, both the US and the governments of Europe fell back on old models of alliance leadership. Europe, as EU high representative for foreign affairs Josep Borrell loudly lamented prior to Russia’s invasion, is not really at the table when it comes to dealing with the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It has instead embarked on a process of vassalisation.
But “alone” had a very specific meaning for Scholz. He was unwilling to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine unless the US also sent its own main battle tank, the M1 Abrams. It was not enough that other partners would send tanks or that the US might send other weapons. Like a scared child in a room full of strangers, Germany felt alone if Uncle Sam was not holding its hand.
Europeans’ lack of agency in the Russia-Ukraine crisis stems from this growing power imbalance in the Western alliance. Under the Biden administration, the US has become ever more willing to exercise this growing influence.
this is only if the criticism of hypocrisy is legitimate, and not assigning some opinion to someone based on nothing and consequently calling them a hypocrite for holding this opinion that you assumed they hold
in reality, ‘wHaT aBoUt UsA’ isnt actually even a legitimate criticism of hypocrisy half the time you lot throw it around, as legitimate criticism of hypocrisy would be adressing something the person in question actually said
in reality its just deflection, trying to make the scumbaggery of a monstrous government look more acceptable by pointing towards scumbaggery of other monstrous goverments and ultimately hoping you can steer the conversation away from your favourite totally democratic one-party dictatorship