It has an important role, yes. But NATO has regional command and control structures in place. Right now they have some US officers in each of them. But this can be changed rather quickly. Dependence on US arms manufacturing is quickly going away as Europe ramps up its own production.

I’ve never understood the concept of conceding an election before all the votes have been counted and verified. It’s like the voters and their votes don’t matter. And instead all that matters is the spectacle of it.

Fortunately there’s less of that here than in the US.