Is the UK a reliable ally to Europe muchless the US?

BREAKING: A top U.S. defence official responds to the resignation of the UK's defence secretary John Healey by urging the UK to strengthen its military with "urgency, scale and determination".https://t.co/AIES4992pj

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A resignation by a leader to save his organization? That was once the US Marines way, way back when...not so sure today but I'm off on a tangent. The UK's defense sec resigns because the budget for his organization is untenable.

Did you know that political leaders are promising a military brigade to go to Ukraine as a peacekeeping force once hostilities end?

Did you know that military leaders are cringing at the idea?  That they're not sure that they can support such a deployment.

Are you aware of the state of the Royal Navy?  How about the British Army?  From what I've read only their Air Force is anywhere near fit to fight.

Does it surprise you that only British Special Ops would be considered combat capable from a US Army or Marine Corps view (yeah I'm imposing my view on them but you get it...their Army is in trouble).

This is painful to watch but the total decline of the UK seems inevitable now.  I'm not talking about simply sliding into number two as far as militaries are concerned in Europe but all the way to the middle of the pack at best.

Want to know the nations that I would rate as being ahead of the UK at this time?

*  France

*  Germany

*  Poland

*  Italy

*  Switzerland (small active duty with a HUGE in European terms of active/reserve conscripts)

Who are they now on par with?  Spain and Greece with both in my estimation to be at least on par and probably a bit ahead at this time.

Just wow.