Even on intel the French have their own satellites and they and the Brits fly sigint aircraft similar to ours (or the same models) over the Black Sea. The Europeans also have considerable experience flying F16s and the maintenance crews and parts needed to fix them.
Most of all, you seem to forget Ukraine is not fighting the US, only Russia whose forces are severely deficient in all fields except manpower, which they squander spectacularly. Russia could never even establish air supremacy over Ukraine.
The one area I think you are correct about is political will. There is simply no structure in Europe to force a unified approach, although I think with the proposed changes to the EU to remove the veto they are moving in that direction.
As far as martial law goes, the amount of territory invaded by Russia doesn't make the situation comparable to the US in WWII at all, especially considering the penetration of Ukraine by Russian intel services, including elements of the Russian Orthodox Church and pro-Russia political parties on Putin's payroll. 1812 is even less comparable, as the British did not seize any significant territory but simply launched punitive raids. And during the Civil War Lincoln suspended habaes and had the Copperheads arrested.
Ukraine ultimately has considerable leverage over Europe: collapse would mean Europe flooded with 20 million refugees. It's far cheaper for Europe to keep arming Ukraine.
Nope,
Far more than Patriot. And the Patriots were handing to Ukraine are older (the US Army is getting the newer stuff), but still capable.
Just Starlink alone (critical for Ukraine): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64579267. Basically the backbone of their communications and used by their drones which are fairly significant for them.
And no, the Euros do not have anything even remotely close to the capabilities we have.
We were looking inside of aircraft hangers with open doors 30+ years ago, bouncing it off the concrete before the hanger or as the satellite goes to the horizon and gets a frontal view. Our IC capabilities (collection but also offensive) are beyond what anyone of our allies have. They are “literally” 20 years behind us and then with only very limited mass/quantity.
You see, it’s not just about having a cool toy like a javelin missile or even certain satellites, you also need the “mass” in these systems to really make a difference, and when you can hand someone 10,000 javelin missiles like we did with Ukraine, you fundamentally change the battle space. Truth is, Iraq 2003 had the Kornet (and our tanks did take hits and were penetrated), but a handful of systems aren’t going to make a difference in the grand scheme of things.
But yes, The Euros have stepped up to the plate and are providing the bulk of the help at this point. But they do not have some of the critical systems and capabilities Ukraine needs.