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Given that Russia is about 145 million people, Ukraine was about 45 million though many have fled, and the European Union about 450 million people — not adding in the US as a people and a GDP — Borrell’s foolish braggadocio has been wrong and more wrong. If the 450 million people of the EU, as represented by their industry, are unable to match the war materiel production of 145 million in Russia, and without regard to which side one might cheer on in this mess, then the condemnation of the EU, 2 and 1/2 times larger supposedly in population and many times in supposed GDP, is demonstrably ineffectual. Why is that?

Ignoring all the cheerleading for one side or the other, the glaring fact is that Borrell's admission -- "...unless the bloc finds a way to speed up provision of ammunition to Ukraine within weeks...." -- is that the "bloc" which is bigger than its opposition is fumbling and thereby weak. A bad mix for the supposedly enlightened European Union, which is headed by the once defense minister of Germany when Germany could not mount even a war game without simulating weapons. Borrell has been a blowhard, but now grown into a paper tiger.

If the 450 million people of the EU, as represented by their industry, are unable to match the war materiel production of 145 million in Russia

Complete nonsense, is the EU sending 100% of its military spending/production to Ukraine? Reality is that the EU has sent about 2% of its military spending to Ukraine, which has resulted in a bogged down Russian invasion.