Law Abiding Patriot

J.D. Vance entered the Munich Security Forum not with a whisper, but with a splash—his arrival both controversial and inevitable. This was not just another gathering of Western leaders reassuring themselves of their shared purpose. It became a moment of reckoning, a collision between expectation and reality. The weight of unity pressed against the undercurrents of discord, exposing fractures too deep to ignore.

 A Vice President of the United States does not typically arrive to disrupt the "vibe" of the conference—yet disrupt it he did. Not by choice, but by necessity. The usual pleasantries could not conceal the widening gap between what Europe expects and what it can realistically demand. The continent calls on America to spend more, to commit more, to shoulder more responsibility for collective security. Yet even as it demands strength, its own foundation trembles.

Europe’s real problem, Vance suggests, is not just external threats but its own complacent ruling class—a late Roman Republic disease. Like Emperor Philip the Arab, who mistook grand spectacles for strength, European elites see ceremonies like MSC as proof of stability. But Rome’s illusions crumbled under invasions, civil wars, economic collapse, and plague. Europe, too, indulges in self-congratulation while neglecting the hard power needed to survive.

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