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It's worth noting that there are reasons why American (and Anglo-French, but it has been the US that mattered since 1945) policy has historically discouraged Germany becoming a major military power. I agree with you that they no longer apply, but America allowing Germany to free-ride rather than rearm is inertia rather than stupidity.
Given who normally invades Russia, if Russia's invasion of Ukraine does lead to German rearmament, it will be the biggest national-security self-own since Pearl Harbor.
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