Europeans Reject War; Would Prefer US Just Do the Job For Them

Test ticker

We've never been very good at being conservative: Our fundraising drive ends on Saturday, we have about 400,000 left to reach our goal, and it's going to take a surge in last-minute donations to get there. If you value Mother Jones' reporting and you can right now, please help us close that gap with a donation today. This is an important moment for us and the type of journalism we do, and there's more to say than can fit here in asking you to pitch in with a last-chance gift.

$350,000

Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.

Hmmm. Compare and contrast these two results from a recent Pew poll in Europe:

So, for example, only 38 percent of Germans would bother defending a fellow NATO ally if it were attacked by Russia, but 68 percent think the US would do the job. Is this cause and effect? Or something else?

In any case, Europe’s view of the US as a global cop who will save them if worse comes to worst seems to still be strong. As always, NATO seems to be something of a one-way street for most Europeans.