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Explain. Why would a realisation be dawning just now?
Not necessarily right now, but once you connect the dots.
Since the last election, things basically went from "who needs a military anyway?" being a not that uncommon stance to a huge fucking war next door, hybrid attacks and a noticeable uptick in espionage. And today we were reminded that it's actually happening - our most important ally is now led by a maniac.
all of which happened under biden's administration so...