U.S. military leaders are demanding that Europe shoulder its own defense responsibilities, but overturning decades of Washington-led security arrangements requires a monumental effort.

The United States is reportedly pressing European powers to assume responsibility for the bulk of NATO defense capabilities on their continent by 2027 — a complete U-turn from the calculated dependency propagated by the White House in the postwar period.

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