From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   i've been listening to the speech and my god he's so boring   
      
   i know he's not a boomer, but he's definitely spouting boomer grade drivel   
      
   i'm not surprised u like it julian   
      
   On 2/14/26 3:18 AM, Julian wrote:   
   > ...and we should take heed. It was a love letter to Europe on   
   > Valentine's Day   
   >   
   >   
   > The Secretary of State gave the most important speech on Western   
   > civilisation in a generation. He got a standing ovation. He meant every   
   > word. And Europe needs to hear it. We should want our interdependence,   
   > we should want our alliance, we should defend our civilization. Together.   
   >   
   > Marco Rubio walked into the Munich Security Conference this morning and   
   > did something nobody in that room expected. He made them proud to be   
   > Western again.   
   >   
   > The same conference that last year sat in stunned silence as JD Vance   
   > tore strips off European leaders — attacking their immigration policies,   
   > their speech laws, their basic seriousness as allies — rose to its feet   
   > for the Secretary of State. Not because he was soft. Because he was   
   > better. The substance was harder than Vance, but the architecture was   
   > masterful. Where Vance gave Europe a grievance to hide behind, Rubio   
   > took it away.   
   >   
   > And in doing so, he reimagined what the West could be...   
   >   
   >   
   > https://mattkilcoyne.substack.com/p/rubio-reimagined-the-west-at-munich   
      
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   hi, i'm nick! let's end war 🙃   
      
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