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On 2/16/26 7:43 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:48:59 -0800, dart200
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> How quickly they forget.
i guess one could say he's playing his craft well:
most of the room is boomers ...
but i think he actually believes some of it too
>
>>
>> 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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