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Months before Spainโs border collapsed into the defining image of European decline, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood in front of the continentโs assembled leaders at the ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ and told them plainly what Washington was no longer willing to do.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.โ
Rubio argued the Westโs crisis isnโt really about any single policy failure. โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ.โ He called for an alliance โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ โ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บโ โ one that, in his words, โ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆโ.
Conference chairman Wolfgang Ischinger thanked Rubio afterward for a โ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ, telling him, โ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญโ.
Months later, Europe got exactly the kind of managed-decline moment Rubio warned about: a Spanish court ruling opened the door, and ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ walked through it in days.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

M.A. Rothman
๐๐๐๐๐: โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โMonths before Spainโs border collapsed into the defining image of European decline, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood in front of the continentโs assembled leaders at the ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ and told them plainly what Washington was no longer willing to do.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.โ
Rubio argued the Westโs crisis isnโt really about any single policy failure. โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ.โ He called for an alliance โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ โ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บโ โ one that, in his words, โ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆโ.
Conference chairman Wolfgang Ischinger thanked Rubio afterward for a โ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ, telling him, โ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญโ.
Months later, Europe got exactly the kind of managed-decline moment Rubio warned about: a Spanish court ruling opened the door, and ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ walked through it in days.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ.





















