Poland has long been known for having terrible geography. The name Poland is derived from the Polish word Pole, meaning field. The nation is basically a wide open field completely wide open to attack from the West and the East: a highway for an invading army. Even if the territory is safely controlled — the sea access is abysmal: the only access to the North Sea from the Baltic is a bottleneck which can easily be controlled by another power. All of this without mentioning neighbouring Russia’s enthusiasm for Empire and ‘denazification’.
Countries like Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria are more well protected by mountains, but are land-locked. This hinders their significance on the global stage. If the only safe soil for future European peoples ends up being these Central/ Eastern European countries, make no mistake about it: we are in trouble and will have definitively lost global prominence.
Losing Western Europe would put us is in a massive strategic deficit. France has great geography, protected on all sides by mountains or sea apart from the North-East. England of course is well known for being easily defensible with excellent geography. Germany has great sea access. The loss of these nations to the hands of foreign elites who hate our guts would be devastating. We simply cannot hand these nations over without a fight.
All of this, of course, also highlights the immense geopolitical importance of America.