Posted on 11/07/2019 8:53:38 AM PST by yesthatjallen
French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a new interview that NATO is undergoing "brain death" due to a lack of commitment from its primary benefactor, the United States.
In an interview published Thursday with The Economist, Macron warned that the Trump administration's decision to conduct unilateral military actions such as the withdrawal of troops from Syria indicated that nations in the alliance were less committed to upholding longstanding mutual defense agreements.
"What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of NATO," Macron said.
"I don't know [whether Article Five remains in effect]," Macron said, referring to the collective defense agreement. "But what will Article Five mean tomorrow?
NATO "only works if the guarantor of last resort functions as such," the French leader continued. "I'd argue that we should reassess the reality of what NATO is in the light of the commitment of the United States."
Macron's remarks are some of the harshest public criticism President Trump has faced from world leaders over his decision to remove U.S. forces from northern Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion of the region last month.
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What good is NATO? Does anyone think any these moslem-controlled NATO nations would actually participate in any action that might protect the United States?
Hell no! No more than Yemen, Pakistan, Iran, Somalia, Indonesia, and all the rest of the rag-head nations would consider protecting U.S. interests...
Shut off all aid money and bring home all the troops (except spec ops)...
Think of the sacrifices of American blood in the European theater of the past century that turns out to have been a total waste... Turns out we were just building sand castles at low tide near the water's edge...
NATO is a pre-EU organization that served its purpose and if the EU is going to be serious about collective security now is the time to set it up. There needn't be anything adversarial in it, and nobody I'm aware of in the United States is talking about collection of past-due contributions, although if this were any other sort of business or diplomatic deal those would certainly be on the table. It's time to reorganize. There is no extant external threat, there is relative economic plenty, there is a chance to assemble a collective military force with very affordable contributions from all sides concerned in a reasonable, dispassionate process. If Macron is suggesting this (as he should) then he is correct. Starting the ball rolling by accusing the principal contributor to the effort over the last 70 years of lack of commitment, though, has to be considered a little rude to say the least.
I think Trump needs to demand NATA back-payments from every one of these so-called European leaders who bash the United States
Pull the plug.
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