Macron: NATO experiencing 'brain death'

Yep! The thought of that financial spigot of waste being turned off or, even, slowed to a trickle, infuriates the EU welfare-recipient nations...

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...

Plus, we generally don’t like Muslims anyway.

Partner, u r so correct in ur statement.

We do not like Mooslimbs because they belong to a "Gutter Religion" and they are founded on a very "False Prophet" Mohammad.

Mohammad is a pilferer and thief of the Jewish Religion and Jewish Customs, period and end of story.

Mohammad had to put a sword to the necks of folks to convert them to the Mooselimb religion or be killed in the Middle East so he converted them to this "False Religion" and Mohammad himself was a False Prophet by definition of a true prophet of God.

Jesus Christ converted folks thru the heart and we know it and we feel his presence all around us.

And how many troops did France deploy to protect the interests of Syria from France's fellow NATO member Turkey? I guess I missed that one. But since the topic is commitment, perhaps we could start our discussion there.

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.

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