Posted on 06/03/2016 8:00:01 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Even Barack Obama has been tiring of European uselessness. He recently admitted that he had to threaten to end the “special relationship” with Britain before David Cameron agreed to spend the Nato minimum on defence. Even then, Mr Cameron used smoke and mirrors, counting military pensions and intelligence in the total figure.
So at a time when the US stumps up 72 per cent of total Nato spending, the puzzle is not why Americans should be growing fed up with it all. The puzzle is why their patience (and generosity) has endured for so long.
Does that all sound too crazy? Trump loves crazy. It’s not clear why, if elected, he would not follow through on what he proposes. He has given clear notice: that he thinks America “can’t afford to protect the world any more” and is looking for excuses to withdraw. So a man who stands a terrifyingly high chance of being the next American president is ready for the quick end of Nato. The question is: are we?
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Trump should strongly use the carrot and stick to get Eurooe to man up or give up.
What are they talking about “protecting the world”?
We haven’t done that since WWII.
Since then it’s all been neocon games with people’s lives and wallet.
More accurate to say we can’t afford the neocons anymore.
Maybe we're tired of being played for fools by European (so-called) elites.
In return Europe mocks us and ‘forgets’ to pay their share of the rent. Eff ‘em.
Right now, the USA is TIRED and NEEDS to REBUILD itself.
IMHO NATO needs to be dissolved. We should build another, similar, alliance but one that includes Russia(for the price of behaving somewhat better with their neighbors) and does not include countries that are not willing to pay their fair share, are too far along the islamization process, or are our enemies (Turkey).
To defend the EU, which has the kind of dictatorial control over Europe the Soviets could only dream of.
Trump is right, the others have lounged in a Sugar Daddied state, bragging how awesome their lives are without mentioning that they couldn’t do it without Daddy.
Feel the fear. The fear that they would have to pay for their own lunch.
Europe can defend itself. We don’t need to be there.
Some Repubs don't like domestic welfare, but they love foreign welfare.
....Yet it could very easy start to fall apart if and I say if the UK decides to LEAVE.
I hope your right, but they won’t give up that easily.
Yes, thanks for saying that Biggirl, lets look out for our own damned selves for a while, I wonder why is it outside of private charity Americans feel the need to be cucks to the entire world, I never understood that.
Had seen a poll that 52% support leaving the EU.
[raises hand] OH, I know! I know!
Because ordinary everyday Americans have had no say in it?
The social welfare state that is Europe is only possible because the money they should be spending on defense they do not have to and they know it.
Liberalism dies quickly when mommy and daddy aren’t footing your bills.
>>Europe can defend itself. We don’t need to be there.
Europe shows no signs of finding its balls anytime soon.. They are doomed to be conquered one way or the other. It’s better they fall to the Russians than the Muslims.
Well, even the Soviet Union did eventually fall.
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