Posted on 04/08/2023 11:04:06 AM PDT by Chode
From the time NATO was founded in 1949 to the recent accession of Finland, the United States has remained the foremost military power in NATO.
But a question that is not often asked is why? Why would a power like the USA continue to expand promises of defence to an ever larger group of nations that cannot hope to offer a similar level of capability or assistance in return.
The acceptance of new allies into NATO or bilateral and multilateral security treaties has not always been without domestic and international opposition.
And so today I wanted to follow up on my video on Russian grand strategy, with its baked in goal of undermining American influence and global leadership, with an examination of America's published security strategy, the role alliances and coalitions play in it, and some of the theory behind why the argument can be made that the basis of American global influence and its privileged security position owe as much to its alliances and coalitions as to other aspects of its power.
Considering the clowns that have appeared before Congress from the Biden administration, I’m reasonably sure the only ‘Grand Strategy’ they are capable of is failure.
“ It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world”
George Washington
Biden’s personal grand strategy is to make it to the toilet before he craps his pants. Even that does not work out well for him if no one leads him to the toilet on a set schedule...
If I recall NATO was strictly in response to the red menace of the USSR.
Probably should have been disbanded in 1990 and we probably would not have this war today (well maybe might be a better word).
That guy you quoted sounds like a smart man, and sounds American.
Far cry from all the tards cheering on Ukes in the war they instigated and wanting NATO backing (NATO shouldn’t even exist anymore).
Not just the USSR but the entire Warswa Pact. After 1990 it was very unlikely that there would be 2000 tanks going through the Fulda gap (roughly seperating East and West Germany) and on to Paris or London.
And if I am wrong please correct me, but I understand that American troops in Germany were expected to slow down the Warsaw pact troops and tanks until reinforcements could arrive from the US.
The borders in Europe moved back and forth for 1,000 years without any help frok the USA.
They don’t need our help now.
After Biden’s Afghanistan debacle, the world is on notice…..anything Biden touches turns to Shiite, just as we are witnessing with his Ukie war…..I fully expect the corrupted little comedian Z to be betrayed ( by design or accident) by the senile old man….just watch…it is already happening.
How can you post that silly claim for months even though people correct you?
Vietnam war was a fiasco and waste of blood & treasure.
Iraq war was a fiasco and waste of blood & treasure.
Afghan war was a fiasco and waste of blood & treasure.
Ukraine war is the next fiasco.
No wonder the national debt is ugly big.
Are you saying that the USA was involved in the War of the Spanish Succession? Or the Great Northern War, or the 30 Years War, or the Norman conquest of England?
Of course it wasn’t.
Or are you claiming that the borders in Europe today would not move back and forth unless the USA was involved?
Of course they would.
Frankly, I don’t get what your objection is to these facts. If you want to the USA to intervene in Europe’s border disputes then go ahead and say so.
And if I am wrong please correct me, but I understand that American troops in Germany were expected to slow down the Warsaw pact troops and tanks until reinforcements could arrive from the US.
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Well, being in uniform in an RDF in the 70’s, I can verify that. We had two or three full armored divisions, how many infantry, support and from memory recall “ strategic withdrawal “ until the “Calvary” could arrive by a 10 day plus boat trip.
That sounds about right; I had friends in the merchant marine that worked on civilian ships that could be easily called into service to supply the Calvary.
Thank you for your service to our country.
Vietnam war was a fiasco and waste of blood & treasure.
Iraq war was a fiasco and waste of blood & treasure.
Afghan war was a fiasco and waste of blood & treasure.
Ukraine war is the next fiasco.
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You forgot Korea, Lebanon, Somalia, Libya, and half a dozen others. With the current state of our military and political leadership, it is easy to see “ the fall” in the near future.
A word for the Biden war cheerleaders, carry on, your road most assuredly leads to certain destruction.
100%
Correct, guess the USSR was the original fear then USSR formed Warsaw pact if I recall.
; I had friends in the merchant marine that worked on civilian ships that could be easily called into service to supply the Calvary.
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There are virtually none left, in the 70’s one could see hundreds ( a floating fleet) off near Newport News, about 1800 from memory.
We no longer have that capability, relying on civilian contracts which today are mostly foreign owned and not to sympathetic to Biden’s war. It will be a grand sight to see nothing showing up for conflict in Europe.
NATO was formed in April of 1949 against Soviet interests. Warsaw Pact was formed in May of 1955.
But from their perspective they wanted a buffer against a possible resurgent enemy from the West. Be it Germany or the US backed countries.
Recall that Stalin was aware of our industrial capability and just how much Lend Lease had helped the Soviet Union in the war.
He knew they couldn't compete with US.
That was then and this is now.
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