Posted on 03/08/2025 2:51:46 PM PST by ransomnote
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President Donald Trump’s public animosity towards Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, his willingness to embrace Russia’s Vladimir Putin and recent comments casting doubt over whether he would defend NATO allies “if they don’t pay” have all forced European leaders to start thinking the previously unthinkable - is the US a reliable security partner at a time when the continent is being rocked by its biggest war since the 1940s?
But NATO without the US is far from impotent, with more than a million troops and modern weaponry at its disposal from the 31 other countries in the alliance. It also has the wealth and technological knowhow to defend itself without the US, analysts say.
The US and Germany are the biggest contributors to NATO’s military budget, civil budget and security investment program, at almost 16% each, followed by the UK at 11% and France at 10%, a NATO fact sheet says. Analysts say it wouldn’t take much for Europe to make up for the loss of Washington’s contribution.
If European countries unite and buy the right equipment, Europe “could pose a serious conventional and … nuclear deterrent” to Russia, Ben Schreer, Europe executive director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), said in a Zoom call with CNN and other journalists in late February.
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Some people in European circles are starting to ask whether Washington should be described “in some ways as an enemy,” he said.
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Lets find out.
Not our circus,not our monkeys.
“Perhaps you missed their involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Thanks, I took a look. I’m not that impressed:
I have heard that when the US engages in military exercises with other countries, they just get in our way.
I can think of at least 36.2 trillion reasons why the US cannot be the reliable backbone of NATO.
When I was in (several decades ago) we intentionally crippled ourselves HARD to allow our “allies” a chance, thing is we still typically won. Same is true today.
Are we to believe that Europe today is going to massively raise taxes while drastically cutting their social safety net programs and totally abandon their Net Zero climate agenda to start cranking tanks out of factories?
I can’t think of anything more unlikely than EU-pers abandoning the essence of their virtue-signaling identity. They live to preen.
What about when the French refused to allow our planes over French airspace, I believe also Turkey did the same.
Remember when they laughed at Trump.
Just pull out the “T” and you’ll have what’s left. They’ll keep tossing in money and arms until the whole place will look like the moon.
wy69
Our support is 70% or more of the total. If we go, they go. And good riddance.
Yeah LOL even after four Bourbons you can’t convince me that’s true
Based on what the governments of Germany and Great Britain are doing they shouldn’t even be considered part of the Free World
“Perhaps you missed their involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
And how did that turn out?
Just like the Delian League depended on Athens
Sure it can.
A group of european socialist countries importing muzzies defending themselves against one larger socialist country.
We don’t need to pick sides. They are both bad.
So, you are a fan of totalitarian dictatorships and sharia law?
NATO needs to die a violent death for the damage they done to Syria by overthrowing Assad. Because of the psychotic hatred of Russia, NATO just HAD to force Russia out of Syria.
Now Syria is governed by radical Islamics. As I’m typing this, Christians are being brutally slaughtered by NATO’s pet terrorists.
I’m sure the Zeepers are celebrating the bloodbath in Syria.
You are smoking the good stuff.
LGBT
Muslim invasion
Greenie insanity
Wildly high taxes (including the VAT)
Warmongering leadership of most countries but no world reserve currency to support their insane ranting
Western Europe is going down the toilet—even Stevie Wonder could see it.
NATO’s formation was April 4th, 1949
76 years the alliance has existed. All these years the United States is what held it all together.
My thought really is...if your country or continent had to be so dependent that over the course of 75 years your leadership failed to develop your defenses...
why is that our fault? It would appear to me, your leadership failed to uphold the terms of the alliance.
It’s an idiot Zeeper...
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