You may not like Pat, which is painfully obvious and somewhat of past time here on FR, but I don't know how you can argue with much of what he is saying in this article. I don't think is calling for or anticipating the defeat of America. What he is doing is calling out Europe for what it is, an old, tired, weak continent populated by people more interested in sucking on the government teat than defending their way of life. With the exception of the airbase and hospital in Germany I would bring all our troops home from Europe and let them learn to kiss the feet of their soon to be Muslim masters. And when they cry for us to come back and again pull the butt from the fire we should tell them you made your sharia bed, put on your burka and lay in it.
He has been anticipating American defeat and frankly, cheering it on in both Afghanistan and Iraq for as long as I can remember.
I completely agree with the comment by Redangus.
The Brits fought fantastically in the Iraq war and are still doing so in Afghanistan. They have pacified their sector, which never had the same level of violence as ours in Iraq. Several eastern european countries are still standing firm. The Poles are sending elite forces to Afghanistan. Eastern Europe is coalescing around the US and we are boxing a very untrustworthy Russia in.
No, the europeans do not carry their weight in NATO all the time, but they have perfomed admirably, not to mention that WE have basing rights in many of their countries.
Does America do most of the heavy lifting? Yes, always has, always will.
"What he is doing is calling out Europe for what it is, an old, tired, weak continent populated by people more interested in sucking on the government teat than defending their way of life. With the exception of the airbase and hospital in Germany I would bring all our troops home from Europe and let them learn to kiss the feet of their soon to be Muslim masters. And when they cry for us to come back and again pull the butt from the fire we should tell them you made your sharia bed, put on your burka and lay in it."
I absolutely agree with you. I would have closed down ALL euro peon bases about 5 years ago. It would definitely hurt their economies and send a well deserved message.