Posted on 05/23/2016 6:15:20 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Speaking in Washington, the former Republican presidential nominee pushed back at Trump’s criticism of Nato by praising the alliance’s response to 9/11
Senator John McCain, the former Republican presidential nominee, has taken a swipe at Donald Trump’s hostility to Nato by praising the alliance’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
“I agree with him to this extent, that our Nato allies should pay more and I’ve been urging all of that, all of us have, for years and years. But let’s not forget that after 9/11, the United States of America was attacked, Europeans weren’t attacked, and yet we invoked Article 5 and all those European countries came to our aid and sent troops to Afghanistan.”
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McVain is such a typical establishment hack. What does he bring to the American party except warming a seat in Congress.
Trumo is right.....they member states of NATO haven’t done dick in 10 years and have never held up their end of the saw.
We have supported their military budgets allowing them to “invest” in socialism that has failed spectacularly.
No, Juan, they need to be told that they are going to have to start spending on defense, on a level that the treaty requires.
Show appreciation for what? Dragging us into 2 wars? Giving the world Karl Marx?
NATO is military welfare provided by America to those that don’t choose to defend themselves.
For Bombing Serbia and giving us an Islamic state in the Heart of Europe?
‘I’ve been urging all of that, all of us have, for years and years.’
For years and years he’s run his mouth, and has zero to show for it. But being a career politician, he sees no problem. He thinks talking about something for years and years, while accomplishing nothing, is a job well done.
"Urging"....???......."for years and years"....????
and he expects the American people and TRUMP to be heeding his "advice"..???
Man, this dude is really OUT OF IT!!!!!
And that's the reason we're done with you and yours Senator. We're no longer satisfied with "urging."
Or to paraphrase Yoda... Do or do not, there is no urging.
That’s all “professional politicians” are...Speech makers....They talk very eloquently, but actually say nothing at all.....
A solution to all your “urging”, McCain, is to quit giving them money and armaments...
2% of GDP. That’s the standard. In or out, it’s their choice.
NATO, like McCain, is long past its expiration date.
We the American Voters who are running this election are not playing by your playbook, Juan....go home...
Even Lindsey Graham has wised up, maybe he should give McCain a call. Hope McCain and Speaker Paul Ryan get CANTORED!!
McAmnesty deserves to be Cantorized more than any other member of Congress.
Come on Arizona, rid us of this treasonous bastard.
Trump says Europeans should shoulder their fair share of the burden for their defense.
What’s wrong with that, exactly? We should take care of ourselves before we take care of the res of the world.
No one cares what McCain thinks.
“all those European countries came to our aid and sent troops to Afghanistan.”
There is a difference between sending troops and actually fighting the war. Germany sent troops, but none of them were in harm’s way.
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