[Alberta's Child]

We are not defending those nations. We are pretending to defend them so we have an excuse to OCCUPY them.

The whole purpose of NATO is to prevent European nations from fighting among themselves, not protect them from some outside aggressor.

[PGR88]

We are pretending to defend them so we have an excuse to OCCUPY them.

Bingo. Its worth repeating. NATO is not only "defending" Europe, its steadily pushing up to the borders of Russia. Clearly, confronting, containing, and dividing Russia are part of someone in the deep-state's plans.

[RetiredArmy]

I know all that. One of my old platoon sergeants said once long ago, the early, mid-70’s or so, that if you gave the damned germans a rifle, tank, and two troops they would invade the stinking french.