Posted on 12/03/2020 8:11:14 AM PST by Kaslin
By 2017, the old Cold War alliances had become moribund. The centerpiece North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had seemingly lost its purpose with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s campaign to reassert Moscow’s power in Eastern Europe and the Middle East had not reawakened many of NATO’s member states. Placing the Afghan campaign under NATO did not help. Though President Barack Obama had gotten NATO to agree to a defense sending target of 2 percent of GDP by 2024, it took pressure by President Donald Trump to get alliance members to actually start moving towards that paltry figure. Partisan critics accused President Trump of “disrespecting” allies by demanding that they walk the walk and not just talk the talk of cooperative security.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has noted "Since President Trump took office, NATO allies across Europe and Canada have spent an additional $41 billion extra in U.S. dollars on defense.” And this is not just a number in a ledger. On Nov. 25 it was announced that the French Army will engage in a major exercise next April with the United Kingdom and the U.S. to test its readiness for high-intensity conflict. French President Emmanuel Macron knows that “The United States will only respect us as allies if we are earnest, if we are sovereign with respect to our defense.” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced major increases in defense spending, declaring “Reviving our armed forces is one pillar of the government’s ambition to safeguard Britain’s interests and values by strengthening our global influence, and reinforcing our ability to join the United States and our other allies to defend free and open societies.” None of this would have happened without the serious effort President Trump made to re-energize America’s alliance system.
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From his basement?
Maybe alliances with China. chy-nah
on a good day, biden will know what day it is..he is just a placeholder, being told what to do..I do not believe for a second he is capable of making decisions on his own...
Joe Biden talks about alliances......
“Alliances? Sure. We’ve got a refrigerator and a stove and one of those things that washes clothes.”
No he’s a sell out crook.
no of course not
He is owned by Iran and China. He has already been payed. If he reneges, he will be killed along with all of his family
The pot may be sweetened out of courtesy but the main paoa is in the bank
BiteOne’s only “alliance” would be with the Antichrist.
Pres. Trump will prevail, and buy America a little more time.
He’s been wrong side of everything for 45 years. What has changed??
Could Biden Maintain Trump’s Legacy of Strong Alliances?
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yes, once he has turned America over to the UN as he has pledged
Life long politicians...not good for America...good for American hating opportunist ...here and abroad.
Sure he could...if they pay the “fee.”
Biden will need someone to wipe his backside and the drool from his mouth. I don’t think he’d be up for any real work.
Absolutely.
See my tagline.
Strong alliances; but with whom?
Biden will not be President, so it really doesn’t matter!
It will be interesting to watch should Joe be sworn in on January 20th (which I hope he won't), to see what happens with the Paris Carbon and Global warming accords as well as some trying to get us back into the Iranian nuclear deal and of course what happens when the nuclear nonproliferation deal expires.
I’m not sure if Biden can even maintain an erection
heck, he might not even be able to get one at this point
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