Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

NATO Should Be Obsolete
Citizen Truth ^ | 12/5/19 | MEDEA BENJAMIN

Posted on 05/16/2022 10:39:41 AM PDT by JonPreston

While claiming to “preserve peace,” NATO has a history of bombing civilians and committing war crimes.

The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.” His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was “the strongest military alliance in the history of the world.” Now that Trump has been in power, the White House parrots the same worn line that NATO is “the most successful Alliance in history, guaranteeing the security, prosperity, and freedom of its members.” But Trump was right the first time around: Rather than being a strong alliance with a clear purpose, this 70-year-old organization that met in London on December 4 is a stale military holdover from the Cold War days that should have gracefully retired many years ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizentruth.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nato; obsolete
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-134 next last
Please note the date published, then read the article.


1 posted on 05/16/2022 10:39:41 AM PDT by JonPreston
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

It’s about time nato was abolished. Along with the UN.


2 posted on 05/16/2022 10:43:24 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

C’mon.

You’re posting tripe from lil’Susie Benjawoman?

For real?


3 posted on 05/16/2022 10:44:43 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston
The author is the one on the right.


4 posted on 05/16/2022 10:46:01 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

It has become obsolete! A PC and woke CF!


5 posted on 05/16/2022 10:46:02 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston
16 May 2022 - Sweden follows Finland in confirming it will apply to join Nato
6 posted on 05/16/2022 10:46:55 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sauropod

I know your love for globalist entanglements. It’s the content that bothers you, not the source.


7 posted on 05/16/2022 10:47:03 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

Trump demanded that Europe (and Germany especially) make a decision. Either you’re afraid of Russia, in which case you need to fund a serious military and avoid becoming dependent on them (and quit giving them billions per month)... or you’re not afraid of them, in which case why do we have to continue to fund NATO...?


8 posted on 05/16/2022 10:47:10 AM PDT by marron
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

You’re about to be called a Putin Puffer and worse.

I’m not sure why people demand we engage in a war with no good guys leading either side.


9 posted on 05/16/2022 10:47:40 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

NATO has been a joke for a long time, largely because they are European schmucks that don’t pay their bills or fight.


10 posted on 05/16/2022 10:47:41 AM PDT by mylife (It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Michael.SF.

She looks better than Pelosi. Or McConnell. Schumer or that other tub of fat in NYC whose name I forget at the moment. ...


11 posted on 05/16/2022 10:49:20 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

NATO still has a place in 2022.

However, if you get too close to the claws of a bear, expect bad scratches, or worse.


12 posted on 05/16/2022 10:49:33 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mylife

+100


13 posted on 05/16/2022 10:49:50 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper

Good. Russian nukes to the border, which is something Neocons seem to think is a good thing.


14 posted on 05/16/2022 10:51:24 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

my buddy was in Afghanistan, the NATO schmucks sat around playing x box while he went out on missions. feh! spit!


15 posted on 05/16/2022 10:52:48 AM PDT by mylife (It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

NATO not obsolete.


16 posted on 05/16/2022 10:54:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

NATO was slowly unraveling before February. Putin has reinvigorated NATO, and united Ukrainians. Pretty good.


17 posted on 05/16/2022 10:54:08 AM PDT by marron
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: No name given

NATO should have declared victory in the cold war and terminated in 1995.


18 posted on 05/16/2022 10:57:21 AM PDT by glorgau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper
NATO not obsolete.

Not only is NATO obsolete, but so is Germany. And bicycles.

19 posted on 05/16/2022 10:58:17 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: glorgau
NATO should have declared victory in the cold war and terminated in 1995.

"Austin, the Cold War is over!"

"Well those Capitalist pigs will finally pay for their crimes, eh Comrades?"

"Austin, we won!"

"Oh, smashing. Yay, Capitalism!"

20 posted on 05/16/2022 11:00:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-134 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson