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The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.”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.
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We suspected all along that you were a fraud and a coward. You have confirmed it.
I love it when an octogenarian kicks up a fuss. Please continue 🤡
Not “SHOULD BE OBSOLETE”.
Actually “IS OBSOLETE”.
NATO should have been disbanded when the Soviet Union collapsed.
That was a golden opportunity to normalize relations between the nations of Europe and Russia.
If not disbanded at that time the least the USA should have done is withdraw from NATO, pull our military out of Europe and let the Europeans fend for themselves.
For 75 years we have squandered our wealth and the lives of too many Americans playing Texas Ranger in a thankless Europe.
NATO is an outdated vestige of the post WWII era when Europe was in tatters and the USA assumed the roll of protector.
For many decades Europe has been capable enough and wealthy enough to accept responsibility for their own security and destiny.
It is the ongoing perceived threat of an expanding NATO on the borders of the perpetually paranoid Russians that has led to their increased paranoia and enmity.
Now we have European nations that we are sworn to protect double dealing with Russia to secure their energy supply.
Does any sensible person really believe that Germany, France and others would stand with the USA today in an armed conflict with Russia?
It's been growing for more than a decade.
The fourth largest economy is way bigger than your little laundry list of peeves.
It is propped up by the US and by scamming Southern EU countries.
Nice spamming.
Excellent comment. Germany 🇩🇪 is filled with bicycle 🚴 riding euroweenies. No help there, that’s for sure.
That’s what a Brit who I played rugby with described the relationship between US Football and Rugby Football.
Anyway, I thought it was funny!
If I have problems sleeping, I’ll watch soccer.
As my Brit rugby teammate once said to me:
“Soccer is a gentleman’s game watched by hooligans.
Rugby is a hooligan’s game watched by gentlemen!”
Or hot showers.
Putin invades non NATO countries.
You want to abolish NATO.
Hmmm...
In a trophy case, that is where NATO belongs alonside the Nazi helmets, and chunks of the Berlin Wall. If Europe wants to contain Russia, make a pact with other Europeans and LEAVE AMERICA ALONG.
The EU countries have bumped up their military spending. Thanks to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Putin “ no NATO “
JonPreston “Not only is NATO obsolete, but so is Germany. And bicycles.”
Putin screwed/screwing up now. This is ALL on the heads of those who stole the election, including Mitch and the other Deep state actors.
If they pay US for our troops to die, shouldn’t the troops be allowed to say no to being hired guns? They signed up to protect and defend..... which country again?
And here comes Cronos waving his bible while dancing 🕺 in innocent blood. He a war 🐷
Which is probably why he was vilified on both sides of the isle.
Way too much money is spent on arming NATO.
Trump also vowed to not enter or start any war while in office.
There is so much money in developing and producing weapons of war that to be a politician and make speeches about leaving NATO, the UN or to talk about getting out of conflicts that we are already in is pretty much suicide.
I have little doubt that Biden made sure that we left the billions of dollars of arm in Afghanistan intentionally so that those arms would not be repatriated.
Those arms thereby must be replaced. More dollars spent.
The older I get the more cynical I become about the Military Industrial Complex and our Federal leadership.
Smedley Butler had the war racket figured out really well.
With the US protecting the people became straight out socialists, including people here. We should have left and should still leave them to fend for themselves, just like we should make anyone of sound physical stature and mind under the age of 70 work to provide ALL THEIR OWN NEEDS. That would solve so many problems, including the homeless, the drug addicted, the lazy, the pretenders and the slackers to say nothing of the bloated budget. No more Trillion dollar peacetime war budgets for one thing. Build the best equipment, train all military aged people how to fight and man the equipment, and rotate most of them in and out.
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