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Hegseth warns Europeans 'realities' of China and border threats prevent US from guaranteeing their security
Fox News ^ | Feb 13, 2025 | Morgan Phillips

Posted on 02/13/2025 1:10:55 AM PST by McGruff

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Europeans this week that "realities" prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region.

"We are focusing on security of our own borders. We also face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific," Hegseth told a meeting of a Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium on Wednesday.

"The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific. Recognizing the reality of scarcity and making the resourcing trade-offs to ensure deterrence does not fail. Deterrence cannot fail."

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TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americafirst; asia; china; europe; hegseth; military; pacific; security; zeepershasthesads

1 posted on 02/13/2025 1:10:55 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

This crap should be a given. While he’s at it kick the UN outa NY. Take it to London or Paris and quit wasting our tax dollars on the azzholes. Our dues should be the same as the UK and France. Step up boys. It’s your territory being threatened, we got issues of our own. IMO


2 posted on 02/13/2025 1:17:38 AM PST by Equine1952
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To: McGruff

You’re on your own, Europe...bye!


3 posted on 02/13/2025 1:24:30 AM PST by toddausauras (Trump 2.0 is a much needed miracle.)
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To: McGruff

Another “Common Sense” statement ….. imo


4 posted on 02/13/2025 1:31:50 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.t)
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To: toddausauras

Oceana, EastAsia, EurAsia.


5 posted on 02/13/2025 1:36:55 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us es'se delendam. sic semper tyrannis.)
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To: All

The only real threat to those countries is woke globalist socialism, Putin is not interested in invading, but half of the Islamic world is, and the way to stop that is by enforcing or enacting better border security, something that America has no real role in anyway.


6 posted on 02/13/2025 1:38:17 AM PST by Peter ODonnell (For two countries with so many lawyers, there ain't much justice in Canada or America (yet))
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To: Equine1952

Take it to Brussels since that is the home of useless government positions that add no value but create BS requirements just like the EU. It can be a giant masterbating bureaucracy.


7 posted on 02/13/2025 1:40:35 AM PST by wgmalabama (For rent —)
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To: McGruff

The war ended 80 years ago. Time to finally grow up and provide for your own defense Europe.


8 posted on 02/13/2025 1:56:06 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: McGruff

Zelinski ordered the former president arrested as a traitor immediately after Trump announced a possible trip to Moscow.

Trump will have a harder time doing a prisoner exchange to get that former president released with the corrupt little faggot dictator than he had with the Russians. The NAZI is strong in Zelinski. Ukraine was never a democracy and Biden’s Admin became open facists thru their Ukrainian hob-nobbing....


9 posted on 02/13/2025 1:56:20 AM PST by Jumper
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To: wgmalabama

Excellent idea! Then make the UN building an insane asylum for Democrats. Win/ win I tell ya! 👌 Regards.


10 posted on 02/13/2025 2:00:31 AM PST by Equine1952
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To: McGruff

BTTT


11 posted on 02/13/2025 2:14:52 AM PST by nopardons
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To: McGruff

“Prepare To Defend Yourselves.”

Great line from “When We Were Soldiers”.

People stop sticking out their tongues when big daddy will no longer stand behind them.


12 posted on 02/13/2025 2:40:32 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: toddausauras

“You’re on your own, Europe...bye!”

Move the UN to Gaza.


13 posted on 02/13/2025 3:45:43 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Privatize the administrative state!)
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To: Equine1952

I give it a chance that if they look for the money to support their military, they will find a lot of the same sort of crap we are dealing with now


14 posted on 02/13/2025 4:18:48 AM PST by clutzyfuzzy
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To: Jumper
Trump will have a harder time doing a prisoner exchange to get that former president released with the corrupt little faggot dictator than he had with the Russians.

Why would Trump or the United States care one whit about the legal difficulties of the former President of Ukraine?

Not our circus, not our monkeys!

15 posted on 02/13/2025 5:28:40 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

Ukraine and Zenlinski are making the point they are irredeemable and are proving they were never a democracy.

This has more to do with the dact even the Zeepers can no longer defend the Nazi regime in Kiev.

Starmer will be quick to jump on this and pull the 100 year deal.

Now that Zenlinski has charged his future presidential opponent with treason the West will begin to jump ship.

Oh wait you are right...
Macron, Schultz, Starmer, Biden, and the whole of EU/NATO leadership are now on the wrong indefenceable side of a war where they installed a regime and propped up a dictator and mass murdered.

This Western leadershipis going to get a much deserved trip to the dust bin of histories memory hole.


16 posted on 02/13/2025 7:00:51 AM PST by Jumper
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To: McGruff
Who benefited from the leadership role in NATO? The MIC.

Therefore, we need to withdraw from NATO.

17 posted on 02/13/2025 7:03:05 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Jumper
Ukraine and Zenlinski are making the point they are irredeemable and are proving they were never a democracy.

Meh...Zelenski and Ukraine have been making that point since April 2022 when they let Boris Johnson convince them to tear up a negotiated settlement with Russia.

18 posted on 02/13/2025 7:42:49 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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