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1.3 Percent Doctrine, 98.7 Percent Delusion: Why Obama can’t convince Europe to spend on defense
National Review ^
| 03/29/2013
| Tom Rogan
Posted on 03/29/2014 11:02:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
In a nutshell, Europe cannot afford to cut back on its entitlements without risking a continental wide riot.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:13:00 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SeekAndFind
You can bet that if we cut our defense budget, they’ll be the first to call us isolationists.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:19:08 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Jonty30
Well we`re not in very good shape either, so we gotta defend`em? Yea, right!
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:20:29 AM PDT
by
nomad
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:22:31 AM PDT
by
Leo Carpathian
(FReeeeepeesssssed)
To: Jonty30
In a nutshell, Europe cannot afford to cut back on its entitlements without risking a continental wide riot.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:24:36 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
(obama, borderof)
To: nomad
I think it would be good for Europe to be forced to confront reality and grow up.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:24:45 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SeekAndFind
If the US is gong to be the standing army for Europe, then Europe should pay; if they won’t, then a periodic dose of Putin might cause an attitude adjustment - or not.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:26:05 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: ealgeone
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:26:32 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
In a nutshell, Europe cannot afford to cut back on its entitlements without risking a continental wide riot.Kind of like the continental wide riot that will happen in America, when the welfare queens are cut off.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:30:07 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:30:42 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
and guess who are the biggest rioters in the EU?
rhymes with “fuzzies”.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:31:53 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: SeekAndFind
Europe is rich enough to defend itself. If they want to be a province of Russia, that’s their choice.
America is under no obligation to protect Europe from its own laziness and lack of prudence.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:35:48 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Jonty30
In a nutshell, Europe cannot afford to cut back on its entitlements without risking a continental wide riot. We should never have allowed "world opinion" suck us into "military humanitarian" missions.
Kosovo, Libya, Kuwait -- we should have said "The conflict does not strategically impact the US. It DOES seem like a good exercise for EU militaries. If you feel strongly that something should be done, we won't stop you, go ahead. If you see Russian armored divisions coming through the Fulda Gap, let us know and we'll be there. Til then, have fun."
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:38:15 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Truth29
If the US is gong to be the standing army for Europe, then Europe should pay; if they wont, then a periodic dose of Putin might cause an attitude adjustment - or not.I suspect mostly NOT. I don't know if there is any hope for Europe in military defense.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:38:19 AM PDT
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Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
Americans want to live like Europeans - with free health care, ebt and cradle to grave welfare.
We see no reason why we should deprive Americans of creature comforts to subsidize lazy European slackers.
Americans want a taste of the la dolce vita lifestyle. They’ve earned it.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:43:19 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Secret Agent Man
They are the biggest recipients.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:44:05 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
Of Uncle Sam’s welfare. Its time we began taking care of Americans at home.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:46:12 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Mark17
“Kind of like the continental wide riot that will happen in America, when the welfare queens are cut off. “
I simply can’t picture even a Republican majority and a Republican president cutting off the welfare queens. Nobody has the b@lls. I’d like to be wrong on this, but there have been plenty of Republican majorities with the required Republican president over the last 30 years...and nothing got cut. Instead we got the EPA the Education Empire and even more entitlements.
To: Gen.Blather
We’re building a European welfare state. The old American exceptionalism is dead.
It works for them so we might as well crash the party. If they’re jealous, tough luck.
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posted on
03/29/2014 11:50:54 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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