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Caroline Glick: NATO Is the Author of Its Own Demise
Breitbart ^ | Caroline Glick

Posted on 07/11/2018 3:13:57 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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1 posted on 07/11/2018 3:13:57 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Once the Warsaw Pact threat ended, there should have been a simple script written to downsize NATO within fifteen years to just a yearly exercise, and no real US troops posted in Europe. No one could bring themselves to say that.

Trump is correct. I would move EUCOM HQ’s out of Germany, and into Poland. I would leave the Navy port in Italy, but remove everything else. I would move the Spangdahlem wing over to Poland, and then send most all US troops back to the US. There simply isn’t a value of maintaining the bases/troops there.


2 posted on 07/11/2018 3:28:05 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Trump probably won't destroy NATO, but he will surely revise it into something useful.

Just another great achievement by our most effective president ever.

As an aside, it seems that Turkey's membership in NATO serves primarily as a curtain/shield behind which Islam's encroachment into Europe can be hidden.

Europe can't defend itself against Islam with NATO as long as NATO is compromised by having the enemy in its military and privy to that which is learned by NATO's (and member states') intelligence operations.

3 posted on 07/11/2018 3:37:29 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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who needs them


4 posted on 07/11/2018 3:39:35 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Caroline Glick: NATO Is the Author of Its Own Demise

Then all the more reason to get out now while the getting is good.

5 posted on 07/11/2018 3:43:24 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Trump probably won't destroy NATO, but he will surely revise it into something useful.

Which would be what exactly?

6 posted on 07/11/2018 3:43:58 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Poland is perfectly capable of defending itself. A third way, a buffer alliance comprised of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia wouldn't need our help. They could also not allow invaders to take over, assuming their leaders aren't bought off by the EU.

Then what's left of the EU could either figure out how to reverse its demise or not.

7 posted on 07/11/2018 3:49:45 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me .....


8 posted on 07/11/2018 3:51:37 AM PDT by Fhios (♫ Oh Where have you been Jeffy boy Jeffy boy oh where have you been charming Jeffy?)
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Exactly?

How about a European alliance that, for the most part, pays its own way and clearly identifies the enemy that has already conducted an invasion of almost every nook and cranny of Europe except for Hungary and Austria. After clearly identifying that enemy, how about developing and implementing a plan of action (with the necessary military force) capable achieving victory over (i.e. destroying) that enemy not just on home soil but back to the source.

9 posted on 07/11/2018 4:04:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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European refusal to take any significant steps to rein in radical orthodox Islamic forces in Europe or anywhere else, it is abundantly clear that NATO is not the proper vehicle for U.S.-led collective defense against Iran or other jihadist powers.

Fixed it.

If one is to understand a thing one must call it by its correct name.

Which is why Liberal constantly mutilate our language. By changing the meaning of words the common man becomes confused and begins to believe what the Liberal says and denies the truth.

10 posted on 07/11/2018 4:07:01 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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All I have to say is this - let’s not throw out the baby with the bath water.


11 posted on 07/11/2018 4:08:54 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me .....

Mickey Mouse, but we're not at Disneyland.

12 posted on 07/11/2018 4:15:27 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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That would be a European alliance, not a U.S.-European alliance. So drop the whole farce of NATO and let Europe stew on their own. If they create their own alliance to replace it then that’s their decision.


13 posted on 07/11/2018 4:17:18 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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No but many Europeans seem to live in Fantasy Land.


14 posted on 07/11/2018 4:18:13 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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The U.S. still has a role to play in any alliance to the extent that we have an interest in a free Europe (i.e. one not completely taken over by Islam).

And we do.

15 posted on 07/11/2018 4:22:27 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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NAughTO.


16 posted on 07/11/2018 4:31:12 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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And speaking of NATO, and noting the date set for the parade....

Date Set for Trump's Military Parade: Here's What to Expect

Saturday, November 10, 2018!

17 posted on 07/11/2018 4:34:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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IMHo, we need to shut down NATO and bring both our people and equipment home before the European SOBs are crying and begging us to save them from the armed Muzzies insurgents taking over their cities after they let millions of them in.

Saving their asses from themselves twice in the last century is enough, let them save themselves in the 21st century.

18 posted on 07/11/2018 4:52:33 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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The Balts (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) would likely want to be part of that alliance.


19 posted on 07/11/2018 5:08:37 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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The U.S. still has a role to play in any alliance to the extent that we have an interest in a free Europe (i.e. one not completely taken over by Islam).

And just how is NATO preventing that?

And we do.

NATO seems to annoy the President no end. So why continue in it? What is Trump hoping to accomplish?

20 posted on 07/11/2018 5:09:47 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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