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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

One of the interesting aspects of the hysteria is that NATO’s supporters never seem to think it is necessary to explain why it would be a bad idea to end the alliance.

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NATO’s ineffectiveness ought to be the key issue of discussion when considering its future. But to date, that weakness has been largely overlooked in the rush to blame Trump for allegedly destroying America’s alliances.

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In an interview with Bloomberg last week, German Defense Minister Ursula Von Der Leyen insisted that the most important goal of Thursday’s summit would be “unity.”

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Notably, Von Der Leyen failed to mention who NATO’s opponents are. That was no fluke. The one thing that has been lacking in all of NATO’s post-Cold War interventions has been a common sense of strategic purpose.

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As for radical Islam, due to Turkish membership in NATO, and due to European refusal to take any significant steps to rein in radical 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.

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As for President Trump, despite the bloviations of his critics, he bears no responsibility for NATO’s irrelevance. Trump did not cause NATO to have little role to play in fighting the key threats to American and global security. NATO has had nearly three decades to figure out how to do that. But it failed.

All that Trump has done is point out the reality of NATO’s decline — which his four predecessors refused to acknowledge.

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KEYWORDS: europeanunion; maga; nato; presidenttrump
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To: Maine Mariner
No but many Europeans seem to live in Fantasy Land.

True. So drop NATO and let them stew in their Small, Small World.

21 posted on 07/11/2018 5:10:56 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: RoosterRedux

I would have NATO evolve into something that protects those European nations that want to protect themselves from the current mooselimb invasion, and let the others destroy themselves, since it sure looks like that’s what they want....


22 posted on 07/11/2018 5:12:54 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: pepsionice

What about Ramstein?


23 posted on 07/11/2018 5:16:48 AM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Wow—check out the comments under this article about Trump and NATO. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such uniform support for the president in response to a MSM article:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-captive-germany-nato-summit-081237901.html


24 posted on 07/11/2018 5:17:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DoodleDawg

Long term, they have to stand on their own. Trump is doing the correct thing and won’t kowtow to the socialists!


25 posted on 07/11/2018 5:18:31 AM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: DoodleDawg
And just how is NATO preventing that?

Exactly where did I say that NATO was preventing that (i.e. takeover by Islam)?

26 posted on 07/11/2018 5:21:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Why don’t WE give NATO the same importance that Europe shows it? After all Europe isn’t even willing to pay for it.


27 posted on 07/11/2018 5:25:03 AM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: RoosterRedux

NATO is the 21st century equivalent of the Maginot Line


28 posted on 07/11/2018 5:26:16 AM PDT by slumber1 (Islam delenda est)
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To: RoosterRedux
Nato has evolved into a fancy overseas work program and propping up
local German economies scam .
Why the need for a pricey headquaters and endless bureaucratic jobs . Trump is questioning why we are footing the bill for it.
29 posted on 07/11/2018 5:26:36 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves ever time)
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To: slumber1

The Maginot Line was a failed attempt to protect a border.

NATO refuses to even make the attempt to protect their border.

End it.


30 posted on 07/11/2018 5:42:59 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: DoodleDawg

AGREED! LOL!


31 posted on 07/11/2018 5:43:22 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: cgbg

It’s really the Imaginot Line.


32 posted on 07/11/2018 5:43:48 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Fhios

Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me .....

D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P!


33 posted on 07/11/2018 5:50:32 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: RoosterRedux
Exactly where did I say that NATO was preventing that (i.e. takeover by Islam)?

You said, and I quote, "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)."

If NATO is not furthering that goal then what role to we play by remaining in it? And if Europe is not interested in avoiding a Muslim takeover then what can we do to prevent it?

34 posted on 07/11/2018 5:55:35 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: pepsionice
Trump is correct. I would move EUCOM HQ’s out of Germany, and into Poland.

Not a Trump fan, but you are 100% correct on Poland. Right now, they are our most important European ally.

35 posted on 07/11/2018 6:02:13 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: gr8eman
Long term, they have to stand on their own. Trump is doing the correct thing and won’t kowtow to the socialists!

Long term, short term, any term you care to mention, they're not going to do that while we're in NATO. And if the President is upset at how much it's costing us then pull out and do away with all the military units that were defending NATO and realize the cost savings.

36 posted on 07/11/2018 6:06:09 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
do away with move to the southern border all the military units that were defending NATO

Fixed.

37 posted on 07/11/2018 6:08:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va
do away with move to the southern border all the military units that were defending NATO

Why? Just build a wall. Much cheaper and less labor intensive.

38 posted on 07/11/2018 6:10:00 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: gr8eman

Man, they are pouring almost 900 million dollars into that new hospital to replace Landstuhl...won’t be done for two more years. Would be hard to see them give up on the runway, big mega BX, the new hospital, and the various local features.


39 posted on 07/11/2018 6:38:57 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: DoodleDawg
Are you following our conversation (mine and yours) on this thread?

In your post 6 above to me:

You quoted me as saying: Trump probably won't destroy NATO, but he will surely revise it into something useful.

Then you asked: Which would be what exactly?

I responded to that question with this comment:
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. [NOTE added now by me: This is NOT NATO, BUT A REVISED NATO...ONE FOCUSED ON THE ACTUAL GOAL].
Then in you last comment to me, you completely ignore my previous comment that NATO must be revised to actually focus on the enemy (Islam) and asked...
You asked: If NATO is not furthering that goal then what role to we play by remaining in it?
If you don't mind, I will wait until you and I can have a logical discussion of the issue rather than get involved in circular and obtuse discussion with you.
40 posted on 07/11/2018 6:47:16 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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