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Originally Posted by finalmove
You misread the situation. We elected President Trump to disrupt the leftist cabal that are the European members of NATO.
America is in charge of NATO. We pay the bills, we call the shots. Europe just got a little cold water splashed in their faces, and that is good for the world.
God bless Donald Trump.
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They have no say even though they are in the direct path of invasion if things really go south? You do realize that we took on much of the responsibility for defending the world to prevent massive arms races that had been leading to bloody war after bloody war...three of which we had been drawn into...for centuries? And that there has been no general European war since we adopted that strategy in the late 40s. The European nations, Japan, etc had no qualms about spending ungodly amounts of money on armaments prior to 1945. And once they had them...guess what? They used them. Frequently. (just like we do). Tens of millions died. Entire countries and entire regions of the world laid waste. Do you really, really want to go back to that? To save a,little money?
And if we so uncommitted to our allies that we are going to ditch them just because they aren't fully paid up...and leave them to their fate...are we really going to...even if they pay up...lay it on the line for them when the red lights start blinking and the klaxons start sounding? How much would you trust a friend who said he would have your back in a tight spot...but will not unless you pay him that fifty spot you owe him? That isn't the kind of friend I would want at my side during a pinch. And that isn't going to be lost Ln the Russians, Chnese, NK, etc she they try to figure out our likely response if they make a big move.
And Trump has already put a stop to our annual war games that were key to coordinating a defense of an invasion of SKorea in the event of another invasion by NK.
Do our alliances mean anything under this administration?