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Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
The United States has long sought to persuade our allies to pick up more of the cost of modernizing, deploying, and fighting. But the 2 percent is a political target. Currently, only 5 of 28 NATO members meet the target and, indeed, the next president will have to work harder to convince European capitals to increase defense spending.
Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
From your own citation:
Why is it such a problem to require member nations pick up their fair share of the financial burden?
That's always been the problem. As long as Uncle "Moneybags" Sam is there to pick up the tab, these deadbeat nations are happy to participate; in the United Nations, in NATO, in whatever...
That's like the story of the Little Red Hen, they don't want to carry any of the burdens but still demand their "fair share" of the results.
Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
If it was up to me NATO and the UN would have been disbanded a long time ago. Regardless, getting everyone to pay their part is one thing I agree with Trump on. If we are going to have NATO then every member has to pay up. If you feel your country is too good to pay their fair share then maybe your country should be booted from NATO.
Good thing it's not up to you, then.
Why? Why are you so concerned with the survival of NATO and the UN?
Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
Because NATO is a important alliance system which helps protect against the aggression of states such as Russia. Might makes right is supposed to have gone out of date a long time ago, yet it hasn't, and NATO is a good way to deter people from trying ****.
The UN is important for the obvious reason--- it's good for countries to be able to meet and express grievances diplomatically.
I think you mean to say it allows countries to band together to push countries around easier. You know, because that's actually what it's used for. Your rhetoric sounds cool, but reality says something different.
...And push their will on other countries.
Oh, of course. Because anybody should be able to annex any of their neighbors, whenever they want, right?
The Baltic States don't deserve to exist, right? Poor Russia. So close, and yet they can't because of that bad bad NATO.
If somebody is committing genocide or the like, there's no reason to allow them to continue, period.
Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
If there's a famine in Romania is it our responsibility to take care of it or is it their neighbor's responsibility to resolve it?Oh, of course. Because anybody should be able to annex any of their neighbors, whenever they want, right?
The Baltic States don't deserve to exist, right? Poor Russia. So close, and yet they can't because of that bad bad NATO.
If somebody is committing genocide or the like, there's no reason to allow them to continue, period.
It's none of our business and doesn't just magically become our business because you're morally opposed to it.
If there's a famine in Romania is it our responsibility to take care of it or is it their neighbor's responsibility to resolve it?
I forgot, you are the Imperial Japan apologist.
Guess what? If a country is committing atrocities, it becomes our buisness, because it destabilizes the entire region, makes it more likely for violence and slaughter to continue, and hurts the US. That's even leaving out the moral responsiblity the US has.
The US can offer aid; so can their neighbors.
But if Romania is shooting all their Roma as a result of said famine, the US has to make it clear that if they don't knock that **** off the boom stick is coming down.
The US can offer aid; so can their neighbors.
But if Romania is shooting all their Roma as a result of said famine, the US has to make it clear that if they don't knock that **** off the boom stick is coming down.
Simpleχity;1066135312 said:Trump’s Loose NATO Talk Already Has Endangered Us
Collective security only works when everyone is committed to the common defense....
Evelyn N. Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia from 2012 to 2015.
She is the author of Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy
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