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Kathianne
05-28-2017, 06:09 PM
The days of US 'taking care' of Europe or any other areas are over. She's the first one to say this aloud, will be interesting to see if President Trump congratulates her comprehension.

It does seem that NATO is done, I think that's a mistake, but it seems to be what the people want. Can't really demand payments, while refusing to agree to Article V, commonsense says to walk away from that one.

Germany is likely to go nuclear if they need to protect themselves without NATO. Eastern Europe is going to figure out if they can find some way to get protection from an expanding Russia.

Interesting times indeed.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/05/28/following-trump-trip-merkel-says-europe-can-rely-anymore/Upt7ovjr4FAOCp0QOZTj1H/story.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40078183

Kathianne
05-28-2017, 06:41 PM
Watching a panel on Fox Report discussing this, consensus is that Putin was the 'big winner' from NATO Conference.

pete311
05-28-2017, 07:33 PM
Watching a panel on Fox Report discussing this, consensus is that Putin was the 'big winner' from NATO Conference.

Of course, only unification of western democracys control Russia's interests. A fractured west Europe with US bailing is trouble. Seriously, Russia and Putin are absolutely giddy right now. China and Russia are still our biggest threats. ISIS is terrible, but a distraction in the long run.