A former US Army general says Donald Trump's animosity toward NATO has nothing to do with its members not spending enough on their own defense. "Trump hates alliances. He hates an obligation where he'd have to live up to something," retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, a former commander of US Army Europe, told the British newspaper The Times in a story published Monday.
@#3 ... Is someone not paying pay their fair share "living up to something". ...
That depends.
What your current alias seems to cite is but one part of the NATO contract.
Will NATO countries participate in the "an attack on one is an attack on all" aspect of NATO?
But, as I noted in another thread ( drudge.com ), fmr Pres Trump's comment came curiously a few days after Pres Putin's interview in which he seemed to say that Poland asked Hitler to invade them.
@#12 ... George Washington warned us about entangling alliances...
Yes, but that's cherry-picking.
George Washington's Farewell Address
en.wikipedia.org
... Washington's Farewell Address[1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States.[2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.[emphasis mine]
The letter was first published as The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States in Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796, about ten weeks before the presidential electors cast their votes in the 1796 election.
In it, he writes about the importance of national unity while warning Americans of the political dangers of regionalism, partisanship and foreign influence, which they must avoid to remain true to their values.[3] It was almost immediately reprinted in newspapers around the country, and later in pamphlet form.[4] ...
So, what say ye about the partisanship and foreign influence that is mentioned?
Are you OK with the foreign influence that Russia appears to have upon the Republican Party?
Or are you just going to cherry-pick quotes that suit your current needs?
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