President Donald Trump may have offended some of our allies last week when he delivered a stern message reminding them of their unmet defense spending promises, but it was not a message they haven’t heard before.
“If we’ve got collective defense,” then-President Barack Obama said at a 2014 NATO press conference in Brussels, “it means that everybody’s got to chip in, and I have had some concerns about a diminished level of defense spending among some of our partners in NATO. Not all, but many.”
Obama’s concern for low levels of European defense spending is well-founded.
When NATO was established in 1948, the U.S. was concerned that many European democracies were too militarily weak to protect themselves from USSR encroachment. An alliance against a common enemy seemed the best option for defense while allowing European economies and militaries to rebuild after World War II.
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4 comments:
You guys continue to throw smoke screens to tote water for Mr Clueless. All of NATO already recognized the need to increase spending. It's why they already committed to do so years ago with specific targets. Trump went over there spouting nonsense and they smartly ignored the drama, stroked his ego, and stuck to the previous agreement.
The Globalist Euros hate the US. They are actively COLLUDING with the Iranians. Let them eat cake!
That's Mr. President Clueless to you, please. Have some dignity!
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