Posted on 07/30/2016 12:44:11 PM PDT by orchestra
The liberal media has gone ballistic with the news that GOP nominee Donald Trump has called for NATO allies to pay their fair shares. While all this chaos has been occurring, Trump nabbed a new ally for his own corner — Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, also happens to be Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations.
In an interview Thursday night at the Aspen Security Forum, this top commander affirmed Trump’s call for monetary compensation from America’s NATO allies, saying that America shouldn’t be shortchanged for the assistance the country provides.
“What I tell them typically is that look, we have a people and a Congress with a tough budget as well,” Scaparrotti told The Washington Examiner. “So as a leader of another country you have to put your share into this, you have to do that because when I go back to testify to Congress I get asked these questions.”
Trump undoubtedly triggered those who cling to failing foreign policies on Wednesday, saying, “I think NATO’s great. But it’s got to be modernized, and countries that we’re protecting have to pay what they’re supposed to be paying.”
After Scaparrotti made it clear that everyone needs to chip in for the alliance to function properly, he then re-affirmed the importance of Article 5 of the NATO charter. In summary, it states that an attack on one ally is an attack on every ally.
The NATO commander bolstered the fact that this specific charter should be “ironclad,” meaning that every U.S. ally should not doubt those terms.
“Without (adequate funding) we’re not going to outpace Russia’s modernization. We’ve got to have that in order to provide a credible force,” Scaparrotti explained. “One thing (our allies) need to know is that they can count on the United States to do what we say we’re going to do.”
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LOL!
Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti...
paesan :)
Good to know a few still have common sense.
I clicked, nothing happened, nothing happened!?
Will this General outlast Hussein?
No military person in their right mind would support a woman who left Americans behind to die. Its not in our creed to do such a thing. General Allen needs to remember that when he stops putting himself ahead of his country.
Seriously, my friend, how is it just breaking if it happened Thursday?
The retarded site you link to is seriously effed up.
Why not just post the direct Washington Examiner story from Friday? Skip all the crap that the so-called 24-hour blog imposes on you.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nato-commander-agrees-members-should-pay-up/article/2598183
You’re welcome.
What a concept!
The fact that this general makes news by pointing out what is 1950-obvious is a sign of what a long, arduous step-by-step slog it is going to be to return sanity to the US.
I told you it’s a weird trick.
lol
Didn’t see the Examiner story. Thanks anyway FRiend!
Methinks this post doth need your presence.
Presto per essere ritirato.
(via Google translate)
lol. Unfortunately, probably.
Trump can push to have him reinstated right away.
They actually cite to the Washington Examiner and provide a link within the text. But you have to fight pop ups and assorted annoying stuff before you can actually get there. :-)
Basically, it’s just a reblog of a three-day-old story with a hair-on-fire headline.
OP is cool. Doesn’t post much clickbait really. But he does post hot pictures of Marion Le Pen.
THEY HELD A COMMANDER?!?!?!
Burned US AND Israeli flags????
We should abandon the base but drop the nukes as a goodbye.
What happens if Turks kill Americans? (God Forbid)
What does the vaunted NATO do then???
Get them the #### out of NATO.
muslims animals have no place in it.
I think Newt backed Trump’s feelings on NATO, too.
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