NATO chief credits Trump with alliance spending increases (and he deserves it)

Great Power War ^ | 9/15/18 | USA Features

[SleeperCatcher]

Without question, Trump’s ‘in-your-face’ pressure — though uncomfortable for many in Western diplomatic circles — has had an impact in overall NATO readiness. The spending increases are only part of the equation; the alliance has been dragged kicking and screaming back into the reality that it faces its greatest security challenge in decades as Russia, a revisionist power seeking to challenge the U.S.-led order in Europe, rises and threatens.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Poland is our greatest ally in NATO.

[cabbieguy]

The Democrats are our weak link in NATO.

[butlerweave]

NATO has not had a Leader in a long time

[KyCats]

China is the danger. Not Russia. Disband NATO.

[DoodleDawg]

Europe is coming to the realization that they’re on their own so they had better start seeing to their own defense.

[LeeClementineKenny]

We need to get out of NATO. We can create a new alliance if it's needed, but NATO has too many useless countries in it that increase our chances of war that's not in our best interest. It's insane to allow tiny countries near Russia into an alliance where they significantly increase the chances for war, while bringing next to nothing to the fight in the event of war. It's just stupid.

[DoughtyOne]

Actually, both are.

[Psalm 144]

We might as well garrison the Maginot Line as maintain this obsolete, expensive, purposeless liability.

[mikrofon]

Has Obama stepped in here to “correct the record” yet ;?