I also don't think we need to be a standalone deterrent, but our allies need for us to be earnest and willing to do our part and sacrifice.
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French and English look especially trustworthy considering WWII. Just saying.
Sarcasm of course.
I don’t see many allies right now: Biden-era US destroyed the pipelines, Poland applauded, UK/France torpedoed any attempts of ending the Ukraine war, Denmark and Sweden didn’t look too close into the Nordstream explosions until closing the cases.
I still don’t know what nation we’re supposed to defend against because we don’t have anything that’d be of interest to the single country that’s being sold as that aggressor. Land? They have plenty. People? Natural resources? Same. Industry? Well, that’s going downhill quickly without cheap gas.
Everyone looking into NATO history should be very careful about being willing to sacrifice anything for this organization. We wouldn’t have 90% of historic terrorism, especially from the Right, without their GLADIO stay-behind groups and the political climate would be a lot more relaxed without the regime change color revolutions orchestrated by NATO and affiliated & aligned entities.
Germany sent out a warrant, for a Ukrainian they think blew up the pipeline, and Poland refused to extradite him and the US told us to shut up about it. 😏