The data actually stops in October 2021.
Well that’s insulting and disrespectful. I read a lot. I look to alternative news sources. Last time I checked I was the most unlikely person to be a strawman for any gosh darn thing.
Can you share the "well documented" sources? You imply that this was reported by the news of the period
Not to be too nitpicky but Australia and Sweden are not in NATO.Somalia in the 90's was U.N. (mostly the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, Italy, and Great Britain) ---> which you know, is NATO. So I was sort of right, still.
If you take a step or two back and look at at this from a strategic standpoint, there is huge value to the US from NATO in that it helps keep any conflicts "over there". We should of course always desire peace over conflict but if there is going to be conflict then keeping it an "away game" is and pretty much always will be in our best interest. Having bases and troops in Europe is not just about protecting the host country itself but it is also strategic positioning for operations elsewhere in the world as many zones of conflict are closer to our European bases then they are to the US itself.
Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I didn't call anyone a strawman. In this case, the "strawmen" I was referring to are propositions based on false/inaccurate information, i.e. cable news blather.
Since he doesn’t support the war narrative, he is labeled a russian asset or white supremacist. We should have a more critical discussion about the pros and cons of this conflict imo.
Kremlin TV Worries Tucker Carlson’s Pro-Putin Bias Has Gone Too Far
Top Russian state propagandists are concerned that no one will take the Fox News host seriously any more.www.thedailybeast.com
For some this would be an alternate news source. For some this would be more a main source.
Right or wrong there is a supportive move among some political circles in the US to be much more anti nato more pro putin .
These folks don’t come out and condemn nato but instead they are upset about nato budget issues
You claimed it was well documented and that you read about this in the contemporary news media. Neither appears to be true. Is your most compelling source this quote from a former National Security Advisor, that he encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot? Where are the lawyers, guns, and money stories from the New York Times or Atlantic?Here's some. I assume that Yale University will still pass muster, these days.
It’s dishonest not to recognize that this what seems like pro putin anti (let’s audit them on budget) nato is coming from one side, how large or small a side I don’t know, of the more right wing side of the Republican Party.
I am old enough to remember how our government and media pushed the hoax that Trump was a Russian agent, Russia had compromising material on Trump, Hunter’s laptop of crimes was Russian disinformation, Russia placed a bounty on our servicemen, and Trump had a direct line to a Russian bank.It’s dishonest not to recognize that this what seems like pro putin anti (let’s audit them on budget) nato is coming from one side, how large or small a side I don’t know, of the more right wing side of the Republican Party.
it’s important to recognize this because in a few years after another election this could be our new foreign policy our new way of looking at Europe and the world.
I doubt anyone on this thread is talking about budget issues with nato because they have ever spent significant time reading various inputs to understand those budget issues. Unless of course they had an AD job to do so.
They watch certain tv networks.
it’s not military its political.
And once its political its like talking to the anti vax set. Often the same people.
NATO has worked for 75 years. Now the alleged “budget experts “ want to improve it
