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I honestly thought dorks like Hegseth and Vance loved NATO. Those guys hate it?
I get that impression, yeah. They at least view it as a lopsided deal where the US does all the heavy lifting.
I think their ideal conception of NATO is a protection racket where the US just charges countries a bunch of money because it would be a shame if anything happened to them.
yeah, i feel like that's what they thought before they showed up to their offices on day 1 and were told um, no, that's fucking stupid, and they're doing everything they can to make their fantasy real.
What a nice army you have here, would be a shame if something were to happen to it
Fuck, seeing this reminded me that that was literally a Monty Python sketch, where a mobster tries to shake down a military base for protection money while the officers are confused and oblivious to his implications.
I considered linking it