There's also a certain element of "You can't tell me what to do!"...followed by doing something incredibly stupid and self-destructive, just to "own the Libs".
Archangel1313
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This is yet another astroturfed conservative movement. This whole topic is only supported by a very small number of people, yet it's being amplified in the media in order to make it seem like a big deal. It isn't.
Well that seems suspiciously convenient.
A little pocket of dough filled with a mixture of other ingredients.
Definitely nothing corrupt about this. Aside from the quid pro quo, that is.
Yes, they would...insofar as defense is concerned. They won't necessarily aid the US in acts of aggression or escalation, but they will absolutely defend US forces in the region. But, just to be clear...Israel is not a NATO member...so as far as Article 5 is concerned, they are not an obligation, the way the US is. If the US chooses to step in on their behalf, NATO is not required to get involved.
This would be similar to what happened after 9/11. NATO all came to the US's defense when it came to going after Bin Laden in Afghanistan...but once it was shown that he had fled the country, only the US remained. Then, when they decided to invade Iraq next, almost no one followed them.
Ummm, yeah. You didn't actually read what I wrote. I never said the US would respect its alliances...I said the rest of NATO would. If Trump is banking on Europe bailing on their promises first, in order to justify his own betrayal, then it isn't going to work.
Unlike him, the rest of NATO understands the importance of being unified in their objectives, .even if sometimes that unity is just for show.
As for the rest of us hay you were talking about...I think you have vastly overestimated Trump's intellectual grasp of history. He doesn't give a shit about US / European history. He doesn't even fucking read. He cares about money. Right now...and how much. He will do whatever he is paid to do, as long as you outbid the competition. None of that other shit matters.
If that's true, then Trump is a bigger idiot than he seems.
NATO won't refuse to defend the US. They aren't so stupid as to abandon their responsibility to Article 5. That doesn't mean the US will do the same, but NATO takes that promise seriously.
If he's betting on Europe being the one to drop that ball, then he hasn't read the room.
They already signed that contract. This is just Israel attacking them anyway.
Why would Cuba even want to trade with the US? They have full trade access to every other country in the region. The US market would only harm Cuban culture and overrun their economy.
Claiming that Cuba would be doing so much better, if only they had more access to US markets, is disingenuous Capitalist propaganda.
Gee. It's almost like they had advanced warning that things in the middle East were about to go sideways. But, sure...tell us again how Netanyahu went rogue by attacking Iran. It makes so much more sense to believe this was an unexpected turn of events, and the US knew nothing of his plans. /s
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Oh, look. 400 traitors all in one location. Someone should be writing down their names. Just in case.