There is no NATO without the USA. Sure, there would still be a bunch of twink run globalist puppet countries, but they ALL rely on the USA's power and wealth to prop up their military as well as allow them to spend their money on social programs instead of funding NATO.
We'd do well to dump these parasites.
Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
There is no NATO without the USA. Sure, there would still be a bunch of twink run globalist puppet countries, but they ALL rely on the USA's power and wealth to prop up their military as well as allow them to spend their money on social programs instead of funding NATO.
We'd do well to dump these parasites.
Sure, we can withdraw into our cave and slam the lid closed. That has worked bigly wonderful in the past.
Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
There is no NATO without the USA. Sure, there would still be a bunch of twink run globalist puppet countries, but they ALL rely on the USA's power and wealth to prop up their military as well as allow them to spend their money on social programs instead of funding NATO.
We'd do well to dump these parasites.
I would encourage you to look into the history of American isolationism and protectionism--especially with regard to the 1930s. Please refresh your memory of Neville Chamberlain/"Peace in our time"/Sudetenland and the Smoot-Hadley Tariff. Your urge to withdraw from an increasingly interconnected world economy and complex geopolitical environment has been tried before--with devastating consequences.
Originally posted by: Dealer1
I would encourage you to look into the history of American isolationism and protectionism--especially with regard to the 1930s. Please refresh your memory of Neville Chamberlain/"Peace in our time"/Sudetenland and the Smoot-Hadley Tariff. Your urge to withdraw from an increasingly interconnected world economy and complex geopolitical environment has been tried before--with devastating consequences.
Trump is dragging us into a state of trade isolation, and unlike many of his policies, that actually has a purpose, albeit a grossly stupid and counterproductive one. He and MAGA have long barfed out "whatever independence," a desire to fulfill our own needs exclusively with our own resources and production. Good luck with that!
We are irrevocably interconnected and interdependent with the rest of the world. That's the reality, whether MAGA likes it or not.
And of course, Trump's hostility toward our allies and his blithe willingness to dishonor treaties and agreements is sending us into a state of diplomatic and even military isolation as well. All part of the stupid fantasy that we can go it alone in this world and get anything we need by threats and bullying.
Originally posted by: PJ Stroh
Bluster or no....it has very real consequences. How many years will go by before Canada, Greenland, and Denmark will have good faith relations with the United States again? Never mind the billions it costs in tourism. What about general international assistance from these countries in any cooperative effort?
kicking dirt into the face of your friends isn't something they shrug off.
Likely so but that involves fewer consequences than a military takeover.
Originally posted by: Nines
Likely so but that involves fewer consequences than a military takeover.
Not a real improvement. As far as breaking alliances and destroying friendships goes, what the fucking Turd is doing to our European allies is pretty much equivalent to nuking Paris, London, and Berlin. (I fully expect him to threaten that if they resist his Greenland takeover plans.)
What a stupid fantasy of his, that we can go it alone in this world. I just hope all the nations we're shitting on eventually forgive us.
