tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post3760072846500193730..comments2024-03-29T06:33:51.432-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Fussing with NATOComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-29027469135216575472017-06-02T10:52:07.654-04:002017-06-02T10:52:07.654-04:00Sure NATO is somewhat ineffective. Sure, every mem...Sure NATO is somewhat ineffective. Sure, every member does not give their most and best. <br />Please to show meany other current available option for what they try very hard to accomplish.<br />The agreements we have with NATO were made in respect to other times, but are no less viable today.<br />WE, the USA, just totally failed in our commitment to NATO, and that has nothing good for us or the rest of the world.<br />If we were to not participate anymore as tRump had decided, shouldn't that have been up to a vote and not just the whim of twittler?<br />"b" he may be our president, temporarily or not, but some decisions shouldn't be up to his ego, and obvious ignorance.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-22697042902947473692017-06-02T08:11:15.272-04:002017-06-02T08:11:15.272-04:00B., the German's don't field armored regim...B., the German's don't field armored regiments because they don't use that designation. Their brigades are twice the size of the US standard, so that's the direct equivalent. As for their inability to field a force of 110-125 tanks or 12-24 fighters (again, definitions vary and matter) please provide the supporting data. With 500+ MBT's and 5000+ AFV and 90+ fighters, I find your data suspect.<br /><br />Also, are you adding in the expenditures on supporting U.S. troops in that defense spending?<br /><br />If Norway is so bad, why are they replacing the Javelins with something that will work against the new Russian MBT's with the active defenses? The U.S. is still head in the sand on that one.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-15169668793476385762017-06-01T18:03:45.805-04:002017-06-01T18:03:45.805-04:00One could say that with the exception of 3 other c...One could say that with the exception of 3 other countries, the other NATO countries are already in violation. They have, effectively, no coherent military, having failed for many years to maintain their military. They are, in effect, unable to meet their NATO commitments already. <br /><br />You really jumped to conclusions there though. A far cry from "America Cannot be trusted" there. <br /><br />I agree that this isn't good. But letting Germany and France and most of the other NATO countries fail to meet their commitments has weakened NATO greatly. They've been hiding behind America's skirts for most of the past 20 years, spending all that money on social programs that they then denigrate the US for not having. <br /><br />Germany can't field a complete squadron of fighters nor a regiment of tanks at this time. Neither can Norway.....The most they can offer the US is somewhat poorly maintained military bases (built by the US years ago) as a staging area and 25 year old NATO spec supplies. <br /><br /><br /><br />B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16447487277775479392017-06-01T13:54:15.877-04:002017-06-01T13:54:15.877-04:00 some would say that the wedge he just drove betwe... some would say that the wedge he just drove between us and Germany was a satisfactory return for Putin.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com