cancel2 2022 (12-05-2019), Earl (12-05-2019)
Macron, Russia and European Defense
The French president sees a leadership vacuum in Europe that he wants to fill. Angry about Mr. Trump’s unpredictability and seeing him as a harbinger of a disengaged America, Mr. Macron is arguing for more “strategic autonomy” for Europe, including the ability to defend itself.
But many in NATO, including Germany, Poland and the nations of the Baltics and Central Europe, say Europe cannot deter Russia without the United States and its nuclear umbrella.
They are also troubled by Mr. Macron’s claim that terrorism, not Russia or China, is the main threat to NATO, and by his outreach to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
“If we want to build peace in Europe, to rebuild European strategic autonomy, we need to reconsider our position with Russia,” Mr. Macron declared in the same interview in which he diagnosed NATO’s brain. Poland’s foreign minister, Jacek Czaputowicz, even suggested that France is “the Trojan horse of Russia.’’
As for European strategic autonomy, few believe that Europeans would spend the huge amounts necessary to be credible. Some think that France would be even less dependable than the United States in defending a small NATO member like Montenegro or Estonia.
American policymakers should not worry too much, argued James Dobbins, a former American official now at the RAND Corporation. “Experience suggests that such initiatives will not get very far,’’ he wrote. “But more important, it would be good, not bad, for the United States if these efforts succeeded. The United States would welcome a more equal partnership with a more united Europe, distant though that prospect may be.’’
At the end of the London meeting, the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, still managed to present the appearance of unity. The final declaration recommitted the alliance to collective defense and its spending goals, and Mr. Macron got agreement on a new study of NATO’s future strategy, termed in NATO-speak, “a forward-looking reflection process,’’ under Mr. Stoltenberg, “to further strengthen NATO’s political dimension including consultation.’’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/w...gtype=Homepage
cancel2 2022 (12-05-2019), Earl (12-05-2019)
Come on duckass loser, join in the fun. Kick Trump around. You know you want too. It's fun!
cancel2 2022 (12-05-2019)
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Trumpet (12-05-2019)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekea.../#6777111d6a5fOnly 4% Of Europeans Trust Donald Trump
Three years into the presidency of Donald Trump, a new survey has found that Europeans have rapidly lost trust in the United States as an ally...
“Our polling confirms that Trump is toxic in Europe, and that this is feeding into distrust of the U.S. Security Guarantee,” says report author Susi Dennison, director of the European Power programme at ECFR
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Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Trumpet (12-05-2019)
Remember he was going to restore respect to the United States? Three years later they laugh him out of the continent.
Trump had to run home, or suffer more embarrassment.
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
cancel2 2022 (12-05-2019)
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Trumpet (12-05-2019)
4 % trust him? WTF is wrong with the three percent who aren't the 1 percent?
cancel2 2022 (12-05-2019)
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Trumpet (12-05-2019)
Funny how none of these 'intellectual giants' on here are noticing what's happening in Macron's France.
Who's laughing now, Macron? France is paralyzed by worst nationwide strike for decades, with schools shutting and public transport grinding to a halt, as furious public sector workers protest pension reforms
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...de-strike.html
Truth Detector (12-06-2019)
Truth Detector (12-06-2019)
How much respect does Macron have, arsehole?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...de-strike.html
Truth Detector (12-06-2019)
Truth Detector (12-06-2019)
Truth Detector (12-06-2019)
Guantanamo George was always the epitome of the rich American dimwit.Never thought I’d see the day where an American president gets Laughed out ofEurope
" First they came for the journalists...
We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019)
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019)
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