If Europe Really Worried About Russia, It Would Get Serious About Defense Spending

[rangerrebew]

If Europe Really Worried About Russia, It Would Get Serious About Defense Spending
 
Doug Bandow [2]

NATO leaders got acquainted with President Donald Trump this week. One can only imagine what they thought of the Donald. Their main objective was to reinforce the efforts of his aides to turn him into a traditional American cheerleader for European dependence.

For those seeking to revive an alliance created almost seventy years ago, in a vastly different time, Russia has resumed its role as the “necessary” enemy. The organization faded in relevance—indeed, lost its raison d’être—but recently reasserted its role as Europe’s guardian. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said the United States was returning troops to the continent as part of the “transition from assurance to deterrence.” Their “mission is to deter Russia,” he added.
 
Source URL (retrieved on May 29, 2017): http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/if-europe-really-worried-about-russia-it-would-get-serious-20830

[The_Reader_David]

If Europe Really Worried About Russia, ...

But they're not.  Russia is just a convenient "enemy" to distract everyone from the real enemy, whose invasion of the West is aided and abetted by the globalists and multiculturalists in Brussels.

[Joe Wooten]

But they're not.  Russia is just a convenient "enemy" to distract everyone from the real enemy, whose invasion of the West is aided and abetted by the globalists and multiculturalists in Brussels.

And to guilt the US into keeping troops in NATO.....