Re: What's Going on in the Americas?
Reply #418 –
I would like to say dissolve NATO entirely as a coldwar relic. but with a resurgent Russia and increased instability in the Middle East, that doesn't seem possible.
I posted the link to where Ike said that if NATO was needed for more than ten years, it was useless…
60+ years later, it persists. To what point?
The "resurgent" Russia doesn't threaten U.S. national interests — beyond their gamesmanship in the Middle East. And, since we really don't need Mid East oil anymore, why shouldn't we let them deal with the "mess"? (At least, that's what Trump seems to be saying…)
Oh, and BTW: When wasn't there instability in the Middle East?
Good luck, reinstalling the Ottoman Empire…
But I'd like us still to remain a steadfast ally of Israel.