Victor Davis Hanson

What they want to do is send 1,000 troops over there, British, so then we get embarrassed and humiliated and say, okay, and we'll send 101st Airborne or something. That's not going to happen. It is not going to happen. And remember, there used to be certain – unspoken codes or themes of these alliances or these unions.

What they want to do is send 1,000 troops over there, British, so then we get embarrassed and humiliated and say, okay, and we'll send 101st Airborne or something. That's not going to happen. It is not going to happen. And remember, there used to be certain – unspoken codes or themes of these alliances or these unions.

So the founding principle of NATO, at least in the mouth of its first NATO high commissioner, was Lord Ismay. He was a very brilliant British general, maybe more administrative than battlefield test, but he was really a smart guy. And he said the purpose of NATO was three things.

So the founding principle of NATO, at least in the mouth of its first NATO high commissioner, was Lord Ismay. He was a very brilliant British general, maybe more administrative than battlefield test, but he was really a smart guy. And he said the purpose of NATO was three things.

So the founding principle of NATO, at least in the mouth of its first NATO high commissioner, was Lord Ismay. He was a very brilliant British general, maybe more administrative than battlefield test, but he was really a smart guy. And he said the purpose of NATO was three things.

keep germany down down keep russia out and bring america in keep america in and it worked very well and that was manifested in the fact of the peculiarities that the united states even though it's called north american treaty north atlantic treaty organization finds itself in places like serbia right that's not very close to the atlantic

keep germany down down keep russia out and bring america in keep america in and it worked very well and that was manifested in the fact of the peculiarities that the united states even though it's called north american treaty north atlantic treaty organization finds itself in places like serbia right that's not very close to the atlantic

keep germany down down keep russia out and bring america in keep america in and it worked very well and that was manifested in the fact of the peculiarities that the united states even though it's called north american treaty north atlantic treaty organization finds itself in places like serbia right that's not very close to the atlantic

uh, fighting as we did under Clinton and Germany was never with Germany was divided, but it was never allowed to have atomic weapons, nuclear weapons. So only France and Britain got them. So Germany was down and Russia during the cold war was out. That's the purpose of NATO. The purpose of the EU was, they didn't say it, but it had, uh, Two directives.

uh, fighting as we did under Clinton and Germany was never with Germany was divided, but it was never allowed to have atomic weapons, nuclear weapons. So only France and Britain got them. So Germany was down and Russia during the cold war was out. That's the purpose of NATO. The purpose of the EU was, they didn't say it, but it had, uh, Two directives.

uh, fighting as we did under Clinton and Germany was never with Germany was divided, but it was never allowed to have atomic weapons, nuclear weapons. So only France and Britain got them. So Germany was down and Russia during the cold war was out. That's the purpose of NATO. The purpose of the EU was, they didn't say it, but it had, uh, Two directives.

Number one, make sure the United States, i.e. NATO, subsidizes our defense. Whether you're EU, EU countries are almost the same as NATO, but not quite. But we're not going to defend ourselves and we're not spending any money on defense. The United States will cover for us. And number two, guilt trip, weasel out.

Number one, make sure the United States, i.e. NATO, subsidizes our defense. Whether you're EU, EU countries are almost the same as NATO, but not quite. But we're not going to defend ourselves and we're not spending any money on defense. The United States will cover for us. And number two, guilt trip, weasel out.

Number one, make sure the United States, i.e. NATO, subsidizes our defense. Whether you're EU, EU countries are almost the same as NATO, but not quite. But we're not going to defend ourselves and we're not spending any money on defense. The United States will cover for us. And number two, guilt trip, weasel out.

beg, coerce Germany to give us stuff, to write off our debt, to have asymmetrical trade, and then tell Germany, well, look, you have to have very few tariffs on our agricultural goods, our raw products, and then you have to let us charge tariffs on your stuff. But in order to pay you back for that, you've got to have 4% or 5% on American imports into you.

beg, coerce Germany to give us stuff, to write off our debt, to have asymmetrical trade, and then tell Germany, well, look, you have to have very few tariffs on our agricultural goods, our raw products, and then you have to let us charge tariffs on your stuff. But in order to pay you back for that, you've got to have 4% or 5% on American imports into you.

beg, coerce Germany to give us stuff, to write off our debt, to have asymmetrical trade, and then tell Germany, well, look, you have to have very few tariffs on our agricultural goods, our raw products, and then you have to let us charge tariffs on your stuff. But in order to pay you back for that, you've got to have 4% or 5% on American imports into you.

But they can't have any against you because we'll call them cowboys, selfish imperialists, creeps, horrible things. And that's what the EU was. It was subsidized by the United States military. And it was economically subsidized by Germany. And now Germany went nuts. It went absolutely crazy under Merkel. And this array of Lilliputians are now government.

But they can't have any against you because we'll call them cowboys, selfish imperialists, creeps, horrible things. And that's what the EU was. It was subsidized by the United States military. And it was economically subsidized by Germany. And now Germany went nuts. It went absolutely crazy under Merkel. And this array of Lilliputians are now government.

But they can't have any against you because we'll call them cowboys, selfish imperialists, creeps, horrible things. And that's what the EU was. It was subsidized by the United States military. And it was economically subsidized by Germany. And now Germany went nuts. It went absolutely crazy under Merkel. And this array of Lilliputians are now government.