Trump’s proposed ‘land grabs’ mean US now seen as a risk, says Munich security report
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There’s only one person in America that’s making these idiotic proposals, so if it’s that much of a risk, it might be an easy thing for a group of foreign nations with some resources to rectify.
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Some of us Canadians take it quite seriously too these days. Unfortunately we also have a good number of right-wing traitors who have long wanted to turn the country into the USA.
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I agree with the sentiment, but I don't think a military alliance with Russia is even on the table. That'd be replacing one abusive "ally" with another.
Just because America is suddenly untrustworthy and a risk, doesn't mean that Russia suddenly isn't a threat.Imo, Europe is better off forging its own path, and collaborating with countries such as China when it is in our strategic interest to do so.
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Why do you think that Europeans are as stupid as North Americans? Sure, here in Canada and the US we love to switch to worse options because “change” but generally the EU is much better about that kind of thing. They’ll strengthen their own militaries and continue working together as they have been.
Also Russia? Really? The ones actually attacking European countries instead of just threatening? Really?
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We need to provide an inviting environment for research and study, become the learning center of the world, super-partes.
We don't have alternatives as we don't have the resources or population of the other powers.
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I think that the problem is bigger than Trump. We can't really trust an ally whose position can change radically from one administration to another, essentially every 4 years.
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At this point, wouldn't it be safer for NATO to be working to kick the USA out? There are plenty (I don't know exact numbers) of military bases in Europe that contain US soldiers. Not only does that seem like an insane security risk at this point, but it delays any help coming the way of Canada and Greenland if the US invades.
I realize some people might be scared of escalation, but Trump is already escalating and I don't think shoving our head in the sand and hope he is bluffing is a smart move.
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After decades long alliannce-building, the US don't seem to value them anymore. It's a strange phenomenon where someone works so hard for such a long time, only to throw it all away some day. Trumps frames it all as if the US is being taken advantage of. The truth is that the US gets tremendous benefits from it's central position of power. If the US breaks away from their alliances, they risk the tides turning against them. If the US is being taken advantage of by appararently all others countries in the world, isn't it remarkable how it's doing so well economically? That normal folks aren't doing well is not a consequence of the economy as a whole not doing well, because by comparison it's doing phenomenal. It's because all the money goes to companies and shareholders.
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I’d think you are more likely to see the US ally with Russia than to see Europe do so. Given trumps fondness for Putin and all.
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Like it was not a risk before. People just didn't want to see the obvious.
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Imagine working alongside the native army and then one day being told that those who are essentially your coworkers are now the enemy.
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After decades long alliance-building, the US don't seem to value them anymore.
That's because everyone who was on the same page about this was slowly supplanted by Tea Partiers with no understanding of how power systems work. Their only reference is the propaganda that wasn't meant for the elites, but the previous generation of elites didn't tell anyone else because name one elite who shares with competition.
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Probably one of the many things that will be his downfall if he stays this course. Telling the military to fight people who have been very close allies for so long will not go over well.
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Imo, Europe is better off forging its own path, only collaborating with countries such as China when it is in our strategic interest to do so.
Europe, without the U.S. needs to increase it's military spending. (Same with Canada, who, I hate to say it, really needs to get some nukes onto it's territory on loan from somehwere)
Ironically, NATO increasing it's military spending is something that the U.S. has been bitching about for years. So now they'd finally get their wish, but in some weird monkey's paw Faustian way.
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I think it's a lot more malicious than a neglect of institutional knowledge.
The people are suffering economic anxiety, Trump points at <insert economic partner> as the cause of their economic woes, and builds popular support for some stupid land grab that trades the country's soft power for some quick corporate profits. By the time the long-term damage sets in, they are off to the next grift a few hundred billion dollars richer. Tale as old as time...
They know the damage they are causing--they just don't care.
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The US is not just a member of NATO, they are a member that surpass the remaining members (taken collectively) in every regard. Its not just the equipment or manpower lost but the ability to launch a military intervention around most of the globe, something the US, and only the US can do with combined arms. We also lose most of our effective and experienced leadership, technical capabilities like spy satellites and GPS.
If the US want to invade Europe, they can do so while mostly being sure that we (EU) can't effectively shoot back, with or without the bases on our soil, like it's not even close.
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It's even more malicious than that: the erosion of US soft power is good for Russia, and Trump is a Russian asset
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it might be an easy thing for a group of foreign nations with some resources to rectify.
Yeah I don't think any American allies want to declare war on the US, and I don't think any American enemies are unhappy with that one person.
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"Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven" is not the best ideology for the general wellbeing if the population.
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I hope the other countries and their people see the US blowing its legs off and take a moment to reflect if right wing reactionaryism really is right for them.
