And in 2014, when russia annexed Crimea and the American investment in the European defense continued to decline? No? That’s OK. Because you’re right, Europe should have done a hell of a lot more for its own security.
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Western Europe fell asleep, addicted to cheap russian gas and oil (some really, really great deals there, ones that we’ll be paying for with euros, instability, and, likely, blood for years to come). The EU should have done more, I agree wholeheartedly; we fucked up, and we need to do better.
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But imagine if this was our reaction after 9/11. If, instead of coming to your aid, we would have said, well, tell you what, how about you give us the rights to 50% of your minerals? And throw in Texas and a bit of Oregon, too. It’s just some territory, what’s the matter?
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In fact, America, sit this one out, why don’t you. You started this. You’ve got a dictator with a 4% approval rating in office and, you know, Bin Laden is a great guy, a really strong leader, we can achieve peace with terrorists in a day if you just stop being so upset about it, jeez.
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How would you have felt then? Because that’s how we feel when you call Zelensky a “dictator” and blame Ukraine for “starting the war”. That’s how we feel when the USA votes “against” the UN resolution to call russia out for its brutal and unlawful aggression against Ukraine.
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USA, voting “against”. Alongside Belarus, Burundi, Eritrea, russia, Sudan, and North Korea. Interesting company you keep these days. Then again, your current administration and foreign policy isn’t about feelings or values, is it? It’s about deals, money, and transactions, so let’s talk about that.
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Say you don’t want to keep spending money on NATO and Transatlantic security. You make it sound like it’s handouts from the mighty USA to the rest of the world. Charity. Unnecessary expenses. Right? Here’s the thing. Those “unnecessary expenses” are for YOUR security, too.
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Mr. Trump has said that there is a whole big, beautiful ocean between America and war-torn Europe, but here’s a cute fact: the distance between Alaska and russia is 53 miles across the Bering Strait. Yes, geography is pesky like that.
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Would you rather be surrounded by stable, secure, and allied nations that share the same values and the same principles of democracy, fundamental human rights, and a rules-based international order – because that’s what you’re spending on – or would you rather be surrounded by
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hostile authoritarian states who view the world as up for grabs the second you look away? So as you rush to shake hands with the internationally wanted war criminal in the Kremlin, remember Yalta. You probably don’t, just like you don’t seem to recall the Budapest Memorandum,
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so here’s a quick recap: Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin gather in Yalta, Crimea, in February 1945 to make a Great Deal, a really great deal. The aim is to shape the postwar peace; the Baltics and most of Eastern Europe isn’t at the table, we’re on the menu, much like right now.
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