A NATO summit approaches that brings Donald Trump to Europe and then on to these shores, and brings the usual clamour for more of the taxpayers' money to be given to arms manufacturers.Yet NATO is
From what I can tell the primary purpose of NATO is to keep Europe from getting too cozy with Russia and China. US funds a large chunk of the operation, and this effectively creates a protection racket. As long as Europe is dependent on US protection they have to toe the line of US policy. It looks like EU is starting to rethink this relationship with US becoming increasingly unhinged in recent years.
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From what I can tell the primary purpose of NATO is to keep Europe from getting too cozy with Russia and China. US funds a large chunk of the operation, and this effectively creates a protection racket. As long as Europe is dependent on US protection they have to toe the line of US policy. It looks like EU is starting to rethink this relationship with US becoming increasingly unhinged in recent years.