(01-15-2019 11:45 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 11:33 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 11:20 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 11:16 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 11:05 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Umm, "weakening or disbanding NATO"? How so? By asking that other members step up to the plate and honor their obligations? That sounds like strengthening it to me.

And haven't the left been the ones screaming incessantly that we need to cut defense? The only way for that to happen is for our allies to step up and take more of the burden off our shoulders.

Your last comment is a superb straw man, by the way.

ignore the first paragraph, mischaracterize the last, and ignore the fact that NATO has neither been weakened nor disbanded.

Sorry my rely can’t meet your standards. Just wanted to make sure you weren’t fretting too much with my absence. Trying to respond in between field tasks - not sitting at a desk with time to kill.

I did provide my rationale as to what a trump has done to weaken the alliance and evidence that he has contemplated leaving it, so not sure how that ignores the first paragraph.

Do you think Trump is treating our allies better than our enemies?

You mean, like treating Isreal better and Russia worse than Obama did? Yes, I think so. Or do you mean treating Saudi Arabia better and Iran worse? I guess I need your list of friends and enemies.

Contemplate is not an action. It certainly is not an action directed by Putin. "Donny, my next instruction is for you to contemplate".

I guess I missed your rationale. Could you repeat it for me?

He is *absolutely* treating Britain better than Obama. Doesnt take much from the active shitting Obama took on them in his eight years.

And Israel as well. Ditto the second sentence from the preceding paragraph here.

And he is treating Iran much worse. As he is Russia.

I dont understand the confusion from your perspective. Do you even understand the import of shipping Javelins to Ukraine? Small potatoes, really? I doubt you actually even understand the import of *just* this step. Ces le vi.....