One of the better headlines ever.
One of the better headlines ever.
Also within the Biden statement was the often-repeated—and false—claim that the expansion of NATO benefits Americans overall:
NATO guarantees the security of one billion people in Europe and North America…. By joining NATO, [Sweden and Finland] will further strengthen our defense cooperation and benefit the entire Transatlantic Alliance.
But there are numerous problems with this claim. NATO membership has nothing to do with enhancing the defense of ordinary Americans. The American elites love NATO, of course, because it expands regime spending and regime influence in European regimes. But when it comes down to actual military defense, expanding NATO only increases the odds that Americans will be pulled into a major conflict while offering Americans nothing in return.
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Also within the Biden statement was the often-repeated—and false—claim that the expansion of NATO benefits Americans overall:
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NATO guarantees the security of one billion people in Europe and North America…. By joining NATO, [Sweden and Finland] will further strengthen our defense cooperation and benefit the entire Transatlantic Alliance.
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But there are numerous problems with this claim. NATO membership has nothing to do with enhancing the defense of ordinary Americans. The American elites love NATO, of course, because it expands regime spending and regime influence in European regimes. But when it comes down to actual military defense, expanding NATO only increases the odds that Americans will be pulled into a major conflict while offering Americans nothing in return.
Americans should be aware that while it's all fun and game presently, when NATO is intimidating Russia, in a few years it could be doing the same thing to the United States.
Americans should be aware that while it's all fun and game presently, when NATO is intimidating Russia, in a few years it could be doing the same thing to the United States.
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