@val70 Wake up. The American empire has always been about imperialism and colonialism. They just have been pretending otherwise up till now.

Using economic warfare on others is also nothing new. The only difference is other G7 countries are being subjected to the same treatment the US and NATO have subjected black and brown people to for the last 200ish years.

Reminds me of a quote I came across "Hitler's greatest sin was that he subjected Europe to colonialism."

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I've been awake for over half a century. One of my family members died in torture by the Germans during World War Two because of his work with British Intelligence. You know the Five Eyes? Them niceties will be gone, and forget any nice holiday in Europe too by the way. Good luck!

@TexChik Nah, only Hungary. Just need to eat loads of gulash then

@Ohplease47 Yes, your answer is not without question. Who/Which one of any of these countries will step up defend the areas financially for the military presence required to maintain safety? Answer: None. NATO has been a total drain on American tax payers for the entire time of it's existence, not one nation seems to put up any money or assets.

America should reduce it's efforts and participation overseas and let them figure out for themselves how to survive without us losing more lives or money.

The irony is, NATO pretty much became was it was intended to defend against; political expansionism. Given the political climate in western Europe, they're arguably just as "red" as the USSR/waraw pact before the soviet union fell...

@Iwillwait I dispute that.. On the basis that NATO has for over half a century kept the communist tension and threat far from Americas front door. Look what happens with the Cuba crisis when America felt directly threatened.. America likes to keep conflict in someone else back yard and no be a front line target in the way Ukraine currently is. This is the same rationale that inspired the AUKUS submarine deal. With the rise and expansion of Chinas interests, America was having to patrol the South China sea. A long way from home with no genuine reason to be there. But handing over nuclear powered (not armed) subs to Australia allows them to hand off the expense to a "friend" in the region to actually save them money and keep China under watch..Of course, that deal is falling apart now as America doesnt have the capacity to build the required subs in the time frame..😷

@wildbill83 You mean that it's not true that we actually had American bases here that made better development of vast areas impossible? Before you actually start up, try to think that I could have been in the army during the First Iraq War and my father did 35 years playing tin soldier because in your book we can't and weren't defending ourselves