Nobody seems to be asking the right question after Trump said NATO has done nothing for the USA.
As someone who comes from a military family it bothered me. I have known people personally who died fighting American wars of choice.
Everyone seems in a hurry to show off how many of their countrymen died on NATO deployments.
But nobody seems to ask why have we spent 80 years sending our sons and daughters to die for the military adventures of the American empire?
What good did 15 years of fighting and dying in Afghanistan get Canadians? Fighting for a government that tried to crash our lumber industry as punishment for not deploying to Iraq for 20 years too.
What good does it do Canadians to play a suicidal game of chicken with the Chinese Navy for no other reason that the Americans expect us to do it?
At this point multiple American governments have made it clear that we are just cannon fodder.
Especially for Canada and countries like us it is time we stop trading one empire for another.
And frankly there might be less wars of choice if Americans had to do the dying on their own for their own interests.
And never forget 80 years ago the USA sat back and watched the world burn until the very last minute. So why are people so surprised when a POTUS tells it up front that the loyalty is and always has been one sided.
Kissinger was right. Being America's enemy is dangerous, being America's friend is lethal." And he should know. He was one of the people that made it lethal.
Everyone seems in a hurry to show off how many of their countrymen died on NATO deployments.
But nobody seems to ask why have we spent 80 years sending our sons and daughters to die for the military adventures of the American empire?
What good did 15 years of fighting and dying in Afghanistan get Canadians? Fighting for a government that tried to crash our lumber industry as punishment for not deploying to Iraq for 20 years too.
What good does it do Canadians to play a suicidal game of chicken with the Chinese Navy for no other reason that the Americans expect us to do it?
At this point multiple American governments have made it clear that we are just cannon fodder.
Especially for Canada and countries like us it is time we stop trading one empire for another.
And frankly there might be less wars of choice if Americans had to do the dying on their own for their own interests.
And never forget 80 years ago the USA sat back and watched the world burn until the very last minute. So why are people so surprised when a POTUS tells it up front that the loyalty is and always has been one sided.
Kissinger was right. Being America's enemy is dangerous, being America's friend is lethal." And he should know. He was one of the people that made it lethal.
41-45, M
