what could go wrong with countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan in a mutual defense agreement.
endless war is good for business.
President Trump called for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to boost its role in the Middle East, in what would be a shift in the alliance’s mission, even suggesting a rebranding of the 71-year-old alliance.
“NATO, right, and then you have me, Middle East,” the president said at the White House on Thursday. “NATO-ME. What a beautiful name. I think NATO should be expanded and we should include the Middle East. Absolutely.”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations, as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint globally.
“I think that NATO should be expanded and we should include the Middle East, absolutely,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Pompeo talked about wanting NATO to have an expanded role against ISIS. That makes sense if you can get it. Actually having Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt into NATO.
Must be a joke.
Loys of ethnic groups and religious factions in the Middle East, many with old scores to settle.
Could get ugly, I don’t see NATO getting anything accomplished except a lot of people getting hurt or worse.
In 1945, there was a real threat of the Soviet Union invading western Europe. And strategic reasons why that was worth keeping troops over there (plus the Marshall Plan).
Have those reasons for the existence of NATO changed enough to abandon it?
I know that the role of NATO has expanded, but would it be wiser to shrink current NATO’s mission back to the original or would it be wiser to give up on that alliance.
How would that create a threat of endless war exactly? The threat of overwhelming military might crushing your country completely is a great deterrent.
Internal squabbles or squabbles between NATO members do not trigger the mutual defense pact.
