Ivo DaalderVerified account

With Merkel cozying up to China, Nordstream2 still under way, and a large number of European 'allies' unwilling to pay their bills, those "European officials" should take a look in the mirror.

I don’t like this idea that thinning out the U.S. military presence in Europe is a taboo subject and that everyone who suggests such a thing is in cahoots with the Kremlin. It’s downright lazy and disenfranchises a whole section of the debate. That’s what this piece does.

The left quickly swung from pretending to care about the Geneva Conventions to fully supporting the use of children as human shields. All their politicians pander to it. This is on both sides of the Atlantic, but Europe is infested with them -- and fears them.

All these comments supporting end of American global leadership fail to consider the impacts of pulling troops out of Germany on @ussoccer national team.

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Yet, Germany has no problem with having their “enemy” provide for their energy needs. I don’t think that’s in the strategic interest of Europe but I will submit to the critical thinking of the esteemed European bureaucrats. They have chosen to realign.