Originally Posted by
Big A
I say we close Ramstien AFB and relocate our assets and funding to Poland...
Poland, an actual ally.
If you take a longer view on history, it has always been the issue of someone trying to assert control over continental Europe. Britian has always tried to counter balance the stronger party to keep some kind of divide with the strategic goal of not allowing someone the ability to dictate terms to or control them. Britian declared war on Germany for invading Poland, and when Russia invaded, crickets. Not quite that simple, but the model for a couple of centuries. We adopted the role of the British post WWII.
That Germany would like to rise to be dominant country in Europe is just history repeating itself. That they would sacrifice the Baltic states and the Ukraine for more influence is certain. Hell, they'd probably split Poland with Russia again when the time comes.
If Poland doesn't have a nuke program, they are historical and strategic retards.
Giving Trump crap over Article V is complete BS when we walked away from even the assurances we gave Ukraine.
Trump has said that the NATO countries need to do more for their defense, and it seems that they will. That Germany has been skirting their responsibilities to the tune of 1% of GDP, they have a lot of money to make up. So the Germans at least are going to stand up, sounds like Trump gets what he wanted.
It would be interesting to levy an import tariff on German goods to make up the difference, of course, we get to spend it on stuff to defend Europe...
The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.
It's that simple.
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