1. What defense? Nato is quite offensive. Europe had good relationship with Libya for example. Then the US came and made European countries destroy the country. We should spend no cent on this and protect our partners from such aggressions. The US has been busy to create a belt of countries controlled by Islamist terrorists around Europe and our puppets even helped to do that plus welcoming them here in Europe.1. Serious politics with out interests in the focus.1. European leaders have yet to discover sovereignty. Everybody can see that.
2. Think then. Russia is now evil because the US tells us so. Maybe, there will be a shift soon.
3. Holding a mirror to your silly point.
4. We have the refugees because of your government´s war on Syria. And mad immigration policies are not equal to the US´ bloody foreign policies.
5. You were talking about that.
1. What do you want from your leaders that you are not getting?
2. I do not recall the US having to strong arm the Europeans to take an anti-Russia stance. Did any of you try to stop NATO expansion?
3. For it to be a mirror, you need US government officials, bragging about how we will destory Europeans industries to benefit US industries, with evidence it was actually done. Like a massive US trade surplus. Good luck with that.
4. YOu have had high levels of muslim immigration for generations. That was your choice. A very foolish one.
4b Sure. Because if not for the US, muslims wouldn't kill each other.....
2. Then you missed something.
3. No, I don´t. It is evident. Uncle Sam makes the EU and Russia weakening each other.
4. It was not my choice. I want a reasonable immigration policy.
4b. What does that mean?
1. I don't know. Getting the US to fit the bill for your defense, while you spend your money on social programs AND fuck US on trade. Those seem to be very serious policies benefiting your interests very much.
2. YOu want to support that?
3. The US is weakening itself confronting Russia, which is on the other side of the world from US. Europe is the one that gains from expanding what is considered "Europe".
4. So, do I. I wish you luck getting it. Note I am not blaming the idiocy of our leaders on you.
4b. Ridiculing the idea that the US is responsible for making Muslims kill each other.
2. I misunderstood. And by the way: We actually don´t need US arms, we could make our own. And you cannot lure sheep calling get me with arms.
3. We do not profit from an expanding EU. We have opened our borders for the organized crime from the east. Our police reports say the most crimes are committed by criminals from the east who just come to Germany to commit their crimes. And Ukraine is not going to join the EU or NATO anytime soon. Also, the new members get billions that we have to pay for. With that money, they sponge up our companies with low and even non-tax offers.
4. I fear all the current opposition to the US is to protect their open borders idiocy, be it economical or about immigration.
4b. People go to war. The permanent US interventions are a danger for the earth. The Islamist terrorist networks are US made.
1. During the Cold War, is was defense. And you guys still depend on open sea lanes. Who does that?
1b I'll give you Libya. That was fucking stupid of US on many levels.
2. So, tell US to leave. NATO is a huge part of our defense spending. YOu don't need US, we don't need to spend money keeping the capability to defend you. Win Win.
3. I should have said, the EU LEADERSHIP, benefits, or believes they do. They want it. They think obviously think that bigger is better and gives them more weight in world affairs.
4. "The opposition to the US" ? Are you saying that all the Anti-Americans are all Open Border people? Well, that is shitty for you. And Europe. You should support the closed border people. Pro anti US positions can change with time. THose muslims will never leave and out breed you.
5. Sorry. The Muslim World has been a fucked up problem for the West dating way back before the US existed. YOu can't pin this on US.
1. I don´t know about the US but the German Navy is busy to keep the trade routes free of pirates.
And in the Cold War, it was not just defense. It was a race of ideologies.
1b. It is not just Libya as I wrote before.
2. I don´t remember any country but the US using the Nato for its own interests. So you pay alone. It´s a non-topic anyway. Trump said first the Nato is obsolete, then he wants Europe to contribute more.
3. The EU committed several attempts to weaken the key members, Germany in particular. They attempted to pass a law allowing companies to offer services at the conditions and laws set by their home country and not by the country where they are offering their services. Can you imagine the damage that would have been dealt to the more developed countries? They also try to change the way that determines how much say a member state has.
4. I mean the opposition of European leaders like Merkel, Gabriel, ect.
5. As I said before: People go to war. The US is fueling the tensions.