I disagree, NATO was the strategic means used by the US to threaten Russia and potentially fragment it one day as it did Yugoslavia. That's what defeat of Russia actually means, it's break up into conflicting states each seeking some kind of independence, that's the ideal outcome that US strategists have had for decades, divide and conquer.
America is crumbling before our eyes, maniacal Musk is dismantling it from within and trump is alienating important allies, between them they are destroying the United States, they likely really don't see it that way but that's because they're fools, America has embraced fools and put them in charge.
Russia wanted to supply Europe with natural gas but the EU (because they were tied to US coat tails) aligned with the US and so instead now pays more for gas from the US which is taken from fracking and compressed and shipped over the Atlantic, it's that stupid.
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NATO was created in 1949 to stave of Russian Stalinist aggression during the "Cold War".
See:
Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Office of the Historian
It was not designed tp threaten Russia, but to stave off any aggressive moves by Russia. Apparently you've forgotten the "Berlin Blockage, Soviet Invasion of Yugoslavia 1951, the Hungarian Uprising.
Unfortunately you omit the fact that NATO's original efforts were to stave off Russian aggression, which through the years has been successful to a point. Ut did not stop the attack on Georgia, nor the take over of the Crimea.
In addition few if any signatories to NATO lived up to their promised contributions in funding and maintenance of their military.
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You make the claim about Russia and Europe's deal with gas. Perhaps you have forgotten that Russia had previous to the Ukraine war cut off gas to Europe to show of power in 2014.
Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute of 2014 and Current Implications
"In April 2014, for the third time since 2006, Putin declared in an open letter Europe faced an increased risk of another gas shortage if Ukraine did not pay its debt of around 2 million US dollars. In June 2014, Gazpron cut off its natural gas supplies to its neighboring country. Even though disputed by Russia, the Ukrainian prime minister, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk believes that the most recent events are politically tied to the Russia's annexation of Crimea and its military aggression towards Ukraine. Yatsenyuk stated, "This is not about gas, this is a general plan for the destruction of Ukraine". [5] As of October 2014, no resolution has been made on the gas dispute with winter rapidly approaching".
It appears that Europe has learned it's lesson on trusting Russia to supply them with natural gas.
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Democrats continue to spend tax-payer money like drunken sailors.. They complained about Trump spending from 2017 to 2020, but doubled up on spending to surpass a $33 trillion dollar debt/deficit.
It's imperative that government trim down to reduce the deficit. Obama created
the Office of Digital Service (DOGE).
See:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12493
"U.S. Digital Service In 2014, following the Healthcare.gov rollout, the Obama Administration created what is now the legacy USDS within the EOP to improve agency digital services. In 2024, USDS employed approximately 220personnel serving one- to four-year terms, most of whom were hired using Schedule A excepted service hiring authority.The legacy USDS has been funded by the EOP Information Technology Oversight and Reform (ITOR)account, whose purpose is the “furtherance of integrated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the Federal Government.” ITOR has received annual appropriations, and the OMB director has authority to transfer ITOR funds to other agency accounts. To supplement annually appropriated funds, in the EOP FY2025 budget submission, the Biden Administration requested authority for agencies to transfer to or reimburse ITOR for services rendered by the legacy USDS, up to $30million. Congress has not enacted this transfer authority."
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