US pledges loyalty to NATO

[frigidweirdo]

So you support Russia actions in Crimea & the Ukraine? You support Russia hacking US elections.

Of course I support Russias action in Ukraine. They liberated the Crimea from the Obama nazi regime. Russians hacking US elections is a myth that worked fine. See everyone in an anti-Russian craze, including Tillerson?

Wow, what's going on inside your head? It certainly isn't tainted by reality.

Nice picture.... so what?

Modern NATO forces. Trained by Uncle Sam.

So what?

The US supported Pol Pot, the Mujahedin, Stalin and many other dictators and nasty people.

 

[Bleipriester]

Of course I support Russias action in Ukraine. They liberated the Crimea from the Obama nazi regime. Russians hacking US elections is a myth that worked fine. See everyone in an anti-Russian craze, including Tillerson?

Wow, what's going on inside your head? It certainly isn't tainted by reality.

Nice picture.... so what?

Modern NATO forces. Trained by Uncle Sam.

So what?

The US supported Pol Pot, the Mujahedin, Stalin and many other dictators and nasty people.

And this why its ok?

 

[frigidweirdo]

Wow, what's going on inside your head? It certainly isn't tainted by reality.

Nice picture.... so what?

Modern NATO forces. Trained by Uncle Sam.

So what?

The US supported Pol Pot, the Mujahedin, Stalin and many other dictators and nasty people.

And this why its ok?

I didn't say it was okay.

 

[tigerred59]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

Only Trump, the leader of the US can spend his valuable time and tax payer dollars at a fuckin pep rally to feed his fuckin ego, while the VP does the real work at NATO....and nobody has a problem with this shit

 

[Tehon]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

Only Trump, the leader of the US can spend his valuable time and tax payer dollars at a fuckin pep rally to feed his fuckin ego, while the VP does the real work at NATO....and nobody has a problem with this shit

I don't think anyone was expecting anything else. I know I wasn't.

 

[Camp]

So you support Russia actions in Crimea & the Ukraine? You support Russia hacking US elections.

Of course I support Russias action in Ukraine. They liberated the Crimea from the Obama nazi regime. Russians hacking US elections is a myth that worked fine. See everyone in an anti-Russian craze, including Tillerson?

Wow, what's going on inside your head? It certainly isn't tainted by reality.

Nice picture.... so what?

Modern NATO forces. Trained by Uncle Sam.

Those are not modern NATO forces trained by the US. It is a photo of a nationalist militia force. When the separatist rebels reinforced and equipped by Russia began the war in southeastern Ukraine the nationalist militia's rushed to the front to confront them and support the Ukrainian forces doing the same thing. Your photo is of one of those militia forces.

 

[Tehon]

Of course I support Russias action in Ukraine. They liberated the Crimea from the Obama nazi regime. Russians hacking US elections is a myth that worked fine. See everyone in an anti-Russian craze, including Tillerson?

Wow, what's going on inside your head? It certainly isn't tainted by reality.

Nice picture.... so what?

Modern NATO forces. Trained by Uncle Sam.

Those are not modern NATO forces trained by the US. It is a photo of a nationalist militia force. When the separatist rebels reinforced and equipped by Russia began the war in southeastern Ukraine the nationalist militia's rushed to the front to confront them and support the Ukrainian forces doing the same thing. Your photo is of one of those militia forces.

Au contraire, the war was brought to Donbass. Separatists didn't start it.

 

[Eloy]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

The impression has already been given that so-called President Trump will only honor Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (that all members will come to the aid of any one signatory which is attacked) on condition that it has spent 2% of its national income on defense. This attitude of Trump has created deep suspicion in the European Union. The damage is done. James Mattis, Trump's defense secretary and Rex Tillerson, his secretary of state, have both stated that the USA is supportive of European Union (EU) security but we cannot unhear what their boss has already said. Mike Pence, Trump's vice president and John Kelly, his homeland security secretary arrived in Munich on Friday night to deliver the same message.at a security conference yesterday. But the U-turn from Trump's message will not be believed.

In Europe, the belief that Donald Trump has a confused mind is already widespread. Trump gave a warm welcome to those who are taking Britain out of the EU and he urged other member states to do the same. Wanting the EU to fall asunder and claiming to care about EU security is contradictory. Trump's Middle East policy is a break in decades of the United States by promising to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and he does not necessarily back a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine problem.

It was reported in THE TIMES yesterday that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, gave Mattis a cautious welcome with words that were directed to his boss: "Our American friends know well that their tone on Europe and NATO has a direct influence on the cohesion of our continent. A stable European Union is just as much in the American interest as a united NATO." (page 8)

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission rejected the demand of Trump that 2% of a country's income must be spent on the military alone. Other issues also impact on security he told the Munich conference: "I am very much against letting ourselves be pushed into this. I do not like our American friends narrowing down this concept of security to the military. If you look at what Europe is doing in defense, plus development aid, plus humanitarian aid, the comparison with the US looks rather different."

 

[JimBowie1958]

Unfortunately, the big NATO dog has no leach but a pack of smaller puppet dogs, instead. You also don´t need to provoke them, they will come to you.
Yes, we westerners do not need to be afraid too much because they are not bombing US. They even depend on the westerners, somewhere they have to take their power from. Hitler was not bombing his own army, as well.

How many nations has NATO violently invaded with deaths caused to local civilians, since 1945?

NONE.

You worry about nothing but figments of your own imagination.

Western oligarchs do not want war, they want trade.

They are the descendants of the merchant/banking class that displaced the war lords in the early modern period of our history.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Au contraire, the war was brought to Donbass. Separatists didn't start it.

By definition seperatists initiate the violence by attempting to take away territory from a sovereign state.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Yeah, that is what they should do. The Eu will play no role in the future according to this study:

The World in 2050

That is the problem with such analysis. They look at contemporary change and project it into the future as if those rates will never change.

By that logic one might take the amount of leaves that fell in October on my property and then project that my house will be covered by feet of leaves within 2 years, but we know that that wont happen because the rate of leaves of falling diminishes.

These emerging countries have institutional issues that protect corruption, violence and inefficiencies that they will have to spend generations correcting, meanwhile advanced economies will be fully implementing robotics and automation which will greatly multiply worker efficiency and GDP.

BTW, the study does not look at the EU as a collective intety.

 

[Tehon]

Au contraire, the war was brought to Donbass. Separatists didn't start it.

By definition seperatists initiate the violence by attempting to take away territory from a sovereign state.

Violence was not a mandatory reaction required to deal with people who felt victimized by the assault on the democratic integrity of the sovereign state and their way of life. It was a choice.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Violence was not a mandatory reaction required to deal with people who felt victimized by the assault on the democratic integrity of the sovereign state and their way of life. It was a choice.

All nation-states have the right to suppress seperatists who are in effect stealing sovereign territory by declaring themselves independent.

 

[Bleipriester]

Of course I support Russias action in Ukraine. They liberated the Crimea from the Obama nazi regime. Russians hacking US elections is a myth that worked fine. See everyone in an anti-Russian craze, including Tillerson?

Wow, what's going on inside your head? It certainly isn't tainted by reality.

Nice picture.... so what?

Modern NATO forces. Trained by Uncle Sam.

Those are not modern NATO forces trained by the US. It is a photo of a nationalist militia force. When the separatist rebels reinforced and equipped by Russia began the war in southeastern Ukraine the nationalist militia's rushed to the front to confront them and support the Ukrainian forces doing the same thing. Your photo is of one of those militia forces.

Those "militias" are the Republican Guard of the Ukraine.

 

[Bleipriester]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

The impression has already been given that so-called President Trump will only honor Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (that all members will come to the aid of any one signatory which is attacked) on condition that it has spent 2% of its national income on defense. This attitude of Trump has created deep suspicion in the European Union. The damage is done. James Mattis, Trump's defense secretary and Rex Tillerson, his secretary of state, have both stated that the USA is supportive of European Union (EU) security but we cannot unhear what their boss has already said. Mike Pence, Trump's vice president and John Kelly, his homeland security secretary arrived in Munich on Friday night to deliver the same message.at a security conference yesterday. But the U-turn from Trump's message will not be believed.

In Europe, the belief that Donald Trump has a confused mind is already widespread. Trump gave a warm welcome to those who are taking Britain out of the EU and he urged other member states to do the same. Wanting the EU to fall asunder and claiming to care about EU security is contradictory. Trump's Middle East policy is a break in decades of the United States by promising to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and he does not necessarily back a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine problem.

It was reported in THE TIMES yesterday that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, gave Mattis a cautious welcome with words that were directed to his boss: "Our American friends know well that their tone on Europe and NATO has a direct influence on the cohesion of our continent. A stable European Union is just as much in the American interest as a united NATO." (page 8)

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission rejected the demand of Trump that 2% of a country's income must be spent on the military alone. Other issues also impact on security he told the Munich conference: "I am very much against letting ourselves be pushed into this. I do not like our American friends narrowing down this concept of security to the military. If you look at what Europe is doing in defense, plus development aid, plus humanitarian aid, the comparison with the US looks rather different."

In other words, the EU is defenseless and begs for more protection from the enemies that they have decided to create at the order of Washington. America successfully weakened the position of the EU and the EU cries for more. Now they assure them their friendship and even have a good argument: Most NATO members do not pay the amount they have agreed upon. It is no help to refer to the fact they have spent the money on something else.
However, the move fits perfectly in Trumps series of U-turns and we can expect none of the big major changes. Watch the Trump video that was made by Anonymous. It shows him propagating all the revolutionary stuff he does not want to have said anymore.

 

[Bleipriester]

Yeah, that is what they should do. The Eu will play no role in the future according to this study:

The World in 2050

That is the problem with such analysis. They look at contemporary change and project it into the future as if those rates will never change.

By that logic one might take the amount of leaves that fell in October on my property and then project that my house will be covered by feet of leaves within 2 years, but we know that that wont happen because the rate of leaves of falling diminishes.

These emerging countries have institutional issues that protect corruption, violence and inefficiencies that they will have to spend generations correcting, meanwhile advanced economies will be fully implementing robotics and automation which will greatly multiply worker efficiency and GDP.

BTW, the study does not look at the EU as a collective intety.

Russias temporary situation indicates no large growth.

 

[Eloy]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

The impression has already been given that so-called President Trump will only honor Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (that all members will come to the aid of any one signatory which is attacked) on condition that it has spent 2% of its national income on defense. This attitude of Trump has created deep suspicion in the European Union. The damage is done. James Mattis, Trump's defense secretary and Rex Tillerson, his secretary of state, have both stated that the USA is supportive of European Union (EU) security but we cannot unhear what their boss has already said. Mike Pence, Trump's vice president and John Kelly, his homeland security secretary arrived in Munich on Friday night to deliver the same message.at a security conference yesterday. But the U-turn from Trump's message will not be believed.

In Europe, the belief that Donald Trump has a confused mind is already widespread. Trump gave a warm welcome to those who are taking Britain out of the EU and he urged other member states to do the same. Wanting the EU to fall asunder and claiming to care about EU security is contradictory. Trump's Middle East policy is a break in decades of the United States by promising to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and he does not necessarily back a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine problem.

It was reported in THE TIMES yesterday that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, gave Mattis a cautious welcome with words that were directed to his boss: "Our American friends know well that their tone on Europe and NATO has a direct influence on the cohesion of our continent. A stable European Union is just as much in the American interest as a united NATO." (page 8)

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission rejected the demand of Trump that 2% of a country's income must be spent on the military alone. Other issues also impact on security he told the Munich conference: "I am very much against letting ourselves be pushed into this. I do not like our American friends narrowing down this concept of security to the military. If you look at what Europe is doing in defense, plus development aid, plus humanitarian aid, the comparison with the US looks rather different."

In other words, the EU is defenseless and begs for more protection from the enemies that they have decided to create at the order of Washington. America successfully weakened the position of the EU and the EU cries for more. Now they assure them their friendship and even have a good argument: Most NATO members do not pay the amount they have agreed upon. It is no help to refer to the fact they have spent the money on something else.
However, the move fits perfectly in Trumps series of U-turns and we can expect none of the big major changes. Watch the Trump video that was made by Anonymous. It shows him propagating all the revolutionary stuff he does not want to have said anymore.

You make the wrong conclusion from a false fact.
The EU is not defenseless and I did not say it is.
What I said was the same as was said by Angela Merkel earlier this month, that being unable to count on American support means the European Union must be ready to defend itself.
We have a European Union army and it must be readied for possible trouble from Russia which has a border with several EU states This is a separate from the NATO countries although some have membership in both. The EU army does not rely on the Americans for help.

Threats from the so-called American president to refuse honoring Article 5 of NATO should be taken to mean the EU army is battle-ready.

European countries that are members of NATO have seen themselves entangled in Middle East wars and beyond which have nothing to do with Europe and which in no way benefits Europe.

Furthermore, it is better to invest in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance as well as fighting forces. Keeping a peace that is grounded in justice and maintained by good relations with neighbors from a position of strength and goodwill saves bloodshed.

 

[Bleipriester]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

The impression has already been given that so-called President Trump will only honor Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (that all members will come to the aid of any one signatory which is attacked) on condition that it has spent 2% of its national income on defense. This attitude of Trump has created deep suspicion in the European Union. The damage is done. James Mattis, Trump's defense secretary and Rex Tillerson, his secretary of state, have both stated that the USA is supportive of European Union (EU) security but we cannot unhear what their boss has already said. Mike Pence, Trump's vice president and John Kelly, his homeland security secretary arrived in Munich on Friday night to deliver the same message.at a security conference yesterday. But the U-turn from Trump's message will not be believed.

In Europe, the belief that Donald Trump has a confused mind is already widespread. Trump gave a warm welcome to those who are taking Britain out of the EU and he urged other member states to do the same. Wanting the EU to fall asunder and claiming to care about EU security is contradictory. Trump's Middle East policy is a break in decades of the United States by promising to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and he does not necessarily back a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine problem.

It was reported in THE TIMES yesterday that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, gave Mattis a cautious welcome with words that were directed to his boss: "Our American friends know well that their tone on Europe and NATO has a direct influence on the cohesion of our continent. A stable European Union is just as much in the American interest as a united NATO." (page 8)

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission rejected the demand of Trump that 2% of a country's income must be spent on the military alone. Other issues also impact on security he told the Munich conference: "I am very much against letting ourselves be pushed into this. I do not like our American friends narrowing down this concept of security to the military. If you look at what Europe is doing in defense, plus development aid, plus humanitarian aid, the comparison with the US looks rather different."

In other words, the EU is defenseless and begs for more protection from the enemies that they have decided to create at the order of Washington. America successfully weakened the position of the EU and the EU cries for more. Now they assure them their friendship and even have a good argument: Most NATO members do not pay the amount they have agreed upon. It is no help to refer to the fact they have spent the money on something else.
However, the move fits perfectly in Trumps series of U-turns and we can expect none of the big major changes. Watch the Trump video that was made by Anonymous. It shows him propagating all the revolutionary stuff he does not want to have said anymore.

You make the wrong conclusion from a false fact.
The EU is not defenseless and I did not say it is.
What I said was the same as was said by Angela Merkel earlier this month, that being unable to count on American support means the European Union must be ready to defend itself.
We have a European Union army and it must be readied for possible trouble from Russia which has a border with several EU states This is a separate from the NATO countries although some have membership in both. The EU army does not rely on the Americans for help.

Threats from the so-called American president to refuse honoring Article 5 of NATO should be taken to mean the EU army is battle-ready.

European countries that are members of NATO have seen themselves entangled in Middle East wars and beyond which have nothing to do with Europe and which in no way benefits Europe.

Furthermore, it is better to invest in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance as well as fighting forces. Keeping a peace that is grounded in justice and maintained by good relations with neighbors from a position of strength and goodwill saves bloodshed.

An EU army does not exist. It is a paper army. The European national armies are weak and could not do anything about a Russian invasion. There is no Russian threat, anyway. Under the US banner the EU scares off nations that could be friends. Insane.

 

[Eloy]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

The impression has already been given that so-called President Trump will only honor Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (that all members will come to the aid of any one signatory which is attacked) on condition that it has spent 2% of its national income on defense. This attitude of Trump has created deep suspicion in the European Union. The damage is done. James Mattis, Trump's defense secretary and Rex Tillerson, his secretary of state, have both stated that the USA is supportive of European Union (EU) security but we cannot unhear what their boss has already said. Mike Pence, Trump's vice president and John Kelly, his homeland security secretary arrived in Munich on Friday night to deliver the same message.at a security conference yesterday. But the U-turn from Trump's message will not be believed.

In Europe, the belief that Donald Trump has a confused mind is already widespread. Trump gave a warm welcome to those who are taking Britain out of the EU and he urged other member states to do the same. Wanting the EU to fall asunder and claiming to care about EU security is contradictory. Trump's Middle East policy is a break in decades of the United States by promising to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and he does not necessarily back a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine problem.

It was reported in THE TIMES yesterday that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, gave Mattis a cautious welcome with words that were directed to his boss: "Our American friends know well that their tone on Europe and NATO has a direct influence on the cohesion of our continent. A stable European Union is just as much in the American interest as a united NATO." (page 8)

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission rejected the demand of Trump that 2% of a country's income must be spent on the military alone. Other issues also impact on security he told the Munich conference: "I am very much against letting ourselves be pushed into this. I do not like our American friends narrowing down this concept of security to the military. If you look at what Europe is doing in defense, plus development aid, plus humanitarian aid, the comparison with the US looks rather different."

In other words, the EU is defenseless and begs for more protection from the enemies that they have decided to create at the order of Washington. America successfully weakened the position of the EU and the EU cries for more. Now they assure them their friendship and even have a good argument: Most NATO members do not pay the amount they have agreed upon. It is no help to refer to the fact they have spent the money on something else.
However, the move fits perfectly in Trumps series of U-turns and we can expect none of the big major changes. Watch the Trump video that was made by Anonymous. It shows him propagating all the revolutionary stuff he does not want to have said anymore.

You make the wrong conclusion from a false fact.
The EU is not defenseless and I did not say it is.
What I said was the same as was said by Angela Merkel earlier this month, that being unable to count on American support means the European Union must be ready to defend itself.
We have a European Union army and it must be readied for possible trouble from Russia which has a border with several EU states This is a separate from the NATO countries although some have membership in both. The EU army does not rely on the Americans for help.

Threats from the so-called American president to refuse honoring Article 5 of NATO should be taken to mean the EU army is battle-ready.

European countries that are members of NATO have seen themselves entangled in Middle East wars and beyond which have nothing to do with Europe and which in no way benefits Europe.

Furthermore, it is better to invest in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance as well as fighting forces. Keeping a peace that is grounded in justice and maintained by good relations with neighbors from a position of strength and goodwill saves bloodshed.

An EU army does not exist. It is a paper army. The European national armies are weak and could not do anything about a Russian invasion. There is no Russian threat, anyway. Under the US banner the EU scares off nations that could be friends. Insane.

You are behind in your information. Three months ago, the European Parliament approved the creation of an EU army. "The European Parliament has backed plans to create a defence union which will secure structured cooperation between nations as well as a new EU military operational headquarters."
The EU moves closer to creating a 'European army'
For years various battle groups on maneuvers. Last year Germany backed a call by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for the European Union to push ahead with developing an EU army.
Berlin backs Jean-Claude Juncker call for European army

Irish Army personnel from the Nordic Battle Group at an exercise in 2010
Military of the European Union - Wikipedia

 

[Bleipriester]

The election is over and the NATO is no longer obsolete. In fact, Trump boy Pence demanded that the NATO members pay their fair share which is 2 %. Pence assured the USAs commitment to NATO and EU and promised to hold Russia accountable for its "aggressions". Dafuq.

The Latest: Pence urges NATO allies to spend more on defense

The impression has already been given that so-called President Trump will only honor Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (that all members will come to the aid of any one signatory which is attacked) on condition that it has spent 2% of its national income on defense. This attitude of Trump has created deep suspicion in the European Union. The damage is done. James Mattis, Trump's defense secretary and Rex Tillerson, his secretary of state, have both stated that the USA is supportive of European Union (EU) security but we cannot unhear what their boss has already said. Mike Pence, Trump's vice president and John Kelly, his homeland security secretary arrived in Munich on Friday night to deliver the same message.at a security conference yesterday. But the U-turn from Trump's message will not be believed.

In Europe, the belief that Donald Trump has a confused mind is already widespread. Trump gave a warm welcome to those who are taking Britain out of the EU and he urged other member states to do the same. Wanting the EU to fall asunder and claiming to care about EU security is contradictory. Trump's Middle East policy is a break in decades of the United States by promising to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and he does not necessarily back a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine problem.

It was reported in THE TIMES yesterday that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, gave Mattis a cautious welcome with words that were directed to his boss: "Our American friends know well that their tone on Europe and NATO has a direct influence on the cohesion of our continent. A stable European Union is just as much in the American interest as a united NATO." (page 8)

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission rejected the demand of Trump that 2% of a country's income must be spent on the military alone. Other issues also impact on security he told the Munich conference: "I am very much against letting ourselves be pushed into this. I do not like our American friends narrowing down this concept of security to the military. If you look at what Europe is doing in defense, plus development aid, plus humanitarian aid, the comparison with the US looks rather different."

In other words, the EU is defenseless and begs for more protection from the enemies that they have decided to create at the order of Washington. America successfully weakened the position of the EU and the EU cries for more. Now they assure them their friendship and even have a good argument: Most NATO members do not pay the amount they have agreed upon. It is no help to refer to the fact they have spent the money on something else.
However, the move fits perfectly in Trumps series of U-turns and we can expect none of the big major changes. Watch the Trump video that was made by Anonymous. It shows him propagating all the revolutionary stuff he does not want to have said anymore.

You make the wrong conclusion from a false fact.
The EU is not defenseless and I did not say it is.
What I said was the same as was said by Angela Merkel earlier this month, that being unable to count on American support means the European Union must be ready to defend itself.
We have a European Union army and it must be readied for possible trouble from Russia which has a border with several EU states This is a separate from the NATO countries although some have membership in both. The EU army does not rely on the Americans for help.

Threats from the so-called American president to refuse honoring Article 5 of NATO should be taken to mean the EU army is battle-ready.

European countries that are members of NATO have seen themselves entangled in Middle East wars and beyond which have nothing to do with Europe and which in no way benefits Europe.

Furthermore, it is better to invest in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance as well as fighting forces. Keeping a peace that is grounded in justice and maintained by good relations with neighbors from a position of strength and goodwill saves bloodshed.

An EU army does not exist. It is a paper army. The European national armies are weak and could not do anything about a Russian invasion. There is no Russian threat, anyway. Under the US banner the EU scares off nations that could be friends. Insane.

You are behind in your information. Three months ago, the European Parliament approved the creation of an EU army. "The European Parliament has backed plans to create a defence union which will secure structured cooperation between nations as well as a new EU military operational headquarters."
The EU moves closer to creating a 'European army'
For years various battle groups on maneuvers. Last year Germany backed a call by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for the European Union to push ahead with developing an EU army.
Berlin backs Jean-Claude Juncker call for European army

Irish Army personnel from the Nordic Battle Group at an exercise in 2010
Military of the European Union - Wikipedia

A wikipedia article is not an army.

And 28 x ridiculous is not equal to 1 x strong.

NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya