Ein hochrangiger US-Beamter beschimpft Europa, weil es die amerikanische Industrie aus dem Rüstungsaufbau herausgeschnitten hat

    https://www.politico.eu/article/christopher-landau-top-us-official-berates-europe-nato-cut-industry-defense-buildup/

    Von thenatoorat90

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    1. That’s crazy when at the same time I’m hearing news that the US cut communications to the head of the german military, almost like they are insincere

    2. Thunderbird_Anthares on

      well maybe then they shouldnt have done everything possible to cast doubt on their reliability as a defense partner then

      i suggest they go complain to their government for loss of profit

    3. Crazy-Canuck463 on

      And on this note. I’d like to thank Europe for allowing us canadians to join in the defense build up. Its going to help us get out from underneath Americas thumb.

    4. Educational_Win3658 on

      Treat the whole world like shit and then get butthurt when the world walks away. Pathetic America

    5. The US itself is very protectionistic.

      And we just have to accept that when it comes to defense spending and many other big spending bills they will be tailored for domestic industry. That’s really the only way to get enough political support for them.

    6. TraditionPerfect3442 on

      they want business in europe? fuck them. with trump they made their choice. europe can’t be dependent on something such immoral and corrupt as trump when it comeds to our defense.

    7. Used-Sun5726 on

      Can’t imagine why people you treated like shit want nothing to do with you.

    8. CapableCollar on

      The US pushing the EU to spend more on their militaries was never about the EU carrying their own weight but about using EU expenditures to fund economy of scale of American armaments while making the EU increasingly dependent on the US.

      Just look at the F-35.  Mission data must be sent from servers the US can access.  Some maintenance must be done by US personnel.  Weapon integration of EU weapons won’t happen this decade forcing countries with F-35s to buy AMRAAMs or not have a BVR missile.  Some key part replacements are only made in the US.  The F-35 uses a closed source system that only the US and Israel can access so only they can perform updates.

      The US doesn’t want allies, it wants client states that won’t fight back because the world is scary without American protection.

    9. > Deputy Secretary Landau delivered two key messages. One is the is the need for Europe to turn its defense spending commitments into capabilities. **The second is that protectionist and exclusionary policies that bully American companies out of the market undermines our collective defense.**

      Care to remind me who started putting unilateral tarrifs against most of the world except Russia and its allies ?

    10. That’s the thing. Being a staunch ally makes your friends comfortable buying military stuff from you, but when you treat your allies like shit and actually take the side of the enemy, they want nothing to do with you.

    11. > Landau, a longtime **NATO skeptic** who spoke first at the closed-door meeting, told ministers not to **“bully”** his country’s defense firms out of participating in Europe’s rearmament.

      You can’t make this up. What a fucking joke these people are.

    12. Fair is a one-way street for the Trump administration.

      Fair for me not for thee.

    13. SoupSpelunker on

      American here, fuck that guy. Fuck MAGA, and the whole traitorous lot of Putin’s MAGAt stooges.

      Their comeuppance will cost me, but it will be worth it to put these fat, white, thin-skinned losers back under the rock they slithered out of.

    14. The US isn’t cut out of the buildup. They’re just not the main supplier. As they never were.

    15. kvikklunsjrevolver on

      The US wants Europe to spend more on their own protection, threatens the sovereignty of allied countries and explicitly states that Europe is a burden to them and that the mutual relationship we have had with each other for decades is bad for the US.

      The US has had access to a huge, rich market, strategic placement of military bases from which they can project power, a dominant cultural influence over the western world, and they supply a large amount of European military, technological, and administrative infrastructure at both the state and industry level. They also gained a Europe with no ambition of militarisation.

      Europe gained security, stability, lower defence costs, and a semi-integration with the US.

      Both sides gained positives out of this relationship. But, if the US wants out, and is showing it is an unstable partner, Europe in it’s current state will rather try to make homegrown alternatives.

      I personally don’t care either way, either we have a relationship, or we don’t, but the US can’t expect to pull out of the relationship we’ve had and then keep all the benefits that they have gotten because of it. Europe seems to largely understand that, if the relationship fails, we will lose these benefits and have to rely on ourselves. Which is much easier today, because Europe is much more united and integrated than ever before.

      I find it odd that a lot of US politicians claims that they are just losing money on the relationship with Europe though. This relationship has been a huge economic boon for the US, but a detangling of our relationship will obviously mean that trade, and any economic action will happen on less US aligned terms, because they have made it clear that Europe has to look out for itself.

    16. Negative-Date-9518 on

      Bitch Europe should be self reliant

      Bitch Europe is trying to be self reliant

      Can the US shut up for literally a single week this entire year has just been exhausting

    17. slimfastdieyoung on

      The US can’t be trusted anymore so why support them? Maybe they can find a new market for their equipment with killswitches. Have they tried their new buddy, Russia?

    18. It should be fairly easy for any businessman to understand that self-made political uncertainty and volatility in the market is bad for business.

    19. travelcallcharlie on

      US lecturing anyone on “undermining collective defence” is funny as fuck.

    20. blackburnduck on

      Wow… its almost as if he is surprised countries dont trust america as allies anymore…

    21. Is the USA official not aware of how damaging Trump has been to US and EU relationship?

    22. SavagePlatypus76 on

      I’m American and this guy is an idiot. 

      At a time when the Nodfather is openly discussing economic deals with Russia, why would you guys want American industry anywhere near your defense? 

    23. America – whose Secretary of State couldn’t be arsed to come to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers – is whining that Europe defending itself ‚**undermines our collective defense’**?

      Must be hell trying to write satire these days.

    24. ClockworkOrdinator on

      “Europoids should take care of their own defense”

      “No wait not like this”

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