Britischer Sicherheitsexperte Edward Lucas: „Wir können uns nicht auf die USA verlassen“ | DW-Nachrichten

This bug should be fixed in the next update.

Europe has a reputation of saying this and never following through.

Like a teenager threatening to run away from home, for real this time. He’s really just waiting for the parents to make the decision to finally kick him out, at which point he’ll pretend it was all *his* idea and on *his* terms.

It is so infuriating that everyone thinks that NATO can’t survive without the US. The US troops are only 37% of NATO and they pay only 16% of its admin.

What the US does do is spend the most on NATIONAL SECURITY and the clue is in the name. The rest of NATO does exactly the same so the US doesn’t subsidise ANY country.

Yes!

NATO can survive without the USA. What’s important is that it secures the continued membership of Turkey in the event of the US leaving / being removed.

That being said, I suspect US arms manufacturers to have something to say about the US walking away from NATO completely.

He is right that it is fracturing but completely wrong to think Europe can have a few years to bridge the gap.

It needs to bridge the manufacturing gap especially for artillery, mortars and for air defenses *this year* and focus fully on supporting Ukraine, which takes care of Europes main military threat in the short term.

There is a current a live war that it is vital for Europe to win. 

A loss of  Ukraine due to loss of power and heat and its absorption into Russia would greatly strengthen Russia. Its not just doing the right thing, its vital for Europe. 

For me as a Dane, yes. It i were i charge we would start over without the US.

NATO is not dead.

Just the USA is not part of NATO anymore, because they betrayed their western allies and now they are in bed with Putin.

Everyone knew this would happen if Trump was reelected again. Everyone knew except MAGA idiots and some EU politicians with blinders on.

NATO can continue without the USA.

Has America EVER kept a deal they have made? I can’t think of one beginning with Native treaties up until today.

Safe to say that everybody in here knows he is a complete moron. Even some of the people who work for him probably think so but they won’t come out and admit it. I have come to the conclusion that he isn’t trying to achieve anything. I have that we are still sitting around trying to figure out what his plan is when he has never had a plan, never had a strategy. He just says whatever pops into his head with no thought put into it at all.

Though in this case, he hates the very idea of allies because he thinks “a strong country doesn’t need allies” so he is just further expressing that hatred. He enjoys attacking anyone who he feels doesn’t serve him well, so this is just more ego self-soothing. The thing that really pisses me off. Especially when he says „We will be there for them, but I am not sure they will be there for us“.

The irony being that only the US has used Article 5, and the NATO nations answered the call, with about 40% of casualties coming from allies.

It’s clearly a one sided alliance, and I am not surprised if Europe or other nations do not help the US anymore. This is beyond disrespectful.