I have to say NO. Europe hasn't given many reasons to trust them. Lots of difference in the way some of them think compared to my reasoning.
I see it as a means to stop more Brexits. More intertwined less likely to leave
Whether you feel NATO serves our best interest or not wasn't my point. The fact that it appears our Allies believe they can no longer count on us is. Once it appears that our interest is greatly different than theirs they'll start doing what they believe works best for them. At times because we may no longer have such a great alliance they may make even bigger decisions which may even be more at odds with our interest, it's only when you have a closer alliance do you stand a better chance of influencing others without some show of force Sure sometimes you can even influence your worst enemy but generally speaking this requires more work and generally this is through some show of force or the fact you have some kind of upper hand of some sort.
I see it as a means to stop more Brexits. More intertwined less likely to leave
If by that you mean that they can no longer count on us to take responsibility for their defense while they sit with their thumbs up their asses and refuse to contribute the agreed amount of defense spending as allies in an alliance rather than spectators, then they SHOULD NOT be able to count on us as this is NOT our responsibility.
Either it will stop more Brexits by intertwining or else by keeping the members in at gunpoint.
By the way, the poll is flawed. There should have been a choice, "Hell no!"
If they can't be trusted it's a bit too late since the two EU states with the largest militaries have nuclear weapons.
They are already working together on many levels when it comes to military co-operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancaster_House_Treaties_(2010)
France and the UK put together represent 50% of the military capabilities of the EU and 70% of the military reasearch and development budget of the entire EU.
And a EU military is already a reality with the creation of the EUFOR and EU Battlegroups under EU control, also Eurocorps and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Battlegroup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocorps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_of_the_European_Union
The EU is already sending troups for peace keeping operations, mainly in Africa, and have been doing so for years.
I guess the EUFOR is not really well known but yeah the EU already has its own military.
Also meaning we have less influence in that area of the world.
Should we continue a military welfare program just so we can maintain our influence? Europe has evolved an entitlement kind of attitude towards our military support, and I wouldn't mind seeing that attitude at least weakened. I like to see people want to take their proper responsibility.
Also meaning we have less influence in that area of the world.
See things as you will, but in a world where there are many more countries than just us and many more agendas than ours it can greatly help us when we have partners who are more willing to work with us. Trump isn't the first to bring this up and there was an agreement for which they where to pay there share by 2020 or 2022?
The problem is that we need partners, not parasites, which is exactly what they are. As for the agreement with Obama, this is no different than the last time a similar agreement was made, or the time before that, and all said and done, it never happens. I have no problem with Trump putting his foot down on this. It needs done.
Coalitions when needed are a product of diplomacy.If they can't be trusted it's a bit too late since the two EU states with the largest militaries have nuclear weapons.
They are already working together on many levels when it comes to military co-operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancaster_House_Treaties_(2010)
France and the UK put together represent 50% of the military capabilities of the EU and 70% of the military reasearch and development budget of the entire EU.
And a EU military is already a reality with the creation of the EUFOR and EU Battlegroups under EU control, also Eurocorps and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Battlegroup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocorps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_of_the_European_Union
The EU is already sending troups for peace keeping operations, mainly in Africa, and have been doing so for years.
I guess the EUFOR is not really well known but yeah the EU already has its own military.
I think what many other countries have defined "working with us" to be is a good part of why Trump was elected on the platform he ran on.The problem it appears is that we're not going to have any partners the way Trump's doing it either. In fact it seems there's less of a chance other countries will work with us because of the way he's going about it.
If they can't be trusted it's a bit too late since the two EU states with the largest militaries have nuclear weapons.
They are already working together on many levels when it comes to military co-operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancaster_House_Treaties_(2010)
France and the UK put together represent 50% of the military capabilities of the EU and 70% of the military reasearch and development budget of the entire EU.
And a EU military is already a reality with the creation of the EUFOR and EU Battlegroups under EU control, also Eurocorps and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Battlegroup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocorps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_of_the_European_Union
The EU is already sending troups for peace keeping operations, mainly in Africa, and have been doing so for years.
I guess the EUFOR is not really well known but yeah the EU already has its own military.