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NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere (apnews.com)
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BRUSSELS (AP) — In just one speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, the most powerful member of NATO has thrown the world’s biggest military alliance into disarray, raising troubling questions about America’s commitment to European security.

Hegseth told almost 50 of Ukraine ’s Western backers on Wednesday that he had joined their meeting “to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.”

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

American capitalist doing American capitalism Americanly

"Holy shit, this is just like living in the USSR."

Trump has very nakedly and explicitly said he wants to increase arms sales to Europe and is holding US support in NATO hostage to this effect. This is entirely because the Silicon Valley tech sector has gone long on US arms sales and wants to make the Big Number Go Up.

Peter Thiel's plan to shove Palantir down the throats of every Olaf, Macron, and Meloni isn't an insidious Russian plot to reconquer Bulgaria. Its the American MIC trying to squeeze a bit more profit out of the periphery one more time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Alternatively they want to make an authoritarian police state at home and sell those systems to other autocrats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

And we should answer by increasing our military spending... On local products.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure France and the UK will be thrilled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Care to elaborate?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I see other two European countries above the UK in that chart...? And 5 out of 8 are from Europe anyway (not counting Russia, because of obvious reasons)