We were told that Pres Bush was "too blunt" and not the kind of "sweet talker" that wimpy Europeans are accustomed to.
We just learned this week that the Europeans are not working with Pres BO either. France will soon leave Afghanistan. NATO is now a memory, a World War II memory to say the least.
Pres BO needs to speak bluntly (more like Bush) to the Europeans. We need to make it very clear: We fight as NATO or the US will come home and the Europeans can defend themselves.
Since the end of WW2, the US has defended Europe with tanks & troops. Our Mediterranean Fleet and an Air Force protected them as well.
The US public supported NATO because it was based on mutual cooperation, i.e. everybody's son was in the fight!
This is not NATO anymore. NATO is now the US, UK and Canada. It can not be 3 countries putting their sons in harm's way anymore.
The Afghanistan conflict has lost US support. Some of the blame goes to the Obama administration's unwillingness to explain what 100,000 of our finest sons are doing over there.
The second reason is that Americans keep reading about their sons dying and European politicians calling for an end to their commitment.
It's time for Pres BO to be blunt: We leave if no one fights with us.
Pres BO was "the darling" of Europe in large part because he was the American who told them what they wanted to hear. It's time for Pres BO to tell them what they need to hear: NATO means that we all fight.....otherwise, we will come home and you guys can defend yourselves.
The Afghanistan conflict has lost US support. Some of the blame goes to the Obama administration's unwillingness to explain what 100,000 of our finest sons are doing over there.
The second reason is that Americans keep reading about their sons dying and European politicians calling for an end to their commitment.
It's time for Pres BO to be blunt: We leave if no one fights with us.
Pres BO was "the darling" of Europe in large part because he was the American who told them what they wanted to hear. It's time for Pres BO to tell them what they need to hear: NATO means that we all fight.....otherwise, we will come home and you guys can defend yourselves.
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