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He doesn't actually care about the spending, he's just looking for an excuse to pull out of it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Probably hard to do the job when the boss wants to destroy NATO. ![]() The President wants to destroy NATO by forcing all of the members to increase military spending to the point where they actually have a military. Once again you've pointed out that President Trump is a bad, bad, man and I'm almost sorry I didn't vote for Hillary Clinton like you did, keep it up however and you just might. |
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Lol. The Russians take territory that is technically already pro-Russia (after the EU romances them) and you shit your pants. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: Which furthers the interests of the fellow that is busy invading eastern Europe, but whatever I guess. What did we form NATO for again? ![]() ![]() |
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Estonia is a real country. This is a real Estonian. http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/15273006/1080full-anett-kontaveit.jpg Sorry, no. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wait is Estonia a real country? I legit thought it was made up. http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/15273006/1080full-anett-kontaveit.jpg Quoted:
You would hate it. The women are all fat and smell of potatoes ![]() I live with an Estonian woman. My neighbor is an Estonian woman. Both of my sisters are Estonian women. Fat and smell of potatoes,also not very bright and ill tempered...terrible place for finding women. Likewise,I am fat and smell of beets. |
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Yes. I live with an Estonian woman. My neighbor is an Estonian woman. Both of my sisters are Estonian women. Fat and smell of potatoes,also not very bright and ill tempered...terrible place for finding women. Likewise,I am fat and smell of beets. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You would hate it. The women are all fat and smell of potatoes ![]() I live with an Estonian woman. My neighbor is an Estonian woman. Both of my sisters are Estonian women. Fat and smell of potatoes,also not very bright and ill tempered...terrible place for finding women. Likewise,I am fat and smell of beets. |
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Estonia is a real country. This is a real Estonian. http://i.imgur.com/PTc88X6.jpg Sorry, no. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You would hate it. The women are all fat and smell of potatoes ![]() ![]() |
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Lol. The Russians take territory that is technically already pro-Russia (after the EU romances them) and you shit your pants. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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These are the facts: 1) NATO couldn't fight its way out of a wet bag. 2) The American Century is over. 3) New powers arise in the world. 4) Adapt or perish. Toomas Ilves lived in a dreamworld, and the dream is now over. The current Estonian government needs to consider a realpolitikal approach to a world, in which America is just another country and not some all-powerful hegemon. Barack Obama, Donald Trump, or Bruce Springsteen aren't going to save Estonia from Russia. What now? That is the question for the policy-makers in Tallinna. View Quote |
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True but I also don’t think the US could win a major war either. Americans are so used to minimal casualties that there would be too much public uproar from the left and right saying “Japan/ROK/whomever isn’t worth it”. Russia is best left to its own devices,whose harm makes the greater harm Russia could cause minimized. On one hand,I wish Russians could be as good of neighbors as everyone else but they don’t have that in them. Therefore,I would rather see all the detriments of a shitty Russia than the detriments of a successful Russia and for that I’m strangely happy with Putin vs a capable alternative. Nobody would stop them from taking the Baltics barring that tiny risk of there may be something other than nasty words at the UN.,like cutting off porn and hooker exports or something more meaningful than the sanctions over Ukraine or fucking around with the US. What would be hilarious would be all the GD experts who would furiously read Wikipedia and RT articles about how they were historically part of Russia until being made pawns of Wall Street Jews and the like. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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These are the facts: 1) NATO couldn't fight its way out of a wet bag. 2) The American Century is over. 3) New powers arise in the world. 4) Adapt or perish. Toomas Ilves lived in a dreamworld, and the dream is now over. The current Estonian government needs to consider a realpolitikal approach to a world, in which America is just another country and not some all-powerful hegemon. Barack Obama, Donald Trump, or Bruce Springsteen aren't going to save Estonia from Russia. What now? That is the question for the policy-makers in Tallinna. Russia is best left to its own devices,whose harm makes the greater harm Russia could cause minimized. On one hand,I wish Russians could be as good of neighbors as everyone else but they don’t have that in them. Therefore,I would rather see all the detriments of a shitty Russia than the detriments of a successful Russia and for that I’m strangely happy with Putin vs a capable alternative. Nobody would stop them from taking the Baltics barring that tiny risk of there may be something other than nasty words at the UN.,like cutting off porn and hooker exports or something more meaningful than the sanctions over Ukraine or fucking around with the US. What would be hilarious would be all the GD experts who would furiously read Wikipedia and RT articles about how they were historically part of Russia until being made pawns of Wall Street Jews and the like. |
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The Russian economy in farthest Siberia is the Chinese economy. A great many of the farms,forestry operations and remaining industries are Chinese owned. Russia invested nothing and China has stepped in.
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Quoted: True but I also don’t think the US could win a major war either. Americans are so used to minimal casualties that there would be too much public uproar from the left and right saying “Japan/ROK/whomever isn’t worth it”. Russia is best left to its own devices,whose harm makes the greater harm Russia could cause minimized. On one hand,I wish Russians could be as good of neighbors as everyone else but they don’t have that in them. Therefore,I would rather see all the detriments of a shitty Russia than the detriments of a successful Russia and for that I’m strangely happy with Putin vs a capable alternative. Nobody would stop them from taking the Baltics barring that tiny risk of there may be something other than nasty words at the UN.,like cutting off porn and hooker exports or something more meaningful than the sanctions over Ukraine or fucking around with the US. What would be hilarious would be all the GD experts who would furiously read Wikipedia and RT articles about how they were historically part of Russia until being made pawns of Wall Street Jews and the like. View Quote |
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China has long had an avarice eye on Siberia and all its natural resources. That could be the next big war.
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Quoted: He's been attacking NATO ever since he went to Moscow in the 80s. He's still completely ignorant about how it works decades later. https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-07/10/17/enhanced/webdr02/original-12123-1436563121-15.png?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto Now he wants to take our troops out of Germany? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-assessing-cost-of-keeping-troops-in-germany-as-trump-battles-with-europe/2018/06/29/94689094-ca9f-490c-b3be-b135970de3fc_story.html?utm_term=.3d5082d8d6b7 View Quote |
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Just another country that exports CNG and has BMD covering much of Europe? Admittedly that doesn’t do much for Estonia since they’re so close. View Quote |
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On 16 July Vladimir Putin and his American peer are going to meet in Helsinki. Now it is quite possible that Estonians are going to get sold out that day. Don't panic, historically Americans do this to all of their "allies", it's inevitable when you deal with those people. Instead adapt a reactive and proactive contingency-policy that seeks closer co-operation with the Nordic countries, Germany, and Poland. When you do this, remember two key things: 1) Estonia and the Baltic Countries are not high-priority targets for Russia's aggressive foreign policy, Russia is tied up with its own systemic shittiness elsewhere, 2) You are not alone no matter what Vladimir Putin or the regime in Washington tell you. It will be alright if you continue economical and political integration with the neighbouring western countries. There might well be a Lavrov-Pompeo Pact, but this isn't 1939 anymore; the world has changed. There will be a future Europe with an independent Estonia in it. View Quote I don’t have any actual fear of a Russian invasion but know that Russian meddling is a part of life. This is probably something Americans should get used to again rather than so many still refusing to understand that it means far more than election tampering. |
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Quoted: He's been attacking NATO ever since he went to Moscow in the 80s. He's still completely ignorant about how it works decades later. https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-07/10/17/enhanced/webdr02/original-12123-1436563121-15.png?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto Now he wants to take our troops out of Germany? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-assessing-cost-of-keeping-troops-in-germany-as-trump-battles-with-europe/2018/06/29/94689094-ca9f-490c-b3be-b135970de3fc_story.html?utm_term=.3d5082d8d6b7 View Quote Now it is being put front and center to get more substantial contributions from the nations that will benefit the most from our soldiers. While Europe has been conducting social experiments the US has been their shield, the status quo is changing and in the future more nations will have to be truly independent militarily to protect their people. Especially as resources are depleted. |
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Wait is Estonia a real country? I legit thought it was made up. View Quote |
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Your kidding? Just off the coast of Estonia is the small island resort of Lilliput. Surely you remember the Winter games at Lillehammer? It's along the Norwegian coast about halfway between Lillehammer and Estonia. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wait is Estonia a real country? I legit thought it was made up. |
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Quoted: Which furthers the interests of the fellow that is busy invading eastern Europe, but whatever I guess. What did we form NATO for again? View Quote |
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To be a multinational group where the resources of each country are pooled to help protect Europe. What your dumbass is negating to mention is that US is the majority of it while the rest leech off us so they can inflate their welfare state. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: Which furthers the interests of the fellow that is busy invading eastern Europe, but whatever I guess. What did we form NATO for again? |
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Quoted: No you aren't. View Quote I'm a graduate of the Oberamergau Senior Officer course, btw. Whats your knowledge base? Interesting to note you don't say "we" when speaking of the US. Do you not consider yourself an american or was this merely an acknowledgement that you have never served in the military so "we" is reserved for those who actually served their country? |
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Yes we are. I'm a graduate of the Oberamergau Senior Officer course, btw. Whats your knowledge base? Interesting to note you don't say "we" when speaking of the US. Do you not consider yourself an american or was this merely an acknowledgement that you have never served in the military so "we" is reserved for those who actually served their country? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: No you aren't. I'm a graduate of the Oberamergau Senior Officer course, btw. Whats your knowledge base? Interesting to note you don't say "we" when speaking of the US. Do you not consider yourself an american or was this merely an acknowledgement that you have never served in the military so "we" is reserved for those who actually served their country? |
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He was talking to tsg68 who routinely posts Russian talking points. View Quote As explained (at great pains by the quasi-gay French instructor) NATO is a solar system and America is the sun. Without US support, NATO is nothing more than a national guard. French can't conduct operations in Africa without US logistical support. The budgets reflect this reality. |
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but he isn't wrong about NATO. As explained (at great pains by the quasi-gay French instructor) NATO is a solar system and America is the sun. Without US support, NATO is nothing more than a national guard. French can't conduct operations in Africa without US logistical support. The budgets reflect this reality. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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He was talking to tsg68 who routinely posts Russian talking points. As explained (at great pains by the quasi-gay French instructor) NATO is a solar system and America is the sun. Without US support, NATO is nothing more than a national guard. French can't conduct operations in Africa without US logistical support. The budgets reflect this reality. ![]() |
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He's been attacking NATO ever since he went to Moscow in the 80s. He's still completely ignorant about how it works decades later. https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-07/10/17/enhanced/webdr02/original-12123-1436563121-15.png?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto Now he wants to take our troops out of Germany? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-assessing-cost-of-keeping-troops-in-germany-as-trump-battles-with-europe/2018/06/29/94689094-ca9f-490c-b3be-b135970de3fc_story.html?utm_term=.3d5082d8d6b7 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Probably hard to do the job when the boss wants to destroy NATO. ![]() https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-07/10/17/enhanced/webdr02/original-12123-1436563121-15.png?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto Now he wants to take our troops out of Germany? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-assessing-cost-of-keeping-troops-in-germany-as-trump-battles-with-europe/2018/06/29/94689094-ca9f-490c-b3be-b135970de3fc_story.html?utm_term=.3d5082d8d6b7 The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to people familiar with the work.
The effort follows Trump’s expression of interest in removing the troops, made during a meeting earlier this year with White House and military aides, U.S. officials said. Trump was said to have been taken aback by the size of the U.S. presence, which includes about 35,000 active-duty troops, and complained that other countries were not contributing fairly to joint security or paying enough to NATO. Word of the assessment has alarmed European officials, who are scrambling to determine whether Trump actually intends to reposition U.S. forces or whether it is merely a negotiating tactic ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels, where Trump is again likely to criticize U.S. allies for what he deems insufficient defense spending. |
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For the most part, ambassador are a useless relic of the past and should be eliminated.
In the days of sailing ships and long voyages they served a purpose. In these days of technology and near instant communication, they're not needed. |
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Yes. I live with an Estonian woman. My neighbor is an Estonian woman. Both of my sisters are Estonian women. Fat and smell of potatoes,also not very bright and ill tempered...terrible place for finding women. Likewise,I am fat and smell of beets. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You would hate it. The women are all fat and smell of potatoes ![]() I live with an Estonian woman. My neighbor is an Estonian woman. Both of my sisters are Estonian women. Fat and smell of potatoes,also not very bright and ill tempered...terrible place for finding women. Likewise,I am fat and smell of beets. ![]() |
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This strikes me as one of those threads where forcing people to pass a simple ten question geography and history test before posting would have significantly improved the discourse.
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This strikes me as one of those threads where forcing people to pass a simple ten question geography and history test before posting would have significantly improved the discourse. View Quote |
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He was right, I’m not tired of winning yet. Toe the line or beat feet. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/06/29/politics/us-ambassador-estonia-resign-trump/index.html https://media.giphy.com/media/3oKIPf1BaBDILVxbYA/giphy.gif View Quote |
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Did you ever read the blog by one of the few conservatives in the State Department, who did the same thing with State Employees? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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This strikes me as one of those threads where forcing people to pass a simple ten question geography and history test before posting would have significantly improved the discourse. |
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