I only take issue with this part of your headline: "So much for their wonderful 'Article "5' -
Unfortunately it's not "their" Article 5, it's ours too, as the US is a major part of NATO and we are bound by its provisions. I have long thought, since the fall of the Soviet Union in Reagan's days, that NATO has outlived its usefulness and should be dissolved. Today each European nation is well equipped to handle their own defense, and it would certainly save the US a lot of money if we were no longer bound by it.
Agreed. Hello across 'the pond' to a fellow anon. My family roots (both sides of my parents) go back to England, Scotland, and Wales. My mother's maiden name was Llewellyn. I've visited there several times, most recently to London, Cardiff, and Edinburgh. Lovely country.
I only take issue with this part of your headline: "So much for their wonderful 'Article "5' -
Unfortunately it's not "their" Article 5, it's ours too, as the US is a major part of NATO and we are bound by its provisions. I have long thought, since the fall of the Soviet Union in Reagan's days, that NATO has outlived its usefulness and should be dissolved. Today each European nation is well equipped to handle their own defense, and it would certainly save the US a lot of money if we were no longer bound by it.
Agreed. Hello across 'the pond' to a fellow anon. My family roots (both sides of my parents) go back to England, Scotland, and Wales. My mother's maiden name was Llewellyn. I've visited there several times, most recently to London, Cardiff, and Edinburgh. Lovely country.