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NATO Does Not Need the United States

Big Red Car — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:31:36 +0000

This new chap, Trump 2.0, has been critical of the United States’ involvement in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of which the United States was a founding member. His primary beef is that the non-US members are not doing their fair share. Is he right? Let us reason together, shall we? I will start with […]

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Paying For The North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO

Big Red Car — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:27:12 +0000

The North Atlantic Treaty Article V requires each member nation to rise to the defense of any other member nation in the event of an attack. An attack on one is an attack on all. It is a simple alliance and it is focused on the danger created by Russia — let’s not pretend otherwise. […]

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Russia — The Bear Who Shat in the Woods?

Big Red Car — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:44:12 +0000

Russia, the Big Red Car is talking Russia today. Let me bottom line it, Russia is a punk. Let me tell you why. US GDP $17,947,000,000,000 — $18 TRILLION. European Union GDP $16,220,000,000,000 — $16 TRILLION. Russian GDP $1,324,000,000,000 — $1.3 TRILLION. Italy GDP $1,815,757,000,000 — $1.8 TRILLION. As you can see, the US and […]

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NATO Allies, Ungrateful Freeloaders?

Big Red Car — Tue, 30 May 2017 18:15:25 +0000

NATO allies are ungrateful freeloaders, Big Red Car? Not all of them, just some. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, having spent a few days with President Donald J Trump in Washington, DC and now having spent a NATO Summit and G7 meeting utters: “The times when we could fully rely upon others are to some extent […]

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Ukraine, NATO — Let’s Cut the Crap

Big Red Car — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:52:39 +0000

Big Red Car here. Happy Easter! OK, let’s cut the crap on the issue of the Ukraine and the implications for Europe and NATO. The Big Red Car will from time to time “cut the crap” about an important issue and make sure you have the truth of a matter. Why not? Current situation Russia […]

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