Russian Federation and its President Vladimir Putin, convenient global foes for multiple USA presidents, became an afterthought at the Republican National Convention.
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They say “the West misunderstands Russian Federation, assuming that it will obey the rules even if we are not willing to enforce them”.
Under Article Five of the NATO treaty, members agree to regard an attack on one member as an attack on all and promise to mobilise together to defeat the threat.
The U.S. has indeed spent trillions of dollars on defense over the decades, and allies have benefited without always fulfilling their agreed obligations.
In his ignorance, Donald has declared to the New York Times, “If we can not be properly reimbursed for the tremendous cost of our military protecting other countries … then yes, I would be absolutely prepared to tell those countries, ‘congratulations, you will be defending yourself'”. “If Mr. Snowden has violated the laws of this country, there are consequences to violating laws and that is something he has publicly stated he understands and I think the law needs to be enforced”, Cruz said in early 2013. At the same time, he emphasized that Latvia does not usually comment on the remarks of political figures during “pre-election time”, but given the invocation of the Baltic states by the Times and Trump, Razāns said he wanted to clarify Latvia’s commitment to the alliance. “It doesn’t come with conditions or caveats”.
The next night Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson suggested that Russian Federation had enjoyed a resurgence because of what he saw as the failed policies of the Obama administration.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC, said: “I’m 100 percent certain how Russian President Putin feels – he’s a very happy man”. “If he does win, there’ll be a general panic round the world”.
Donald’s naive and obsequious reactions to Putin’s pick-up lines and his tendency to flirt with dictators because he thinks they’re “strong” betrays his risky lack of depth with respect to the fundamentals of our national security. Many of his recent critiques have centered on whether alliances credited with maintaining peace in postwar Europe and containing a bellicose North Korea are too expensive. Rogin added that “Republican delegates at last week’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States”.
IT is hard to know where to start with Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The criticism of Trump has caused a number of GOP foreign policy experts to say they can not support the NY businessman for president.
“NATO has been the foundation of peace and stability in Europe”, Baker said on May 12. That’s the question that will be on many minds when the Republican candidate accepts the nomination and outlines his vision for the Free World. “European nations are today the largest trading partner for the US and European investment accounts for nearly 70 percent of foreign investment in the U.S”.
Flynn told the audience that the US had to “face [its] enemies head on” because it is a nation that believes in “freedom, democracy and liberty”.
“Given the stakes, we intend to pressure Republicans of conscience to admit it as well”, said Third Way President Jon Cowan.
All three Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are former Soviet republics and now North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members. “Solidarity among allies is a key value for NATO”, Stoltenberg said in a statement. Failure to honor those commitments would not only violate said agreement, it would seriously undermine US credibility around the globe.In fact, it could even threaten to bring down the entire alliance.
His interview “raises questions about America’s credibility in the world” and serves to “embolden potential adversaries and discourage and dishearten allies”, Clark said in an interview. This is good for European security and good for United States security. There is concern for the political and humanitarian aftermath if Mosul is liberated, and the possible fanning out of radicalised fighters into Europe.
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Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, tried to smooth over some of Trump’s comments, saying the USA would live up to its treaty obligations.
