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🇺🇸🇪🇺 MARCO RUBIO: "If Europe won’t allow us to use the bases we man and fund for their defense, we ought to close them down and remove our troops."

What if America is already far richer than anyone in the swamp is allowed to admit? What if the real drag on the Republic isn’t taxes, isn’t debt, isn’t even the deficit, it’s Europe? What if NATO was never a mutual defense pact, but a 75-year subscription America forgot to

Übrigens: das gilt auch für unsere Rolle im Nahen Osten. Der Schaden dadurch, dass wir die Amerikaner hängen lassen, wird immens sein. So einfach kann man es sich nicht machen - gegeben, dass der Konflikt nun existiert.

BIG: After evacuating the second crew member of the downed F-15E, the U.S. had to destroy two HC-130J Combat King II rescue aircraft and two helicopters that, for unknown reasons, were unable to leave Iran. The aircraft were blown up on the ground to prevent them from falling

I am and always have been a fan of France. I started studying French in 4th grade. I minored in French in college and love travelling there. But France today is a problem. France is guided by “France first.” Unlike “America First” which strengthens and benefits the world militarily, commercially and morally, France First sells out to the highest bidder. It’s the underbelly of French historical collaboration with Nazi Germany. It undermines the West, and Ukraine, as France cuts deals with Russian and is a top buyer of Russian natural gas. It’s why they work with the IRGC in Iran so French ships can transit the Straits of Hormuz. There’s no one they won’t cut a commercial deal with. Their immigration policies have turned their country substantially over to Muslims whose motives and influence are even more problematic. All that is bad enough. But now they won’t give the US overflight rights as we fight in Iran. We don’t want their troops or their ships. We want and should have overflight rights. France is a historical headache for the US and much of the west. French governments relish playing that role. France is only sometimes an ally. France is a real problem for the West.

When this is over, the western part of NATO will never be the same. Spain, England, France and Italy have sold us out, as they too often have a history of doing. Eastern European nations are the heart of NATO. They spend money on defense, know how to fight and love the US.

This exchange was a perfect illustration of how American rightoids have been brainwashed into believing that Israel, a country of 9 million with a GDP of $600 billion, was somehow a huge power multiplier for the US, whereas the European alliance is a millstone around their neck.