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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by alephnerd on Sunday January 18, 2026 @11:56AM (#46669487)
Functionally, us not participating in defense coordination mechanisms is the equivalent of leaving NATO, as we would not be able to unify response.
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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by cvwright on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:07PM (#46670346)
By that logic, the European members who didn’t meet their defense spending obligations for years and years have already left NATO too.
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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by alephnerd on Sunday January 18, 2026 @02:09PM (#46671083)
That's the implication the administration is trying to force.

Basically, we are leaving Europe because we no longer have a commitment there and concentrate on Asia and the Americas.

This has been a stated policy objective of ours for almost 2 decades now.

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