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Trump on NATO
Reader comment on item: Blowback from Criticizing Trump
Submitted by Jeffrey Sheff (United States), Jul 22, 2016 at 15:55
Although I'd wouldn't vote for Trump, I do agree with his NATO comments. Even Obama said in Poland that only 5 nations in NATO are fulfilling their defense obligations to the organization. The next nation to join will be Montenegro. Are Americans willing to go to war with Russia over Montenegro, or Lithuania, or even Turkey, under its current government? I would hope not.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Your critique of NATO is justified. But Trump's remarks are not. One fixes things through the system, not by making unilateral statements.
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