Senator Mike Lee introduced the Not A Trusted Organization (NATO) Act to withdraw the U.S. from the alliance.
  • Laser@feddit.org
    111·
    19 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure it won’t happen.

    NATO is a huge driver for US arms sales because they have common standards that only NATO member states have access to (or rather are allowed to have access to). NATO equipment usually needs to be developed and produced in NATO countries. Nations aren’t going to procure equipment that they might only be able to use outside of NATO context (exceptions like nuclear participation apply).

    This is just another piece aimed at their constituents. The US basically founded NATO. Nobody forced them to spend the money they did. It was a way to project military power worldwide. You wanna throw all of that away for some Russian money? I think this is where the MIC would get really worried.

    And while everyone here knows this, this bill again paints a completely wrong picture. The only bill that was paid apart from military readiness was Afghanistan, when the US - not any other member - invoked article 5.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      18 hours ago

      You wanna throw all of that away for some Russian money?

      Do not underestimate the greed and short sightedness of the republicans. They don’t care about anything more than what puts the most money in their pockets right now.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        18 hours ago

        The Military Industrial Complex won’t let some politicians get in the way of their control of the nearly $1 Trillion annual military budget.

        • Jesus_666@lemmy.world
          4·
          17 hours ago

          Yeah, I can’t see how pissing off Raytheon, Lockmart, etc. is a good idea. That’s how your political opponent ends up with billion-dollar election funds.

          • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
            1·
            11 hours ago

            Personally, I see every reason to piss them off. Then again, I think that we need to finally heed Eisenhower’s warning about the MIC and find a way to shut it down. Mind you, I also think we need to heed Goldwater’s warning about the Republican party, and Washington’s warnings about both forming parties and being tied up in Eurasian politics & culture.

            It won’t ever happen, of course, because it’s not the most profitable thing. And it would take power away from the kleptocrats and give it back to the people.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    8·
    19 hours ago

    The idiocy will find lows that the world never though possible

    'Murica, there’s good reason why the rest of the world sneers at you