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@davidcolin6519 No, I replied twice to your comment and yet it is not posted here. I checked with the site owner who stated that my account is neither blocked nor being blocked by YouTube so the question then is why have you blocked me account from answering your comments?
NATO has always vastly funded by the USA since it's inception in 1949. That's a fact and no attempt of "acquisitions costs of military hardware" changes that fact. Also, Europe has yet to form a military industrial complex since it's inception in 1993 and the US is not to blame so don't even try that angle.
3 years after being told to increase their defense budgets (NATO members), the EU was created - to this date, (35 years later), the EU doesn't have:
a. A shared industrial complex
b. A unified military.
c. An independent Intelligence platform.
d. Arms Production: The USA holds that title with a whopping 43% of the World's Arms I think it's going to be quite some time for the EU to "challenge" the USA regarding the capability to manage it's own arms resources
e. Miltary Forces: Here are the following 5 strongest militaries in the World:
1. USA, 2. China, 3. Russia, 4. India and 5. Japan. Notice how no nation in Europe is in the top 5? In short, you first have to build a joint EU Military and then fund it to include all those other nations in the EU that cannot afford it.
f. Currency holding: The U.S. dollar is predominantly the standard currency unit in which goods are quoted and traded, and with which payments are settled, in the global commodity markets.The USA is also the only nation afforded the special drawing rights of the International Monetary Fund. The United States exercises oversight over the SWIFT financial transfers network and consequently has a huge sway on the global financial transactions systems, with the ability to impose sanctions on foreign entities at will.
On a personal note: First, I'm not American I have however, served my country for 35 years, honorably discharged and deployed in the following campaigns: Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986, Search and Rescue Congressman Leland (joint US/UK), 1989, Operation Desert Storm, 1990, Operation Provide Comfort 1991, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 and Operation Enduring Freedom. I retired and returned as a civil servant and worked at NATO from 2008-2016 and Interpol from 2018-2020; I am a Gastroenterologist Baritric Surgery PhD. My Masters is Political Science and the military paid for my medical school.
How about you? Would you be so kind to share your credentials? Military Service, Ties to NATO? Academic background for this discussion? I believe, I have spent more than "a tour" in our political world - how about you?
Current events: Today, the Dutch rejected the EU-Ukraine Treaty; Hungary reimposed it's former immigration laws along with Poland thus, rejecting new EU immigration policies. Thousands of Romanians protested the EU interference and non-acceptance of their nation's presidential election. Germany's AfD agrees saying that the EU interfered with the recent German elections as well trying to ban it's party altogether.
When Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the €800-billion project on 4 March to "Rearm Europe,” many EU members questioned where this money will come from giving the fact that not ONE nation outside of Germany had met the 2-5% defense budget. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated that NATO Members should simply increase their budgets in NATO to 2-5% She continued to state that if Europe has 800 million Euros to "rearm" Europe, NATO members certainly have enough to meet the NATO quota. Her Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, asked who will fund the US led cybersecurity, anti-terrorism, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and satellite connections that Europe freely receives from the USA? We also need to be reminded that the EU is NOT a NATION but rather a union based on economic matters and commerce – it is not the Pentagon 2.0. Defense, security and military matters are under the control of EACH country's internal structure and needs to remain there." Both Von Der Leyen and the EU's Foreign Advisor are acting like heads of states or defense ministers to which they are not said the NATO General Secretary. The Greek Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias said “she and Von Der Leyen need to refocus their duties as neither one of them rest or sit in military, defense or security matters." The US Ambassador to Germany along with the Russian Secretary of State both reminded Europe that Heads of State and their defense ministers should be setting the pace for their own nation's defense policies and not an EU foreign advisor.
So, please tell me again, how the EU plans to successfully migrate itself as a collective union of countries under one defense when it's own commissioner is not a head of state, secretary of state or defense minister? As the EU is not a nation, how is it recognized in the United Nations? So in essence you've got an economic union with two women who have certainly seem to be suffering from a Napoleon Complex causing current deep riffs in the EU.
Let me know how that "unified military" is coming along and don't forget to include your academic/military credentials – thanks.
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@davidcolin6519 Ask yourself why Europe doesn't already have a combined European Army - they do, it's called NATO and it's been in existence since 1949 with the US paying 75% of the entire cost.
Now, let the US pull out of NATO, which European country is ready to take over and match the funding, manpower, personnel, technology and training that the US provides???
In the last two weeks the British proposed a defense plan of the Ukraine which France rejected based on not having enough "French" input - in short, nationalism. Which European nation is planning to increase it's defense budget from the measly 1.9% (which is currently the highest) to the 5% needed by each member to match the US's contribution's 75%? Good luck in that and who is going to LEAD this Euro Army? A French, British, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish (yes Turkey is still a NATO member and has the largest military aside the USA in NATO.).
I don't see Germany or France wanting a Turkish General in command do you? Heck, they don't even want Turkey in the EU citing "human rights issues" despite the fact that Bulgaria's Romania's and Northern Macedonia's "Human rights issues" regarding the Roma and other minorites can make Turkey's look like a fun house.
The real reason why Von Der Leyen doesn't want an EU Turkey is that it's population equals Germany, so votes will be shared, it's military is the largest in Europe and it's GDP would be the 5th largest in the EU - in short, Germany and France aren't playing nice in the schoolyard. They just recently rejected the free elections in Romania because they didn't like the candiate that won - citing Moscow's interference which they have yet to prove for the last month. Does the EU sound like some Democracy to you??? Did you know that Hungary's President Orban exposed that many EU nations have been doing business with Russia by 3rd party proxies? Oh yes, in terms of Gas, which Von Der Leyen had to admit to yet she chides Hungary for telling the truth. Now the second Banana Kootchi Kallis (EU Foreign Relations) has found herself in a huge mess angering not only the Russians, but Americans as well. This happens when you occupy a position based on your gender rather than experience and academics. Did you know that Ursula Von Der Leyen is also under investigation for insider trading and granting lucrative contracts to her husband's pharmaceutical firm during COVID -- google Von Der Leyen & Pfizer -- all there in black/white. Did you also know that as Germany's former Defense Minister in 2013, Von Der Leyen slashed the military budget by 2/3rds more than the last two previous German defense ministers before her?? Now she calls for cuts to social and welfare programs in EU member states to fund a war in a non-nato, non-EU country. Remember, Von Der Leyen was Germany's Defense Minister during the time the Russians took Crimea in 2014 = YET she slashed the defense budget? Another one who was comfortable de-arming her nation's military sucking of the US Teats, and now she's all about going to war - oh the hypocrisy.
Also, who is she exactly? Oh yes, the President of the European Commission.
Her job is the "manage, facilitate and liaise commerce and associated trade efforts amongst EU Member states. Nowhere in HER job description does it state, President, Head of State, Premier, Prime Minister of Chancellor - she is no head of state nor a defense minister or secretary of state equivalent. Her equivalent in the USA is the Secretary of Commerce - point blank. Here she is running around acting as if she's been promoted as the President of the United States of Europe, or some 4-star general overseeing Europe's defense - that is NOT HER JOB. It's like the USA sending it's Secretary of Commerce to discuss nuclear weapons issues with China's defense minister - ridiculous. Each EU country has a head of state, defense minister and economics minister - she should be dealing with those economic ministers, not the heads of state or defense ministers - this is exactly why both the US "Heads of State" excluded her from any military/defense Peace Talks as she is not relevent nor holds any position to acclaim it. For her to be at the Munich Security Meetings was a laugh to put it mildly - she found out real fast that she played on role as far as Russia and the USA were concerned - they are 100% correct. Zelensky found out rather badly where he stood as well. As the Ukraine's head of state, he should talked directly to Trump and not have placed Von Der Leyen alongside in the discussions. Zelensky learned rather quickly that at one switch of the American finger, his country would lose the war - where was Von Der Leyen then? She returned to Brussels and laid low until the anger from the US subsided.
The Russian Secretary of State Lvrov coined her as "Ursula der Furhrer" along with her sidekick Kallis - who again has found herself in a bad spot recently as well.
How long do you think the Ukraine can sustain this war without US aid that it's receiving again? The EU lacks the military industrial complex, associated logistics and cost for a long-term conflict; throwing monies at the crisis is only one aspect, arms is quite another and boots on the grounds is yet another avenue. Where is the EU on this? Has it started building it's EU Military indpendent of NATO yet? Time's wasting and the Ukraine (without the US aid) is on a short lifeline.
You get the picture.
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@davidcolin6519 No I replied rightfully to the uneducated and inexperienced person that you are. You have NEVER served your country, NEVER worked in NATO never been in a war and certainly never been in the USA or living abroad now have you? Any academic credentials you can toss this direction? Time served in NATO or as an Defense Attache in Brussels? No? Now why doesn't that surprise me? I could give you two magnets and you still couldn't make ends meet - you see, you're not the only one who can throw insults, so let's try this again shall we?
The US has always funded the majority of NATO and you know it too; let's cut the crap and move on from this as you know perfectly well no NATO nation has gone beyond the 1.9% funding - end of that story and no amount of armaments financial worth is going to change that fact.
No, Germany and France aren't at any core point of the EU - in fact, without Germany, the EU would cease to exist as it controls the EU, not Brussels; don't even attempt to get that twisted. With that said, why isn't Turkey in the EU - you tell me. Cherry Picking is your answer? Really? Nice try and no amount of "hypocritical" personal opinions can ascertain why Turkey is not in the EU due to "human rights" record - the same alleged record didn't stop it from being in NATO now did it? - you were saying something about "hypocritical?" As the EU member representation votes are set by a nation's population, GDP and financial status - Turkey would force both France and Germany to share that seat - either you find a source that states otherwise or be quiet - I don't want to hear your personal opinion about "cherry picking." it's irrelevent.
The US is not a democracy? Well then, neither is the EU but don't ask me - let's ask Romania which the EU interfered with it's recent elections, Germany's elections regarding the AfD; the EU interfered with both Poland and Hungary's right to refuse illegal immigrants, interfered with Italy's refusal to take on more African immigrants, and interfered with the Gibralter Referendum which it failed to achieve. Strange too, how the richest nations outside of Germany's GDP in Europe, are not in the EU (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein) - wonder why that is? As far as the UK is concerned, the UK stepped out due to immigration fears and the fear of the EU being the next Union of the European Socialist Republics and it certainly has turned out this way with President and 4-star General Hitler Von Der Leyen as it's head of state😂😂 London is not going to be controlled from Berlin (Brussels is just the cover).
Can you tell me why the EU doesn't have it's own military force since 1993 when it was created? 32 YEARS later and still no military of it's own? why is that? Could it be the reliance on the USA and sucking those supple juicy US military Teats for so long? Or, maybe those measly 1.5% defense budgets that haven't amounted to anything? Or is it the lack of a consolidated military industrial complex?; a lack of technological weaponry that can match the US? You're not going to tell me that the big bad US wolf forced Europe to remain "naked" in it's defense and military arms productions are you? The same evil wolf that since 1990 has repeatedly told NATO and European Nations to increase their military and defense spending? Again, let's ask the nations of Poland, Hungary and Romania how "Democratic" the EU is - get back to me on that one.
Expertise on the subject matter at hand: Now we delve into a the relam of academics, knowlege and first-hand experience - shall we begin? I have served my country for 25 years as an Officer in Intelligence, Acquisitions and Operations - how about you? I retired as a Colonel and GG-15 equivalent from NATO - strange I don't recall seeing you at NATO, SHAPE, HQ USEUCOM, AFCENT, nor Interpol when worked there from 2018-2022. I also don't recall us crossing paths in military missons in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Ghana (AFRICOM missions). If you like, you can also respond to me in German, French, Spanish and Russian - those languages also come in handy when you have worked for the National Intelligence Community worldwide; again, I don't recall seeing you at Cheltenham, Fort Meade, Alice Springs Australia, Japan or various locations in Europe. Please let me know of your credentials as I look forward to "comparing" our times in the same places and backgrounds - I'm sure you agree.
I am now a medical doctor but keep in touch with my former colleagues, so you are more than welcome to join us in these discussions; we would enjoy your presence immensely. 25 years is a long military tour; again when did you serve and how long?
Back to the EU: When do you think the EU will finally have it's own joint military (Army, Navy, Air Force?) In time to assist the Ukraine or is that too short of a timeframe? Has the EU decided when to deploy their troops to the Ukraine? I last heard that Britain and France thought of it, but then that initative seemed to have disappeared. How about Germany? As the World's 3rd largest GDP and a Bundeswehr strength of 260,000, it should be able to deploy rather quickly right behind France and the UK. I haven't heard Poland, Hungary or Italy coming forward in support of a unified military have you? By the way, Portugal has just announced it needs funds (economy isn't doing so well); shame really as I enjoyed my tour at Allied Joint Forces Lisbon before it closed in 2012.
Do you know how fast the EU can spin up it's "joint" military industrial complex to match the USA? How about the European Space Agency? How solid are they without the US NASA partnership? Funding? You might want to look that up while you believe the USA will "Suffer" without the EU
Now let me get one thing clear with you. Watch your sarcastic mouth junior. You need control alt delete your smug attitude, lack of experience in both military, political science and overall academic credentials and reroute your GPS to someone who gives a damn about you because I don't. I'm also not the one you want to challenge based from a platform of weakness and personal opinions - I delve in FACTS and history shows those facts and don't you forget it.
Should you choose to continue with a fat mouth, I can guarantee you I'll riff and run your millennial arse up and down this site faster than you can slide down a stripper pole while trying to make an honest wage for yourself - if you want to hurl insults then you found the right one - let's go.
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@davidcolin6519 I wrote you a reply and for whatever reason YouTube deleted it most likely global village did.
First, lose your attitude and smart mouth - you don't have the academic accolades, experience in either military/civil service and absolutely no knowledge of political science - I, on the hand have all of it and facts to back it up - you don't.
Your entire last rant was exactly that - a personal rant with zero facts.
NATO has always been funded by the USA at 75% - meaning no other NATO member comes close and never has. Germany is at 2% currently, despite the fact the US Administration has been telling NATO to increase their military budgets since 1990 but to no avail. Your attempt to paint the imbalance of funding as "spurious," is a moot point - the fact remains, NATO is majority funded by the USA and remains so to this day.
France and Germany doesn't control the EU; Germany does and don't make no mistake about it in both terms of finance and voting power. If Turkey were in the EU, Germany would be forced to share it's presence and you know that too as representation in the EU is based on GDP, population and financial holdings - Turkey matches Germany on all levels except for GDP, which most current EU members don't. Don't even try to claim otherwise - unless you can provide source documentation as to why Turkey isn't in the EU besides the alleged "human rights" issue drummed up by Germany and France. Again, sources please.
USA vs EU as a Democracy? Last time I checked, the EU isn't a country, the USA however is. Has that escaped you? The EU is an ECONOMIC institution like it's predecessor the EEC was - it's charter does NOT contain any wording abou the EU being involved in security, defense or military affairs of EU member states - yet here we are. The EU's role is to foster trade,finance and economic growth between member states - again, there is NO CLAUSE which allows the EU to interfere with member state's defense apparatuses, security and military structures - none.
This is exactly why Ursula Von Der Leyen is continuously rejected/not invited in peace talks betweee "heads of state," as she isn't one and isn't going to be. Zelensky found this out real fast that he should not and has not continued to run to the EU for the Ukraine's issues - he now discusses the matter directly with the USA and Russia as he always should have as the Ukrainian head of state. Von der Leyen is equivalent to the US Secretary of Commerce - she has no business attempting to wage a war in the Ukraine with European countries - she doesn't speak for them and neither does the EU Foreign Relations Minister Kallas - who has also recently found herself in hot water -- stay tuned on both Von Der Leyen and Kallas as things aren't looking good for either one of them -- just google it for yourself.
The EU has recently interfered with the elections in Romania, accused of Russian interference with no proof to date, Germany regarding it's AfD Party, interference with Hungarian and Polish Immigration Laws - Hungary won yesterday, but shutting out the EU and reinstating it's Immigration Laws, interfereing with member states contributions to war efforts by attempting to cut social and welfare programs of member states to which many rely on, to fund a war in a NON-EU, NON-NATO country. Speaking of minimal funding to NATO, you do know that during her tenure as Germany's Defense Minister, Von Der Leyen slashed the German Defense Budget by 2/3rds higher than the two previous German Defense Minister's before her?? That was in 2014 when Russia invaded the Crimea - yet she slashed the defense budget - now that's hypocritical considering she is the same person now telling member states to increase their budges and not rely on the USA like SHE did from 2014-2019 - just google that too.
You also know that Von Der Leyen is under investigation for money laundering, destruction of documentation and illegal awarding of contracts during COVID to her husband's pharmaceutical company? Just google " PFIZER Von der Leyen - she's going to have to face the music sooner or later as that investigation is not going away. You call the EU a democracy - let's ask the nations of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and the Baltic States regarding how "Democratic" the EU has been.
So when exactly is Europe going to create it's military and how will that differ from NATO again outside of non-US funding? That means 27 EU member will have to fund a "unilateral military) 3.5% each in order to have 100% coverage - without US participation - currently Germany is at 2% the highest in NATO outside of the USA.
Good luck in having poorer nations like the Baltics, Romania and Bulgaria to contribute 3.5%. Despite Germany being the richest GDP, I don't believe it will want to continue to fund 500 billion in order to build a military it would have to share with others who are paying far less, do you? This comes back to the question - who is going to LEAD this EU Military and based on what criteria exactly? Will it be rotational or have a "Secretary of Defense" sitting at Brussels working UNDER the EU which again is an ECONOMIC union and not a military one? Let me know when this "military" is created and let's hope it's soon as without continuous US aid in not only logistics, intelligence, finance, operationas and automated information systems, the Ukraine will certainly face defeat. Let's not attempt to portray the EU as having bette weapons technologies as it doesn't. Simply put and no, it cannot "ramp" it's war footing fast enough to covert it's industries to one either - you know this too. Should the EU just go on without the US and maintain NATO, Turkey will certainly have something to say not only about it's direction and funding, but weaponry and manpower as well - hence my earlier comment about Turkey leading the military "coalition." It's the only NATO member outside of the USA that can attack Russia and give it a run for it's money; in fact Turkey is a stronger regional powr than Russia is at the moment.
Credentials to discuss: You mentioned my possible credentials as a reference point so, let me clarify to you my credentials:
First, I'm not American - don't assume.
Secondly, I have spent 35 years in the National Intelligence Community and served 20 years in the military for my country - honorably retired as a Lieutenant Colonel and retired as a GG-15 Colonel equivalent in Cryptologist, Intelligence Analyst, Acquisitions Officer and Embassy Staff in and outside of NATO. My degrees are in Political Science and my PhD is medical - Bariatric Surgeon.
I have deployed to Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. My last position was at Interpol in Lyon France. I speak Romanian, English, Germany and Russian
Now let's check your credentials shall we?
How long did you serve your country, what capacity (rank/position)? Honorable discharged? What war campaigns did you partake in? Where you staff at NATO and when as we might have met and simply not know it. Masters in Political Science? Unversity of Maryland Overseas Munich Germany 1987 for me, and you? Languages outside of English spoken as required to be stationed in NATO or SHAPE Belgium as I was in 2008. Please provide your credentials as we might have crossed paths in NATO, Australia, the USA, Asia or Europe - all places were I served.
I look forward to your next response.
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@davidcolin6519 NATO has always vastly funded by the USA since it's inception in 1949. That's a fact and no attempt of "acquisitions costs of military hardware" changes that fact. Also, Europe has yet to form a military industrial complex since it's inception in 1993 and the US is not to blame so don't even try that angle.
3 years after being told to increase their defense budgets (NATO members), the EU was created - to this date, (35 years later), the EU doesn't have:
a. A shared industrial complex
b. A unified military.
c. An independent Intelligence platform.
d. Arms Production: The USA holds that title with a whopping 43% of the World's Arms I think it's going to be quite some time for the EU to "challenge" the USA regarding the capability to manage it's own arms resources
e. Miltary Forces: Here are the following 5 strongest militaries in the World:
1. USA, 2. China, 3. Russia, 4. India and 5. Japan. Notice how no nation in Europe is in the top 5? In short, you first have to build a joint EU Military and then fund it to include all those other nations in the EU that cannot afford it.
f. Currency holding: The U.S. dollar is predominantly the standard currency unit in which goods are quoted and traded, and with which payments are settled, in the global commodity markets.The USA is also the only nation afforded the special drawing rights of the International Monetary Fund. The United States exercises oversight over the SWIFT financial transfers network and consequently has a huge sway on the global financial transactions systems, with the ability to impose sanctions on foreign entities at will.
On a personal note: First, I'm not American I have however, served my country for 35 years, honorably discharged and deployed in the following campaigns: Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986, Search and Rescue Congressman Leland (joint US/UK), 1989, Operation Desert Storm, 1990, Operation Provide Comfort 1991, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 and Operation Enduring Freedom. I retired and returned as a civil servant and worked at NATO from 2008-2016 and Interpol from 2018-2020; I am a Gastroenterologist Baritric Surgery PhD. My Masters is Political Science and the military paid for my medical school.
How about you? Would you be so kind to share your credentials? Military Service, Ties to NATO? Academic background for this discussion? I believe, I have spent more than "a tour" in our political world - how about you?
Current events: Today, the Dutch rejected the EU-Ukraine Treaty; Hungary reimposed it's former immigration laws along with Poland thus, rejecting new EU immigration policies. Thousands of Romanians protested the EU interference and non-acceptance of their nation's presidential election. Germany's AfD agrees saying that the EU interfered with the recent German elections as well trying to ban it's party altogether.
When Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the €800-billion project on 4 March to "Rearm Europe,” many EU members questioned where this money will come from giving the fact that not ONE nation outside of Germany had met the 2-5% defense budget. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated that NATO Members should simply increase their budgets in NATO to 2-5% She continued to state that if Europe has 800 million Euros to "rearm" Europe, NATO members certainly have enough to meet the NATO quota. Her Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, asked who will fund the US led cybersecurity, anti-terrorism, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and satellite connections that Europe freely receives from the USA? We also need to be reminded that the EU is NOT a NATION but rather a union based on economic matters and commerce – it is not the Pentagon 2.0. Defense, security and military matters are under the control of EACH country's internal structure and needs to remain there." Both Von Der Leyen and the EU's Foreign Advisor are acting like heads of states or defense ministers to which they are not said the NATO General Secretary. The Greek Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias said “she and Von Der Leyen need to refocus their duties as neither one of them rest or sit in military, defense or security matters." The US Ambassador to Germany along with the Russian Secretary of State both reminded Europe that Heads of State and their defense ministers should be setting the pace for their own nation's defense policies and not an EU foreign advisor.
So, please tell me again, how the EU plans to successfully migrate itself as a collective union of countries under one defense when it's own commissioner is not a head of state, secretary of state or defense minister? As the EU is not a nation, how is it recognized in the United Nations? So in essence you've got an economic union with two women who have certainly seem to be suffering from a Napoleon Complex causing current deep riffs in the EU.
Let me know how that "unified military" is coming along and don't forget to include your academic/military credentials – thanks.
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