Tuesday, January 31st., 2017
Less Than 50 Percent of Americans See Value in Role of NATO - YouGov
"The full weight of the US military stands behind these sentinels of freedom."
"...The future of NATO looks secure for now, with Trump's backing for the alliance being squeezed out of him by the UK PM, however the president may change his position only to make NATO "obsolete" yet again — a view that most in the US have chosen to accept...".
The best thing US people can do about their 'full weight' is to place it in the good services for their youth's future , their veterans' support, their homeland's progress and their citizens' happiness.
It must be acceptable no more that the 'sentinels of freedom' be the instruments for the vicious whims and crimes of the sociopathic military-industrialist complex against Life and Gaia, as in Balkans, as in Ukraine, as in Afghanistan, as in Libya, etc., etc...! Enough is enough!
And what's more, to be funded all along by the US citizens' taxation money, against their own health-social-educational care!This is unnatural, abnormal, not pertaining to Human Status and Values!
More likely to be called :' Handlers' malignant core of disaster, enslavement and darkness, now obsolete , for good'!
Maria L. Pelekanaki
Less Than 50 Percent of Americans See Value in Role of NATO - YouGov
"The full weight of the US military stands behind these sentinels of freedom."
"...The future of NATO looks secure for now, with Trump's backing for the alliance being squeezed out of him by the UK PM, however the president may change his position only to make NATO "obsolete" yet again — a view that most in the US have chosen to accept...".
The best thing US people can do about their 'full weight' is to place it in the good services for their youth's future , their veterans' support, their homeland's progress and their citizens' happiness.
It must be acceptable no more that the 'sentinels of freedom' be the instruments for the vicious whims and crimes of the sociopathic military-industrialist complex against Life and Gaia, as in Balkans, as in Ukraine, as in Afghanistan, as in Libya, etc., etc...! Enough is enough!
And what's more, to be funded all along by the US citizens' taxation money, against their own health-social-educational care!This is unnatural, abnormal, not pertaining to Human Status and Values!
More likely to be called :' Handlers' malignant core of disaster, enslavement and darkness, now obsolete , for good'!
Maria L. Pelekanaki
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Photo: Kacper Pempel
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YouGov survey has revealed that US enthusiasm for the role of NATO
appears to be lagging and could now be contradictory to the US president
Donald Trump's views.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May managed to secure a commitment from Donald Trump that he will fully support NATO.
During a press conference on January 27, as the UK PM was the first foreign minister to visit Trump at the White House, she was able to get the US president to stand behind the military alliance, which contradicts his views that NATO is "obsolete" which he expressed in the run-up to the US election.
As Trump's stance changed, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the US Army's top commander in Europe, said that he had been reassured by the president's recommitment to the military alliance.
Lieutenant General Tim Ray of US European Command, also expressed relief, saying:
"The full weight of the US military stands behind these sentinels of freedom."
This comes at a time when NATO's presence, alongside US Armed Forces' tanks in the Baltic states — bordering Russia — appears to be the largest military deployment in eastern Europe since the Cold War.
When you compare this to European nations, where 68—80 percent of the
people surveyed agreed with their own country's involvement in the
organization, the difference is striking.
There is also a divide among party lines, with Republicans and independents are far less supportive of US involvement in NATO than their Democratic counterparts. 66 percent of Democrats support America's NATO membership, compared to just 37 percent of independents and 39 percent of Republicans.
Prior to Trump's change apparent of heart, one of the reasons why he
believed that NATO had become "obsolete" was down to the fact that it
cost too much money and it wasn't "taking care of terror." This is a
point that most people across the West, who were surveyed, agree on.
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When asked what NATO's main focus should be, the vast majority of people surveyed said it should focus on eliminating terrorism. Only 11-22 percent of people across the continents thought that NATO's main focus should remain on mutual defense against attacks from hostile countries.
American's may not be as enthusiastic about NATO as their European
counterparts, but they do feel the threat of terror. In the survey, the
respondents were asked which country they felt was the biggest threat
to the US, 29 percent said North Korea and 24 percent said Russia and
Iran.
The future of NATO looks secure for now, with Trump's backing for the alliance being squeezed out of him by the UK PM, however the president may change his position only to make NATO "obsolete" yet again — a view that most in the US have chosen to accept.
During a press conference on January 27, as the UK PM was the first foreign minister to visit Trump at the White House, she was able to get the US president to stand behind the military alliance, which contradicts his views that NATO is "obsolete" which he expressed in the run-up to the US election.
As Trump's stance changed, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the US Army's top commander in Europe, said that he had been reassured by the president's recommitment to the military alliance.
Lieutenant General Tim Ray of US European Command, also expressed relief, saying:
"The full weight of the US military stands behind these sentinels of freedom."
This comes at a time when NATO's presence, alongside US Armed Forces' tanks in the Baltic states — bordering Russia — appears to be the largest military deployment in eastern Europe since the Cold War.
The battle tanks, which participated in joint
US-Polish drills in Northern Poland, will be sent to Lithuania, Latvia
and Estonia, where they will be deployed until a new NATO "deterrent
force" becomes operational in spring.
However not everyone views NATO positively. A survey carried out by YouGov,
showed that only 46 percent of people from the US felt that NATO was
still relevant, whereas a mere 16 percent of American's felt that
NATO still had a vital role to play.There is also a divide among party lines, with Republicans and independents are far less supportive of US involvement in NATO than their Democratic counterparts. 66 percent of Democrats support America's NATO membership, compared to just 37 percent of independents and 39 percent of Republicans.
May might have gotten Trump to commit to NATO, but Americans less likely than Europeans to think NATO still relevant https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/01/26/nato-enthusiasm-lower-us-europe-americans-dont-agr/ …
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We pay a disproportionate share of the cost of N.A.T.O. Why? It is time to renegotiate, and the time is now!
When asked what NATO's main focus should be, the vast majority of people surveyed said it should focus on eliminating terrorism. Only 11-22 percent of people across the continents thought that NATO's main focus should remain on mutual defense against attacks from hostile countries.
The future of NATO looks secure for now, with Trump's backing for the alliance being squeezed out of him by the UK PM, however the president may change his position only to make NATO "obsolete" yet again — a view that most in the US have chosen to accept.