NATO will survive if for no other reason than it is useful for America. Trans-Atlantic relations are changing and not ending.
NATO kicked off operation Arctic Sentry to bolster the alliance’s posture in the high north, after weeks of deliberations by allies how to address claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that security threats in the region require the United States to take control of Greenland.
The reality of NATO simply working normally stands in great contrast to the hyperbole over the president's negotiating style. I can understand why allies get angry over his words.
But there was zero chance America would go to war with NATO over Greenland. Breathe. Congress would impeach and convict the president on a bipartisan basis and halt funding for such a war. And if the president and Congress somehow went along, tens of thousands of American support troops in Europe would immediately become POWs. Our few combat brigades would take a bit longer to run out of supplies and surrender. Maybe our special forces guys could exfiltrate.
The panic is self-serving for many. I'm looking mostly at you, EU.
NATO will be fine even if America has a smaller role under the new European security conditions we face now.
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