The End of NATO

Key points

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  The US will not send carriers, aircraft, or precision munitions to NATO.

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  The US must pre-position assets for a war with China and cannot deploy them elsewhere.

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  The US lost the capability to fight more than one war after the Iran conflict.

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  The Trump administration decided that Europe is on its own.

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  NATO might exist on paper but effectively ends if the US sends no assets.

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  The US plan was to make Europeans dependent by developing broad area competencies.

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  Europeans purchased American weapons to maintain interoperability with US command structures.

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  US forces are designed for long-range durability, not the short fights Europe faces.

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  European and American militaries will lose interoperability within a year.

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