The Libyan War is unpopular with 59% of Americans against it. There was no reason for this war and Col. Mumar Qaddafi was assisting us against AL-Qaeda. However, France and Britain were made, Libya was not giving oil or arms contracts. They used the Muslim Brotherhood to create a pretext for a war. The American public was not supportive of the war. It was our Bi-Partisan elites who wanted another war. Rumors were Sec. of Defense Bob Gates was against this action. Well now that he’s leaving, he speaks the truth. Americans have it fighting for others’ interest.
BRUSSELS — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly criticized NATO nations on Friday for what he said were shortages in military spending and political will, warning of “a dim if not dismal future” unless more member nations scaled up their participation in the alliance’s activities.
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Perhaps most significantly, Mr. Gates issued a dire warning that the United States, the traditional leader and bankroller of the alliance, is exhausted by a decade of war and and its own mounting budget deficits, and simply may not see NATO as worth supporting any longer.
“The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the U.S. Congress — and in the American body politic writ large — to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense,” Mr. Gates said.
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Robert Gates spoke for the sentiments of Millions of Americans. We have our own issues at home. We should not be fighting for the interests of others. Europeans need to man up and buid up their militaries. This arrangement can’t continue for ever.
The continent that produced The Spartans, Macedonian Phalanx, Roman Legions, The Vikings, East Roman Cataphracts, Norman Knighst, English Long-bowmen, French Knights, Swiss Infantry, Spanish Tercios, French Dragoons, British Redcoats, Prussian Riflemen, German General Staff, French Foreign legion and Polish Hussars should man up.
