As IF Times

Source: Leaving NATO Would Make The U.S. And The World Less Safe | HuffPost

There has been ample teeth gnashing over recent geopolitical events, centering of course, around the adventures of Donald Trump.  This nemesis of the entrenched status quo has dared to question the arrangement of the decades old NATO agreement.  We did some research on the history of NATO because there should be a reality check on the howls of outrage emanating from the usual quarters.

As the link shows, the formation of NATO post WW2 was envisioned as a bulwark against the intrusion of influence from communist states, namely the old Soviet Union. Financial and military support would be provided to member nations, principally by the US and Great Britain, to rebuild after WW2 and to create stability to those nations with preferred western alliances.  The treaty provided a collective defense: if one of their nations were attacked, then all of the nations were bound to defend them.

This has worked quite well, since in the many years following the war, East Germany is gone and many of the old Soviet satellite states have moved into the western orbit.  The Soviet Union has shrunk to become the Russian Federation and their geographic reach has been reduced considerably.  Economically, Germany, France, Poland, Italy and Spain and many former Eastern bloc nations have flourished in world trade.  There’s no question that Europe has recovered.  And yet, the Americans are still providing the bulk of the funding for NATO’s defense operations even as the contracted amount of GDP spending of member nations for their own defense has fallen.  For those who believe in statistics, here is a graphic depiction of the trend:

This is an old set of statistics sourced from NATO and the trend clearly shows that the US bears the majority of the costs involved not only in absolute dollars but even worse, in terms of percentage of GDP.

So this is very much analogous to a parent giving financial support to their children while they develop and then to see the children buying iPhones and electric cars instead of providing for their own self sustenance.

The bizarre part of this is that while the alliance was established to protect them from an adversary, long since diminished, many of these countries have willingly allowed themselves to be effectively taken over by massive immigration, principally by refugees from Muslim dominated regions.  It’s not a secret that the flood of immigration has brought along all kinds of social and political unrest in the host nations even as funds are funneled towards supporting these policies and away from self defense.  So, while everyone watches the front door for an enemy long gone, their nations are hollowed out, with open arms, by enemies welcomed at the rear door.

Why would they be characterized as enemies?  Well, historically when a group comes into a nation en masse and wants to change the entire form of government, the foundations of religion and the very structure of society including language and law, that was considered an invasion.  NATO is worrying about the dog at the door, long gone, while the mice are ravaging the rest of the home.

Source: Democratic congressman introduces “Stable Genius Act”

The longevity of the rancor and derangement of the anti Trump crowd is amazing to behold. You’d think that after a full year since the election, people would go back to their lives. It’s as if entire swaths of the American population have stopped working and are focused only on exposing the latest Trump insult to their sensibilities.  When you think about it, Trump’s ascendency has probably been the best thing for many leftist businesses, since there is an endless supply of grist for their news cycle mills.

Twitter would probably be bankrupt if not for the enormous traffic that The Donald generates. Without the most recent outrage du jour to distribute on Facebook feeds, it would just be a site for posting cat photos and vacation selfies.  And without Trump’s frequent inelegant utterances, the mean girls at MSNBC, CNN etc., would only have tales of  LGBT woes, stories of racism, as well as the latest Kardashian accomplishments to fill their long days.

Unwilling to acknowledge that Americans voted to install someone in the White House that is more action than talk, unlike the previous occupant,  the cacophonous lunatic fringe insist on a do over of some kind.  The on going protest takes the form of Russia, Russia, Russia,  the questioning of his sanity, his supposed lack of literacy, his intemperate views of minorities, his diet of fast foods and of course his hair.

But instead of revealing weaknesses in the President, the nutters instead expose just how far out the flimsy limb of sanity they’ve all moved.  Robert DeNiro is a prima facie example of the unhinged rage  that has consumed otherwise normal people.  Shocked that the public rejected their choices of champions for  their cause which included, a career politico with trainloads of questionable baggage, a septuagenarian self avowed communist and a person claiming native Indian ancestry by virtue of high cheekbones, the left are attempting to try a new tack.  They feel that Oprah Winfrey should be anointed to lead them.  Oprah.

This idea reveals the main flaw that afflicts all leftists.  They don’t have a reality filter. Their beliefs are rooted in the world of ifs and shoulds.  Granted, an Oprah presidency would bring with it all kinds of benefits, not the least of which is the possibility of a new car for everyone.  When dealing with despots of hostile nations, we can rely on the technique of collective weeping as persuasion.  Handkerchief companies will soar.

The other big benefit of an Oprah ticket is the rich pool of capable people from which to create a cabinet. We could use Doogie Howser and Dr. Mcdreamy as heads of the Health department, since they were so effective on their TV shows.  The Rock, Dwayne Johnson would be the Secretary of Defense, since, well, he’s never lost a battle… we wouldn’t even need an army.  For Secretary of Education, we nominate the aforementioned articulate Robert DeNiro .  They could use Perry Mason as attorney general.  He may be dead, but law cases take so long to resolve, no one will know the difference.

As fanciful as these ideas are, none of this is any more preposterous than the Democratic incumbents today. As long as they continue to live in their fantasy world, the general public will be safe in theirs.