Discuss this and more im joined by my guest bundys and in a slow he is an associate professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as the author of russias geo Economic Strategy for greater eurasia and in budapest we have George Samuel he is author of bombs for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok lets go to also 1st theres a lot of discussion about trying to decision to move i think what 12000 troops out of germany and the way the the the theme is that coming out of the white house germany is not paying its nato bills but thats im not satisfied with that explanation oh by the way its bipartisan its a bad idea everyone knowing i know everyone that knows me watching this program i think nato should be dissolved completely but nonetheless and you know the top line story here is misplaced this is about a fraught relationship to germany. This had been in nat
Democrats say 717000000000000000 are less split the difference i think to some 65000000000 and i just it just waltzes through proly apparent control or see in the the bitter fighting between the democrats and republicans militaries. And of course in this case trumps proposal to withdraw all these 12000 troops from germany has indeed been attacked by actually i mean both democrats and republicans are condemned. Trumps withdrawal and opposed thats always the case the moment theres any discussion of withdrawing u. S. Troops so many ways whether its syria again bipartisan hysteria withdraw from afghanistan by putting syria and remember. The whole story of the russian bounties on the u. S. Servicemen you know you dont mean the story only wheeled out precisely. Time when he seems like where u. S. Troops are about to leave. Just as the trunk wants to withdraw from syria we suddenly hear about the gallant cooks we must save the cars the cars are of the greatest ally in the world so i would exp
A much much bolder than his predecessors no you are correct this is something that has always been some tensions in the relationship has always gone on for example throughout the cold war americans were just a large extent concerned about some of the european integration and us remember after the cold war you had meddling albright to cautioning the europeans that you know the e. U. Should not be a couple for nato remember that nato system in these situations now. Is because well they are simply because the european integration and the ablest this continent to use collective Bargaining Power to have greater equality in relations with United States so this is quite normal for any country why would you cooperate with 27 to 27 countries seeking. In the negotiate from business a signal strength and they always have the incentive to deal with one state individual instead of a bilateral basis and then maximize their influence however the u. S. Nonetheless membership support of european integr
That means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok lets go to also 1st theres a lot of discussion about trumps decision to move i think what 12000. 00 troops out of germany and the the the theme is that coming out of the white house germany is not paying its nato bills but that im not satisfied with that explanation oh by the way its bipartisan its a bad idea everyone knowing i know everyone that knows me watching this program i think nato should be dissolved completely but nonetheless and you know the top line story here is miss place this is about a fraught relationship that germany has had with in nato with the United States leading that Alliance Since the end. Since the not in the end in the end of the 1940 s. All the way to the end of the cold war in 1901 so theres something much bigger players go ahead. Well trunk obviously is a much much bolder than his predecessors no you are correct this is something that has always been some tensions in the relationship ha
Hello and welcome to cross talk all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the end of a love story will tensions in the u. S. German relationship determine the fate of nato and if elected will joe biden be americas version of the soviet ruler lenin who. Discuss this and more im joined by my guest bundys and a slow he is an associate professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as the author of russias geo Economic Strategy for a greater eurasia and in budapest we have George Samuel he is author of bombs for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok lets go to also 1st theres a lot of discussion about trumps decision to move i think what 12000. 00 troops out of germany and the the the theme is that coming out of the white house germany is not paying its nato bills but that im not satisfied with that explanation oh by the way its bipartisan its a bad idea everyone know