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Bill Wilson Makes the Case: ‘Time for the U.S. to Dump Europe & NATO'

'Ticking Time Bomb Without a Mission' 'called NATO is Anchor Around Necks of Americans Serves European elites, not that of American People'

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Images of NATO and E.U. flag credit: Pixabay. Bill Wilson photo credit: Daily Torch. Text and collage credits: MHProNews' L.A. "Tony" Kovach for this Patch.
Images of NATO and E.U. flag credit: Pixabay. Bill Wilson photo credit: Daily Torch. Text and collage credits: MHProNews' L.A. "Tony" Kovach for this Patch.

The Daily Torch provided the following to this writer for MHProNews and this Patch and it represents the views of Bill Wilson. Perhaps 10 or 15 years ago, this writer might have disagreed with Wilson. But Americans should QUESTION authority and the status quo whenever the status quo and authorities are obviously not serving the needs and interests of U.S. citizens. Candidly, it won't be a surprise if the incoming Trump Administration (R) ignores this advice for a variety of reasons. Absolutely the Biden-Harris (D) regime has ignored such thinking. But that doesn't make Wilson's interesting facts and reasoning wrong. More on that in Part II.

Part I

Time To Dump Europe

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By Bill Wilson

Events over the past months have exposed a very stark divide between the globalist, collectivist, “woke” authorities of Europe and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) patriot movement here in the United States. To be frank, it is almost as if the snide, effete elitists who control the nations of the European continent want to rub our noses in their horror show.

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Let’s be frank. Europe would be a total basket case without American taxpayers, American troops, and American subservience to their ever more bizarre “culture.” Since Woodrow Wilson first fell for the globalist-line that somehow “the better people” could build a world government free of popular input, the citizens of the United States have been played as fools. Churchill’s constant pushing and cajoling led to the so-called “special relationship” that has come to mean Uncle Sucker picks up the tab, does the dirty work and then allows others to make decisions.

And today, the outdated, “ticking time bomb without a mission” called NATO has become an anchor around the necks of the American people that can only draw us into a war that serves the territorial interests of European elites, not that of the United States.

All of this was made clear when a recent article by Giovanna De Maio and Célia Belin in the publication, Foreign Affairs, appeared entitled Europe’s America Problem. To set the record straight, the magazine is owned and operated by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). CFR has been the leading voice for globalist ambitions since its founding in 1921. It is the voice of the very people the MAGA movement has identified as those working to destroy American sovereignty and submerge us into a swamp.

Europe as advanced by the globalists at CRF, NATO, the Atlantic Council and the European Union (EU) is unalterably opposed to the core principles of the United States. Even a cursory review shows them to outright enemies of liberty.

  • The suppression of free speech is now rampant. People in Britain are being jailed for prayer, at least Christian prayer. The government of Germany is moving to outlaw the second largest party in the country in order to eliminate competition, exactly as the Nazis and the Communists did in the not so distant past.
  • The EU is claiming the right to prosecute citizens outside their nations — the United States or any other non-European country — if that individual publishes something the thought police in Brussels oppose. National laws and sovereignty mean nothing to them.
  • We are admonished that steps to defend and protect the U.S. economy will be regarded as hostile and that efforts at retaliation will be considered.
  • As evidence mounts that the so-called “climate crisis” is at best not true — and more likely will eventually be exposed as a total fraud — Europe is demanding that the United States continue to surrender all its advantages to “international cooperation.” What this means is that the United States refrains from developing the massive energy resources that would give our manufacturing and development a clear advantage so that energy-starved Europe can “compete.” The Foreign Affairs article is blunt — “Europe will need to define its collective interests in the transatlantic partnership, deciding what it wants to protect and what it expects from the United States.” [emphasis added]

“What it expects” from the United States? To paraphrase one of their prominent green-freaks, “How dare they?”

  • Why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars we do not have to defend the borders of Ukraine when we should be defending our own borders? Why? Because Europe couldn’t last a week in combat and demand that we continue to defend them like we have for nearly 80 years. Why should we be afraid of Russia?

From the end of World War II the entire game for the Europeans has been to soak America. Get us to pay for their defense. Get us to subsidize their economies. Get us to incur the wrath of newly formed nations of Africa, Asia and the Middle East — have them direct their righteous rage at us instead of the Imperial masters who continue to this day to loot the former colonies.

The entire model was stated clearly by the first Secretary-General of NATO in 1952 when Lord Hastings “Pug” Ismay (1887-1965), outlined the entity’s strategic objectives with his famous tripartite formula: “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” No better description of British foreign policy has ever been written for the past 100 years.

A cold-eyed review shows that Europe has near-zero natural resources that America needs. On the other hand, Latin America and Africa are rich in them, they just need to be developed. China has proven to be a less than reliable partner for these nations. We should make the advance.

Europe supplies next to nothing in a military sense. Yes, we have great bases in Italy and Germany. But we only need them to defend Europe. If we could walk away from billions in weapons and a state-of-the-art air base in Afghanistan, why not do it in Europe? Just hand those bases over and let the Europeans fight over them.

Politically, who really cares if we get “their votes” at the United Nations or any of the other globalist’ strait jackets. Better to tell those entities to fend for themselves, make our annual blackmail payments contingent on not making us angry, and at the first appropriate moment walk away entirely.

On the “net zero” suicide pact, they need to be told to forget it. The U.S. is going to drill and refine all we can as nuclear plants are built. What they do is up to them but finding sources of energy should be their top priority. Winters can get very cold in much of Europe.

Finally, the perverse culture that has infected us from Europe needs to be returned to sender. The “critical theory” treason of Michel Foucault and his cohorts in academia need to be excised like a tumor. We need nothing of their totalitarian poison. The dedication to family and community so valued in Africa and Latin America are far more vital to the U.S. than anything from the smut-dens of Berlin or Paris.

It is time for renewal in America, a restoration of our values and principles of self-reliance and independence. All we can get from Europe is a drain on our resources and resolve. The rest of the world wants our leadership — not through force of arms as latter-day colonial powers but from a commitment to enduring principles of liberty, a liberty not found anywhere in Europe today. It is time to move on and dump Europe. They are leeches sucking America dry. Time to cut them off.

Bill Wilson is the former president of Americans for Limited Government.

Part II

1) Historically, the early U.S. presidents wanted nothing to do with Europe's seemingly endless wars. For example. According to MountVernon.org in George Washington's "Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796," America's first president said the following.

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."

Their editorial notes said: "Washington's admonition to Americans to avoid foreign entanglements stemmed from his own personal experience. He knew first hand how costly wars could be and wanted the young nation to maintain a goal of neutrality with all foreign governments as much as possible."

2) Here is another quotable quote from the U.S.A.'s first president.

3) Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence and was the third U.S. president, said this.

4) Perhaps during the Cold War there was a reasonable argument for the U.S. to be involved in NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But at least formally, the Cold War ended decades ago. Similar to what Wilson said in his op-ed in Part I, and as former and future President Trump observed, Europe has long relied on the U.S. for defense and economic benefits. Those who benefit from the status quo, such as certain corporate interests, would howly wildly at the thought of the U.S. decoupling from NATO. But that doesn't make it wrong, it may mean Wilson is correct.

5) Visual Capitalist did a post earlier this year that is arguably misleading. They provided the following information.

"The U.S. is by far the largest contributor to NATO’s budget. In 2023, the country accounted for $860 billion spent by the organization, representing 68% of the total expenditure. This amount is over 10 times more than that of the second-placed country, Germany.

*Expected spending in 2023, based on July 2023 data from NATO."

But that $860 billion is TOTAL defense spending by the U.S., not spending tied directly to NATO.

NATO was formed to counter the old Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations. Now, the Warsaw Pact nations are typically part of NATO and the European Union (EU). The next president says he will consider withdrawing from NATO if the member nations don't pay their committed share.

But what if Trump announced that he plans to wind down the U.S. involvement in NATO, regardless of what NATO does? Untold billions would be saved by American taxpayers.

Time will tell what will happen. But the early American presidents arguably had it right. Peaceful trade and avoiding entangling alliances. Protect American jobs and markets. Keep our standard of living high and avoid unnecessary wars. The Ukraine-Russian war has threatened to drag the U.S. into direct armed conflict with Russia, even though Ukraine isn't a NATO member. The Daily Torch’s Wilson has a point. It is long overdue for American leaders to put Americans first, every single time.

That said, what do you think? Should the U.S. phase out our national involvement in NATO or stay in? Why?

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