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Related: About this forumTucker Carlson, Trump Question NATO: 'Why Should My Son Defend Montenegro?'
1:40 min. mark, Montenegro which joined NATO in 2017.
"Trump Says Defending Tiny NATO Ally Montenegro Could Lead To World War III,' Washington Post" July 18, 2018.
President Trump, who rattled U.S. allies at a NATO meeting last week, voiced concern in a television interview broadcast Tuesday night that sending troops from the alliance to defend an aggressive Montenegro could result in World War III. Trump was asked about Montenegro, which joined NATO last year and has a population smaller than the District of Columbia, during a Fox News interview with host Tucker Carlson. Carlson pressed Trump on the purpose of the alliance, which was created in 1949 to protect the United States, Canada and a host of Western European nations from Soviet incursion. The organization calls for member nations to come to the aid of any ally that is attacked, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-defending-tiny-nato-ally-montenegro-could-lead-to-world-war-iii/ar-AAAf8xN
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Tucker Carlson, Trump Question NATO: 'Why Should My Son Defend Montenegro?' (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jul 2018
OP
Only one NATO country has called in the agreement for other NATO countries to defend it.
JaneQPublic
Jul 2018
#7
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. Their sons won't, they will have bonespur deferments
bunny planet
(10,875 posts)2. Defend Montenegro?
They don't even want to defend the United States.
Meadowoak
(5,516 posts)3. Just say he has a bone spur, he can get 5 deferments! If we even had a draft.
DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)4. the same reason we would defend Germany
Because if Russia thinks they can grow east, they will not stop until Europe becomes "greater Russia", and then we won't even be able to land a plane on European soil.
AJT
(5,240 posts)5. Why bring up Montenegro?
From Wesley Clark
"Montenegro has been under continuous pressure by Russia for more than a decade. Russia even tried to assassinate their President. Trump's comments weaken NATO, give Russia a license to cause trouble and thereby actually increase the risks of renewed conflict in the Balkans."
appalachiablue
(41,052 posts)6. It's about the Balkans and Baltic nations in Russia's sight.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)7. Only one NATO country has called in the agreement for other NATO countries to defend it.
And that one country was USA after 9/11.
One would think Tucker hadn't cracked open a book or read a newspaper since he was still wearing bowties.