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Merz just said that he and others in Europe are persuading Spain to spend 5% of GDP on defense, per President Trump's orders.
Does Pro NATO support Spain refusing to contribute more to NATO? OR is Sheeple in support of the NATO nations increasing their defense spending, and in their pressing Spain to do the same.
SheepleGPT.....
Oh shit.
Again.
I can't just shout "Putin" and "Epstein"
But wait I hate Trump.
But how can I say its bad for NATo spend more on defense.
And I certainly can't expose myself as a Liberal who loves America footing the bill for slave-colonizer-Europe.
BAAAAAAAA EPSTEIN! TRAYBVON! ZIMMERMAN!
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SheepleGPT.....
Oh shit.
Again.This could get "interesting". Thought leaders in Israel want to make war on Turkey, a NATO member. The US would never lift a finger against Israel, no matter how loudly Turkey yelled "Article 5". Thought leaders in the US would demand joining Israel in attacking Turkey.
From last month.
Israeli ex-PM Naftali Bennett indicates he will not form gov't with Netanyahu after elections
Bennett warns about Turkish threat
Bennett also warned that Turkey was becoming the newest threat to Israel of which the government was unaware, during his speech at the conference.
“While the current government is once again asleep, there are troubling signs around us of a growing radical threat on our borders: a hostile Muslim Brotherhood axis with a Pakistani nuclear rear, led by an ambitious and hostile Turkey,” Bennett said.
“We must act in different ways, but simultaneously against the threat from Tehran and against the hostility from Ankara. Turkey is the New Iran.”https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-dip...Turkish ‘threat’ talked up in Israel as Netanyahu focuses on new alliances
Other Israeli politicians have said similar things in the past few months, with Turkiye a strong critic of Israel’s actions towards the Palestinians and its genocidal war on Gaza, and also getting closer to regional powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
The tone indicates that while the Iranian government remains in power in Tehran, Israel is already looking for a new regional nemesis, with a network of like-minded states around it.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/23/turkish-t...Israel-Iran War: ‘Dry Run’ for a Future War with Turkey?
The Turkey Problem
The missiles and drones might still be flying. Still, the West might already be making the same mistake twice by ignoring the reality that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is setting his country down the same path as Khomeini and Khamenei did in Iran.https://www.aei.org/op-eds/israel-iran-war-dry-run...Steve
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first, trump is scared shi+less of turkey.
despite being a nato member, they have a large, brutal, and fairly modern military (just ask putin) run by a real authoritarian rather than american wanna-be.
given a massive iran pipeline has been disabled by trump's adventures, erdogan is in no mood for further pro-bebe bootlicking.
are the gop pols too stupid to realize this? possibly. gop voters? 100%.
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are the gop pols too stupid to realize this? possibly. gop voters? 100%.Reportedly, over 90% of the pols in DC take money from the Israel lobby. Recall, Ted Cruz, in his first Senate campaign, promised to be the strongest advocate for Israel in Congress.
In a contentious interview between Senator Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson, the U. S. Senator from Texas boasted that one of his primary motivations is to be the leading defender of the modern state of Israel.
Carlson questioned the senator about why he made such a strong statement regarding a nation other than the United States.https://christiancourier.com/articles/unpacking-te...In a country where bribing elected officials is officially legal, money talks. Like Senator Cruz, much of Congress is bought by Israel.
Steve
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Erdogan (I love when he is gutsy to talk about Israel and ESPECIALLY when he lets the racist, Colonizing Europeans have it too). I'm also glad that when Bush said that Turkey should be in the EU --- Club 401K Liberals shouted to Bush "mind your own business" - I'm SO GLAD that Bush's vision of a studious, warm, intelligent and progressive Muslim Country--living WITH the West ---never came true. I much prefer this---- it means more punishment .
BUT Israel will sink him in other ways than war I feel. For instance, the idiot isn't doing himself favors with economic and monetary policy so he's doing it to himself.
Israel can hit him financially without anyone tracing it.
Go back in time Steve. Whether you liked him or not -- Look at George HW Bush and James Baker post Gulf-War. Look at the tough language they used about Israeli settlements.
Then see how interest rates 'oddly" stayed a bit high, for a bit long. And how the rates were lowered a bit late...and how GDP was quietly starting to grow by the time HW left office.
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Look at George HW Bush and James Baker post Gulf-War. Look at the tough language they used about Israeli settlements.
I remember how Saint Reagan and Bush both turned into Sgt Schultz, when people started asking questions about Iran-Contra. Then Bush covered everything up by pardoning the major perps, like SecDef Weinberger.
Hot air about settlements does not cover up Saint Reagan deploying troops to cover Israel's flank, when they invaded Lebanon. iirc, Reagan had one of the battleships steaming offshore, giving the Israelis fire support. Then over 200 of our guys were killed, in one morning. Then Reagan invaded Grenada to get the barracks bombing off the front page, and a couple dozen more of our guys died.
As noted before, to the big shots, we Proles are nothing but expendable meat.
Steve
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Dear Israel, he can't put the Reagan Stuff aside and just talk Bush/Baker/Israel and interest rates.
Keep dividing the tribes.
Godspeed Bibi.
Godspeed Vladdy.
I"m sorry for the soldiers dying but other than that---- rock on :)
