The only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 and rushed to the aid of a NATO ally in response to an attack was on September 11, 2001.
Donald Trump Can Go to Hell and If You Defend His Statement, So Can You.
By Erick Erickson | August 3, 2016, 10:25pm
I must apologize, but I have reached that point with this news and it now pushes me beyond contempt into outright hatred and moral indignation against those of you continuing to defend this monster.
That is Donald Trump asking if NATO countries “have paid” if they want American protection from a potential Russian invasion.
Do you people supporting Trump know the only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 of the 1949 Washington Treaty that established NATO? That’s the article that recognizes an attack on one NATO ally as an attack on all NATO allies requiring defense.
Do you Cheeto Jesus worshipping fools have any idea? Your orange god, of all people, should know.
The only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 and rushed to the aid of a NATO ally in response to an attack was on September 11, 2001. On that day, monsters murdered 2,977 people in New York City; Washington, DC; and Shanksville, PA.
Almost 3,000 Americans were murdered by monsters and our NATO allies for the first time in the history of the NATO Alliance rose as one and defended American airspace and American interests around the entire freaking world while we wrestled with what had happened.
Donald Trump wants to turn NATO into a damn shakedown scheme and you people are cheering him on. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should be ashamed of the fact that your cult leader who claims to have been personally affected by 9/11 does not even know our NATO allies protected his ass that day. You should be ashamed that he wants to turn one of the strongest military alliances in the history of the world into a racket where protection is bought. You should be ashamed that you are not ashamed.
These are allies. They are not vassal states. These are friends. Our promises do not require shakedowns. We are not the global bully demanding lunch money for protection. We are the shining city on the hill.
You people reflect the evil character of your god. You should be ashamed, but you have no shame left. You all deserve to be defeated and annihilated. You disgust me in cheering him on. He disgusts me.
On September 11, 2001, our NATO allies surrounded our nation and our nation’s interests globally while we buried our dead and you people cheer that braying jackass on ignorant of that fact and demanding money from our allies.
Donald Trump can go to hell and perhaps you will do the rest of us a favor and follow him there.
Shame on you all. Shame on you.
After that, Erickson apologized for his strong language. An unnecesary apology imo.
I Should Not Have Done That
By Erick Erickson | August 4, 2016, 09:51am
One thing I have learned about 2016 is that Trump brings out the worst in everybody, including in me. He’s bad for my sanctification.
So I should not have written with so much anger last night, but I am at this point genuinely horrified to see people championing this man.
It is one thing for people to be reluctantly voting for him as better than Hillary. But to have people in a crowd cheering on the idea of turning NATO into a shakedown scheme is noxious and it should be noxious to every American. We are not the world’s bully demanding lunch money for protection, but Trump supporters across America are cheering on the guy without even considering the implications.
What is worse, he clearly has no clue what he is talking about.
I should not have written what I wrote in the way I wrote it. It was in anger. But the central point remains.
Donald Trump wants to turn NATO into a damn shakedown scheme and you people are cheering him on. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should be ashamed of the fact that your cult leader who claims to have been personally affected by 9/11 does not even know our NATO allies protected his ass that day. You should be ashamed that he wants to turn one of the strongest military alliances in the history of the world into a racket where protection is bought. You should be ashamed that you are not ashamed.
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