Tag: NATO

Hawaii Is Not Covered in NATO Treaty – HotAir

Well, this seems odd.  I just learned that if somebody–say the Chinese–attacked the Hawaiian Islands as part of a campaign to seize Taiwan–attacked the military bases in our 50th state NATO countries would not be obliged to help defend the US.  Want to hear something wild? Hawaii isn’t covered by NATO because geographically it isn’t […]

Sweden Clears Final Obstacle to Joining NATO – HotAir

Finland got the greenlight to join NSTO nearly a year ago but Sweden’s bid has been delayed because of objections by Hungary. Finally, today, Hungary’s Parliament voted to approve Sweden’s entry. Sweden will become the 32nd member of the group. With Budapest at last onboard, Sweden is set to become NATO’s 32nd member, possibly within […]

Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From NATO, You Know – HotAir

Hillary Clinton took it upon herself to warn others at the Munich Security Council in Germany over the weekend of what will happen if Donald Trump becomes president again.  Poor Hillary. The only way she can get attention is to trash Trump and Republicans. Her tendency to fall for conspiracy theories was on full display. […]

All the Ukraine war has demonstrated is the weakness of Nato

IT’S NOT just the British Army that is running out of soldiers. According to the Washington Post and Associated Press the Ukrainians are too. Running out of soldiers is another way of saying battlefield defeat. At the same time President Zelensky has sacked his commander-in-chief, who asked for 500,000 more soldiers (whence?) and the Ukrainian parliament is reducing the […]

How Russia Could Break Up NATO – HotAir

Germany is contemplating reinstating conscription because war with Russia within the next 5 years is now considered a distinct possibility. That sounds insane despite the fact that European countries are seriously underprepared to defend themselves. Germany barely has a functional military anymore, despite promises to radically increase military readiness. German Leopard tanks are failing in […]