In his farewell Presidential address to the American people, George Washington gave the country some very excellent advice, most of which subsequent generations, including our own, have ignored. Here are two pieces of rejected advice from Mr. Washington: “Avoid entangling alliances” and “No political parties.” Disregarding both of these has caused tremendous difficulties for the country, cost taxpayers trillions of wasted money, and has divided the country, probably irreparably. But we were warned. Let’s examine Mr. Washington’s words of wisdom.
1. “Avoid entangling alliances.” Washington was intelligent enough to recognize that “alliances” sometimes must be made; indeed, America might never have become an independent country without an “alliance” with France. But it’s the “entangling” part that is dangerous, and if you can say, “NATO,” then you should be able to understand what Mr. Washington meant.
It seems to be a maxim that when some worthwhile entity, business, or organization begins, there is an ability to control it and effectively direct it—its purposes not being so grandiose and its finances and administration not being too great, the wise men (if they were) who started it are able to contain it (some organizations are indeed evil from their conception). NATO perhaps—perhaps—falls into the “positive” category. However, when said entity, organization, etc. gets too big, it almost invariably becomes totally unmanageable.
I would be curious to know what George Washington would have advised us about entering NATO. I fear he might have been dubious. The 11 nations that began NATO in 1949 did have a goal, and a legitimate concern—the Soviet Union. The Cold War was heating up, and the USSR was powerful and victorious in the recent war, but, fortunately, Franklin Roosevelt was no longer around to kiss Joseph Stalin’s backside and give him everything he wanted. Somebody needed to let Stalin know that, no, we won’t allow you to overrun Europe and the world. NATO was designed to send that message. In response, Stalin created the Warsaw Pact, and the Cold War got hotter.
One could argue about how successful NATO was, but that’s not my point. NATO started as a mutual defense pact against a Soviet Union that no longer exists. What is the purpose for the continued existence of NATO?
“Entangling alliances” are hard to get out of. Especially since one of the major purposes of governments nowadays is to provide bloated jobs for countless useless bureaucrats. And the military-industrial complex has convinced us that “Russia is still a threat.”
Well, I might have gone along with keeping NATO around for a little while longer; Russia was unstable coming out of the fall of the USSR and needed to be watched closely. But Boris Yeltsin and the new Russian government made overtures of peace and friendship with the West. They were no longer bent on Marxist “world domination.” They wanted the benefits of being friendly with the West. And here, the United States made two of the stupidest mistakes in its history.
First, we refused to offer the hand of friendship to Russia and refused to try to build a good, solid relationship based on trade and mutual understanding. Instead, we continued to be suspicious of them, treated them as an enemy, and made no attempt to solidify a friendship. The second mistake we made was we flat-out lied to them.
George Bush’s Secretary of State, James Baker, promised the Russians, very clearly, that NATO would NOT expand eastward. Well, that was just a lie. And it was a lie because the United States, as the most powerful member of NATO, could have controlled its membership. Indeed, it could have—SHOULD have—ended the organization. Russia was no threat to us militarily; they weren’t going to attack the United States or Europe. They simply were not in a position to do so. Yes, because of their nuclear arsenal, the world needs to keep a diligent eye on Russia. That is certainly a necessity for EVERY nation with nuclear weapons. Do you trust England and France now? And, yes, because of various other world threats, America needs the leanest, meanest fighting machine on earth. If anybody even THINKS of menacing us, we need to let them know, in no uncertain terms, that the United States of America will not tolerate such. We shouldn’t be bullying people; we just need to stand firm for America.
Do we need NATO to accomplish that? We lied to Russia. From the beginning of 11 nations, NATO now has 30. Every nation and its dog wanted to join. If Europe is afraid of Russia, let Europe have its “entangling alliances.” But keep us out of it. I’m tired of funding the world for other people’s causes. How many trillions of dollars has America wasted on useless “entangling alliances”? The
The only people in Europe causing us problems now are European NATO countries; Russia isn’t threatening us. It's time we quit letting the Deep State military-industrial complex run America on behalf of Ukraine.
Look at NATO’s expansion from Russia’s perspective. Who’s the aggressor been?
If the CCP put military bases in Central America (Panama?) and then Mexico, I think the USA would have a serious problem with that. If NATO expands to Ukraine—what would you feel about that if you were Russian? Would you trust a Europe that attacked you TWICE in the 20th century?
But we’re caught. NATO exists. It provides jobs for countless worthless bureaucrats and tons of money for the Deep State military-industrial complex. And they all love that war in Ukraine, which has absolutely nothing to do with America and that we have absolutely no business being involved in. Leave it alone, Mr. Trump. LEAVE IT ALONE! Totally. NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES! Let them fight their own war. Protect our border, not Ukraine’s.
“No entangling alliances.” We didn’t listen to George Washington, and we’re suffering the consequences right now. Get out of NATO!
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