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June 15, 2021 - Dennis Prager Show
02:45
George Friedman on America's Relationship with NATO
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In their ideal world, and this is not a joke, they want the United States to station substantial forces there, under NATO, so Europeans get to decide whether they're abused, and in addition, allow the Europeans to conduct their own foreign policy.
We've sort of done that.
So when it came time to talk about sanctions against China or joining us in boycotts or what have you, only three countries.
France, Canada, and the United Kingdom went with us, and the rest of them said they're going to have to think about it.
Would you have predicted those three?
If you'd have said to me last week, what three Western countries would side with the U.S. with regard to the Chinese threat?
I would not have known to guess those three.
Well, the Canadians are still our buddies.
All the stuff that Biden has done, they'll be with us.
They always have been.
The British, of course, they sent this aircraft carrier down there.
They don't have many, but they came.
As for the French, they're kind of in a duel with the Germans, who dominates.
So what everyone's doing right now, the French do the opposite.
So just as we get ticked off by the French, they're taking off the rest of Europe.
On the other hand, the French are not going to do anything substantial.
The British will.
The Canadians will.
And it's, you know, there's something called the Five Eyes, which is an intelligence sharing group, which is UK, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
And that Five Eyes is the core alliance we have right now.
These are the countries that will stand with us.
And they'll take risks with us.
Even New Zealand?
Well, they'll do what the Australians do because they have to, but they certainly will make nasty speeches about it.
My brother-in-law lives down there, and he assures me, so he wouldn't lie to me.
Your brother-in-law lives in New Zealand?
How interesting.
He's a radio talk show host, believe it or not.
Greatest profession ever invented.
My friend, it is Joy, George Friedman.
Speak to you soon.
Take care.
Bye-bye.
See, he didn't say be safe.
One thing I would request people...
Not do is say, be safe to me.
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