Vote on Debt Limit increase?

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Originally Posted by joeydb

Nobody said that the South Koreans can't get armed and defend themselves. They've had about 60 years to do that, and unlike when we defended them the first time, they make all the steel, not us.

NATO's original purpose was to counteract the Warsaw Pact alliance backed by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is no more. Modern day Russia is not expansionistic. The Warsaw Pact is dissolved. Some of the original members of the Pact have actually joined NATO. So why are we still supporting (and spending on) it?

the soviet union may be no more, but there are certainly still reasons to have nato. and again, we are there to keep us closer to places we need to be, or might need to be.
i'm for cutting defense, but we certainly don't need to get rid of all our foreign bases. some, perhaps. all? no. trust russian and disband nato? hell no. go read up on iran and russia, and then tell me they are no concern at all.