The USA has announced that the Europeans will not be present at the upcoming peace talks concerning Ukraine.
A meeting between the Americans and Russians in Saudi Arabia, likely at the end of THIS month, has now been confirmed.
The fact that Europeans are being deliberately kept OUT of this meeting, by the United States, has caused horrified reactions in Europe; so much so, that there seems to be an actual Hissy-Fit taking place!
They simply do not understand why they are being sidelined, and seem totally unaware of their actual role in NATO and in the world.
Your trusted servant, Hal Turner, wants to help Europe understand. So, Europe . . . . Here is your role:
NATO military spending is about $1.3 TRILLION. Of that, the United States spends $811 BILLION. That puts the U.S. spending at about Sixty-Six percent (66%) of NATO.
There are presently thirty-two (32) Member states in NATO, yet one -- the United States -- provides 66% of the defense spending. One country out of 32 countries provides two-thirds of NATO military spending.
Ergo, that one country, gets to decide who does or does not attend.
Need further help, Europe? OK. Here:
The chart above shows how much the United States has to spend on Defense, in order to provide protection for itself and all those little NATO member countries.
Given this reality, it is quite clear that the United States is the absolute sole, essential, country and as such, the United States decides who does what.
Now, maybe the Europeans thought that they were "equals" in NATO. Harsh reality proves otherwise.
THAT is why Europe cannot attend the US-Russia meeting.
It is the US that will be called upon most - and worst - if the Russia-Ukraine conflict spreads. And the so-called "leaders" of many of those little countries in Europe, seem to by psychiatrically delusional in their approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
For instance, the tiny countries of the United Kingdom and Estonia have the absolute most militant attitude and approach to the situation between Russia and Ukraine. You would think, from the things they say, that they are powerful. Reality shows otherwise.
The United States Army has about 1.1 Million troops. The British Army has a whopping . . . . . . seventy-seven thousand (77,000) troops. The British Army can't even fill-up Wembley Stadium in London! Estonia has six-thousand (6,000) troops. Radio City music hall in New York City holds more people than the Estonian Army has in it.
What, exactly, do the British and the Estonians think their armies could possibly do against the Russian Army?
Realistically, both countries could do precisely nothing. Yet, for some reason, both countries think THEY should be at the US-Russia Negotiations??????
No.
If there was going to be an actual war in Europe between Russia and "NATO" it would actually be between the United States and Russia. NATO just doesn't have enough weight to do anything meaningful.
As such, there is no reason whatsoever to include our NATO vassals in the discussions with Russia, about Ukraine.
Europe may not like this reality, but it is the reality nonetheless.
Besides, it has been Europe that pushed and pushed and pushed the Russia-Ukraine situation and actually CAUSED the war. Why would the United States suffer allowing those very people sabotaging peace talks so they can push more?
