The building frustration within the American citizenry with subsidizing European defense has an even longer history – and the concern that this frustration in the modern context could lead to America leaving NATO also pre-dates the present administration. Heck, the Norwegian series Occupied is based on this premise and began in the previous administration.
Christian Hacke’s English translation in The National Interest of his original article in Die Welt brings up a lot of important issues that lie right below the surface, regardless of the author’s clunky dealings with his feelings about domestic American politics.
Yeah. sounds about right. They want the US to protect them while spitting the US in the eye on many levels. And don't blame Trumpie boy: They hated the US under Reagan and Jimmy Carter too...
and a review of the miniseries "occupied" is found here. (No I haven't seen it).
but a more probable and true to life scenerio might be China taking over Luzon.
China laying claim to the Philippines was inevitable. It was beginning to look silly in the eyes of the world, mightily taking over only a part of Philippine waters, the Scarborough Shoal. That lagoon of rocks and sandbars is submerged during high tide. That a shoal, by definition, is uninhabitable shows up China’s historic claim to be farcical. Ancient Chinese may have been smart to invent gunpowder, but they couldn’t have built communities on a spit of rocks and sand 800 miles from Hong Kong, China’s nearest point. Luzon was only 120 more miles away. So China might as well take a step farther and claim the whole Philippines, to bolster its stake over Scarborough. By owning the Philippines, China need not spend millions of dollars exploring oil in the shoal. There’s proven gas at the Batasan. Read more at https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2012/05/11/805543/what-philippines-belongs-china#bfxRxquaFCpx0sLs.99
and how about China taking over Siberia?
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