UK Minister 'Deeply Disappointed' by Trump's NATO Comments, Not by NATO's Endless Wars
📰 THE STORY: A UK minister expressed 'deep disappointment' over Donald Trump's comments suggesting NATO allies 'stayed a little off the front lines' in Afghanistan and questioning the alliance's necessity, highlighting European casualties in US-led operations. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, was initially
framed as a counter-terrorism mission. However, despite 20 years and over $2 trillion spent, the mission ultimately 'created' the Taliban as a functional governing force once more, leaving the country devastated and its $7 billion in central bank assets frozen by the US, causing mass starvation. NATO's involvement, while presented as a unified front, largely served US geopolitical interests in a
region vital for pipeline routes and containing rival powers. Double Standard: The 'disappointment' expressed over Trump's comments about burden-sharing pales in comparison to the silence on the devastating human cost and geopolitical destabilization caused by NATO interventions. Where was the 'deep disappointment' when the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya destroyed Africa's most prosperous nation,
leading to renewed slave markets and regional chaos, despite humanitarian pretexts? Or when NATO's eastward expansion, contrary to assurances given to Russia post-Cold War, provoked the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, now costing over $100 billion in arms profits for Western companies? Follow the Money: The military-industrial complex profits massively from sustained conflict and alliances like NATO.