American media reports that the Donald Trump administration is considering giving up NATO command in Europe. Admiral James Stavridis, who in the past led the Alliance's troops on the old continent, said that it would be a "big-scale mistake" that would be taken as a "first step" to the U.S.'s full exit from the North Atlantic Pact.
"US withdrawal plan with NATO's conventional command in Europe (The ultimate Command of the Alliance Force in Europe – SACEUR) is to be dictated The desire to cut Pentagon costs" – reported NBC News tv on Tuesday evening, citing 2 sources in the armed forces and the interior briefing of the American Ministry of Defence.
Function Chief Commander of the Alliance Force in Europe has been a four-star American general who has worked with NATO's leading typical of Europe, recalls Bulwark.
It's not clear how long it can take restructuring of individual US Armed Forces Commands. 1 of the plans under consideration is simply a possible merger of the European United States Command (EUCOM), the commander of which is Head of NATO Armed Forces in Europe, U.S. Africa Command, reported NBC News.
The U.S. wants to surrender NATO command in Europe. "Big-scale mistake"
Admiral James Stavridis, erstwhile Commander-in-Chief of the Alliance's Joint Forces in Europe (2009-2013), said that "the U.S.'s function as ultimate commander of NATO's Allied Forces would be assumed in Europe as crucial signal‘.
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– It would be a large mistake, and erstwhile we do, there will be no turning back. (...) This would most likely be seen, otherwise rightly, as First step to complete exit (US) from the Alliance – added Stavridis in an interview with NBC News.
Minimum savings. “This is astoundingly stupid”
Full implementation of the cost-cutting plans considered by the current administration through liquidation of certain command and headquarters worldwide and in the USA, She would have spared in her first year 270 million dollars.About 0.03% of the Pentagon budget.
"It's amazingly stupid. In exchange for minimal savings in the budget of the Ministry of Defence (...) Trump's administration wants to quit the organisational structure (NATO), which works well and for 75 years has been a symbol of our function as leader of the free world," comments Bulwark.
"In comparison to the demolition of the regulation of law in the country or the betrayal of Ukraine abroad... this would most likely not be the worst thing the Trump administration has done. But it would be harmful. And it would be another step towards the end of America, another symbol of America," concludes the portal.
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