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Adil Shah
When we need our allies to allow us to use their military bases, their answer is no. Why are we in the NATO alliance if our defense spending and American foreign policy strategy only flow one way? US military bases abroad cost billions of dollars, yet when critical international relations and geopolitics demand access, our access is denied. This fundamental NATO alliance failure forces a complete re-examining of the NATO alliance, global military strategy, and international allies conflict. As foreign relations evolve, American leadership must evaluate whether current defense alliance critique justifies ongoing costs or requires reform.
Should the United States continue funding international defense spending when access to critical military bases is blocked during times of urgent strategic need? Share your thoughts below.

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00:00When we need them to allow us to use their military bases, their answer is no.
00:04Then why are we in NATO?
00:05You have to ask that question.
00:06Why do we have billions and billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars over the years,
00:10trillions of dollars, and all these American forces stationed in the region?
00:13If we can only use, in our time of need, we're not going to be allowed to use those bases.
00:18So I think there's no doubt, unfortunately, after this conflict is concluded,
00:22we are going to have to re-examine that relationship.
00:24We're going to have to re-examine the value of NATO and that alliance for our country.
00:27Ultimately, that's a decision for the president to make,
00:29and he'll have to make it.
00:30We're going to finish the job here.
00:32As I said, we're very, very close to achieving our objectives on all of these things that I've outlined.
00:35But I do think, unfortunately, we are going to have to re-examine
00:38whether or not this alliance that has served this country well for a while
00:42is still serving that purpose, or has it now become a one-way street
00:45where America is simply in a position to defend Europe,
00:48but when we need the help of our allies, they're going to deny us basing rights
00:51and they're going to deny us overflight?
00:53I think these are very legitimate questions that we need to be asking,
00:55and this is going to have to be very carefully examined after this conflict is over.

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