NATO is a paper tiger against China WashTimesOpEd
Mr. Stoltenberg said that all NATO members had agreed that Ukraine would become a member once it had won the war Russia is now waging against it.
Mr. Stoltenberg’s statement was made amid assurances that NATO would stand by Ukraine regardless of Russia’s intent. But having said what he did, Mr. Stoltenberg made it official that Russia’s war against Ukraine is an existential one for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The further expansion of NATO raises the question of what value the alliance could be to prospective members. The answer, sadly, is that most NATO members are not capable of defending themselves, let alone other nations.
Three days after Gen. Mais’ statement, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, successor to Angela Merkel, said that Germany would greatly increase its military spending to the 2% of its gross domestic product that NATO agreed in 2006. But Mr. Scholz has done nothing to increase German military expenditures. China has made inroads to NATO’s unity in its pursuit of NATO’s unraveling. During his recent trip to China, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe shouldn’t take sides over Taiwan. On April 15, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said he “hopes and believes” Germany will support China’s “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan. That belief must have some foundation.
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