Whitaker was discussing the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy, which he summarized as chastising “rich European countries” for, among other things, not investing enough in the “conventional defense of the European continent.”
I was in the audience at this month’s Doha Forum when the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker stated that Europe was in danger of becoming a “museum that is a relic of the past”—a place where people go to see old churches, drink beer, eat waffles, and enjoy wine and cheese, but one that is doing little to remain a relevant actor in global politics. There was an audible gasp in the room when he uttered these words.
I was in the audience at this month’s Doha Forum when the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Mathew Whitaker stated that Europe was in danger of becoming a “museum that is a relic of the past”—a place where people go to see old churches, drink beer, eat waffles, and enjoy wine and cheese, but one that is doing little to remain a relevant actor in global politics. There was an audible gasp in the room when he uttered these words.
Whitaker was discussing the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy, which he summarized as chastising “rich European countries” for, among other things, not investing enough in the “conventional defense of the European continent.”
For two days after Wh
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